(Continuation of Ibn al-Qayyim’s response to those who held the third type of composition) And the truth is that the body is not composed*** of this or that; they are both non-existence, and the indivisible essence
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The Shaykh :"And the truth is that the body is not composed*** of this or that; they are both non-existence"
Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) means to deny that the body is composed of matter and form, and he says that every body is opposed to its form and is not composed of it, and so is the indivisible essence.
"And the indivisible essence which they have*** established is not in reality possible"
"If that were established, the impossible***" What?
The student: Clear
The Shaykh :"Clear" or "Clear"
The student: Clear
The Shaykh : Yes
"the impossible*** would follow, with clear invalidity and falsehood"
"From many angles, and it is very difficult to compose them*** due to the difficulty of the meters"
This means that establishing the indivisible essence is impossible and is not in reality possible from multiple angles, but the author excused himself from enumerating them due to the difficulty of the meters, meaning the poetic composition, but they are mentioned frequently in the books of the Shaykh al-Islam (may Allah have mercy on him), and also in some of the books of Ibn al-Qayyim.
Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) means to deny that the body is composed of matter and form, and he says that every body is opposed to its form and is not composed of it, and so is the indivisible essence.
"And the indivisible essence which they have*** established is not in reality possible"
"If that were established, the impossible***" What?
The student: Clear
The Shaykh :"Clear" or "Clear"
The student: Clear
The Shaykh : Yes
"the impossible*** would follow, with clear invalidity and falsehood"
"From many angles, and it is very difficult to compose them*** due to the difficulty of the meters"
This means that establishing the indivisible essence is impossible and is not in reality possible from multiple angles, but the author excused himself from enumerating them due to the difficulty of the meters, meaning the poetic composition, but they are mentioned frequently in the books of the Shaykh al-Islam (may Allah have mercy on him), and also in some of the books of Ibn al-Qayyim.