(The first category of the materialists, namely the polytheist who named his idols with the names of Allah) The polytheists, for they named *** their idols with them, saying: "A second god is He"
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The Shaykh :"The polytheists, for they named *** their idols with them, saying: 'A second god is He'"
These are materialists: they named their idols with the names of Allah. Al-Lat is from *al-Ilah* (God), al-Uzza is from *al-Aziz* (the Mighty), and Manat is from *al-Mun'an* (the Bestower). This is materialism.
"They likened the created to the Creator, reversing *** the one who likens the Creator to a human being"
They likened the created to the Creator because they likened these idols to Allah. This is the opposite of the one who likens the Creator to the created, saying, for example, "Allah has a hand like my hand, a face like my face, an eye like my eye," and the like.
So these are those who liken. But the aspect of the likening differs.
The polytheists likened the created to the Creator. These people likened the Creator to the created.
These are materialists: they named their idols with the names of Allah. Al-Lat is from *al-Ilah* (God), al-Uzza is from *al-Aziz* (the Mighty), and Manat is from *al-Mun'an* (the Bestower). This is materialism.
"They likened the created to the Creator, reversing *** the one who likens the Creator to a human being"
They likened the created to the Creator because they likened these idols to Allah. This is the opposite of the one who likens the Creator to the created, saying, for example, "Allah has a hand like my hand, a face like my face, an eye like my eye," and the like.
So these are those who liken. But the aspect of the likening differs.
The polytheists likened the created to the Creator. These people likened the Creator to the created.