And you made it the shield if we said to you *** Allah is above the Throne and the heavens (The people of ta'til (denial of the divine attributes) made the term "body" a shield and protection to repel all attributes from Allah)
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The Shaykh :"And you made it the shield if we said to you *** Allah is above the Throne and the heavens"
"You made it" means the body and tajsim (ascribing a body to Allah) is the shield, meaning: the protection that a person uses to defend himself in battle. It is a piece of strong leather made like a baking tray, which the rider or fighter holds in his left hand. The sword and spear are in his right hand. So when he sees someone charging at him, he says, "Like this," using his hand to ward off the arrows. They made the shield like these terms. If we say that Allah is above the Throne and the heavens, they say, "This is a body; it is not permissible for Allah to be above the Throne." If we say to you that Allah is above the Throne and the heavens.
"You made it" means the body and tajsim (ascribing a body to Allah) is the shield, meaning: the protection that a person uses to defend himself in battle. It is a piece of strong leather made like a baking tray, which the rider or fighter holds in his left hand. The sword and spear are in his right hand. So when he sees someone charging at him, he says, "Like this," using his hand to ward off the arrows. They made the shield like these terms. If we say that Allah is above the Throne and the heavens, they say, "This is a body; it is not permissible for Allah to be above the Throne." If we say to you that Allah is above the Throne and the heavens.