The Meaning of the Poet’s Statement: “You said, ‘We deny His attributes and His being above, *** out of fear of composition and possibility’”
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The Shaykh :“You said, ‘We deny His attributes and His being above, *** out of fear of composition and possibility’
If He were described, He would be composed, *** so description and composition are the same
Or if He were above the Throne, He would be composed, *** so being above and composition are the same”
“You denied composition” by what? “By composition” You denied composition because it necessitates composition, so the evidence became the very thing being proved.
“You denied composition by composition, *** while changing one of the two terms with another
Indeed, the form of the proof has become *** a defective form that is not a proof”
Because what is known in composite rational evidence is that the necessary consequence is something other than the necessitating factor. But if the necessary consequence is the necessitating factor, you say that this composition necessitates
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes, affirming the attributes is a composition that necessitates composition. So there is no doubt that this is incorrect, and the form of the proposition or the argumentation for this is not a good form.
If He were described, He would be composed, *** so description and composition are the same
Or if He were above the Throne, He would be composed, *** so being above and composition are the same”
“You denied composition” by what? “By composition” You denied composition because it necessitates composition, so the evidence became the very thing being proved.
“You denied composition by composition, *** while changing one of the two terms with another
Indeed, the form of the proof has become *** a defective form that is not a proof”
Because what is known in composite rational evidence is that the necessary consequence is something other than the necessitating factor. But if the necessary consequence is the necessitating factor, you say that this composition necessitates
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes, affirming the attributes is a composition that necessitates composition. So there is no doubt that this is incorrect, and the form of the proposition or the argumentation for this is not a good form.