The Meaning of the Poet's Saying: Is the Essence of the Lord of the Worlds His Existence*** Or is it other than that? If so, they are two things, which would be an impossible composition. That is if*** We say so, for it would become contingent
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The Shaykh :"Is the Essence of the Lord of the Worlds His Existence*** Or is it other than that? If so, they are two things"
Based on what has preceded, regarding the sixth composition: Is the Essence of Allah identical to His Existence, or is there an Essence and then an Existence? If we say the latter, there is a composition between the Essence and the second thing, which is Existence. He says: "*** Or is it other than that? If so, they are two things"
"It would be an impossible composition, that is if*** We say so"
It is known that if we say His Existence is other than His Essence, this composition necessitates multiplicity, meaning there is an Existence and there is an Essence. It has been established for us that this composition is invalid, and that the Existence of every thing is its Essence. This is with regard to external reality, not with regard to what the mind postulates, for the mind may postulate things
The student: Impossible
The Shaykh : Impossible
"It would be an impossible composition, that is if*** We say so, for it would become contingent"
Meaning, if we say so, it would become contingent, even though it is an impossible thing
Based on what has preceded, regarding the sixth composition: Is the Essence of Allah identical to His Existence, or is there an Essence and then an Existence? If we say the latter, there is a composition between the Essence and the second thing, which is Existence. He says: "*** Or is it other than that? If so, they are two things"
"It would be an impossible composition, that is if*** We say so"
It is known that if we say His Existence is other than His Essence, this composition necessitates multiplicity, meaning there is an Existence and there is an Essence. It has been established for us that this composition is invalid, and that the Existence of every thing is its Essence. This is with regard to external reality, not with regard to what the mind postulates, for the mind may postulate things
The student: Impossible
The Shaykh : Impossible
"It would be an impossible composition, that is if*** We say so, for it would become contingent"
Meaning, if we say so, it would become contingent, even though it is an impossible thing