What is the response to those who say that the phrase of Allah the Exalted, “the path of the believers,” refers only to the Book and the Sunnah?
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The questioner : Finally, what is the response to those who say, regarding [An-Nisa 4:115], that the path of the believers is the Book and the Sunnah?
The Shaykh : This is what I referred to earlier. The matter comes back to the fact that there is no difference between the reality of the verse and what it would be if it were [like] “And whoever opposes the Messenger after the guidance has become clear to him, We will turn him to what he has turned to.” This is nonsense. Divine speech is elevated above being attributed to it. There is not a single word in the Qur'an, let alone a sentence like this,[An-Nisa 4:115], except that it was placed for a very great purpose and goal.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : This is part of the interpretations that are endless, and let us call it by its correct name: it is part of the denial of the divine attributes (ta'til) by which the deniers (mu'til) are described.
And whoever opposes the Messenger after guidance has become clear to him and follows other than the way of the believers
وَمَنْ يُشَاقِقِ الرَّسُولَ مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا تَبَيَّنَ لَهُ الْهُدَى وَيَتَّبِعْ غَيْرَ سَبِيلِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَThe Shaykh : This is what I referred to earlier. The matter comes back to the fact that there is no difference between the reality of the verse and what it would be if it were [like] “And whoever opposes the Messenger after the guidance has become clear to him, We will turn him to what he has turned to.” This is nonsense. Divine speech is elevated above being attributed to it. There is not a single word in the Qur'an, let alone a sentence like this,
and follows other than the way of the believers
وَيَتَّبِعْ غَيْرَ سَبِيلِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَThe questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : This is part of the interpretations that are endless, and let us call it by its correct name: it is part of the denial of the divine attributes (ta'til) by which the deniers (mu'til) are described.
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