The Meaning of the Poet's Statement: "But if it is said to be a later convention, *** there is no blame on a person for this. We say: Your denial of His attributes through this convention *** is the most false of falsehoods"
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The Shaykh : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
"But if it is said to be a later convention, *** there is no blame on a person for this"
This means, in the issue of whether, if it is said that composition involves the composition of the Essence and the Attributes, and if a person says, "Do not object to us regarding this composition, because this is a convention, and there is no fault in conventions, nor is there blame on a person for what he has agreed upon as a convention," the author says:
"We say: Your denial of His attributes through this convention *** is the most false of falsehoods"
This means: We concede that this is a convention, and we do not object to your convention. However, what we object to is your denial of the attributes on the basis of this convention, where you claim that affirming the attributes necessitates composition, and that composition is impossible with regard to the Creator. Consequently, affirming the attributes becomes impossible.
"But if it is said to be a later convention, *** there is no blame on a person for this"
This means, in the issue of whether, if it is said that composition involves the composition of the Essence and the Attributes, and if a person says, "Do not object to us regarding this composition, because this is a convention, and there is no fault in conventions, nor is there blame on a person for what he has agreed upon as a convention," the author says:
"We say: Your denial of His attributes through this convention *** is the most false of falsehoods"
This means: We concede that this is a convention, and we do not object to your convention. However, what we object to is your denial of the attributes on the basis of this convention, where you claim that affirming the attributes necessitates composition, and that composition is impossible with regard to the Creator. Consequently, affirming the attributes becomes impossible.