(Explanation of their statement that the human species has existed eternally and has no beginning) Rather, in their view, the very soul of Adam is the essence of the impossible, and in the ages past, the species did not exist.
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The Shaykh :"Rather, in their view, the very soul of Adam is the essence of the impossible, and in the ages past, the species did not exist"
He says that Adam was not created from dust and then became a human being, but rather that the human species has always existed.
"The human species has always existed, nor will it perish, just as time and the two colors do not"
This means that the human species has been like this since eternity and will continue to be like this forever.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : The Shaykh ...
The Shaykh : ... only, yes.
The student: ...
The student: Are you not finishing, Shaykh?
The student: ...
The student: No, I did not finish it.
The Shaykh : Have we not finished the explanation?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : I think there are two groups here. In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The author (may Allah have mercy on him) said, in explaining the tawhid (the oneness of Allah) of the philosophers and the reality of their tawhid, that there is no God, there is no one called a God, because they say He is the Absolute Existence, and in reality, He is not existent, because Absolute Existence, in its absolute sense, has no reality; rather, it is something the mind imagines without it having any reality.
He says that Adam was not created from dust and then became a human being, but rather that the human species has always existed.
"The human species has always existed, nor will it perish, just as time and the two colors do not"
This means that the human species has been like this since eternity and will continue to be like this forever.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : The Shaykh ...
The Shaykh : ... only, yes.
The student: ...
The student: Are you not finishing, Shaykh?
The student: ...
The student: No, I did not finish it.
The Shaykh : Have we not finished the explanation?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : I think there are two groups here. In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The author (may Allah have mercy on him) said, in explaining the tawhid (the oneness of Allah) of the philosophers and the reality of their tawhid, that there is no God, there is no one called a God, because they say He is the Absolute Existence, and in reality, He is not existent, because Absolute Existence, in its absolute sense, has no reality; rather, it is something the mind imagines without it having any reality.