A Chapter on Breaking the Tyrant by Whom They Denied the Attributes of the Owner of Sovereignty and Majesty (Defining the Tyrant)
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The Shaykh : Then he said:
"A Chapter on Breaking the Tyrant by Whom They Denied the Attributes of the Owner of Sovereignty and Majesty"
So what is the tyrant? The root of the word "tyrant" is from transgression, which is exceeding the limit. You know that the word "tyrant" contains an extra letter T, because if it were derived from transgression, the root letters would be T, G, and Y. The T is added, and the T is sometimes added to the end of a word for emphasis, as in their saying:
"So-and-so is a scholar" A scholar means one who has much knowledge[An-Nahl 16:120] meaning a leader, but he is qualified for leadership. So what is the tyrant?
"A Chapter on Breaking the Tyrant by Whom They Denied the Attributes of the Owner of Sovereignty and Majesty"
So what is the tyrant? The root of the word "tyrant" is from transgression, which is exceeding the limit. You know that the word "tyrant" contains an extra letter T, because if it were derived from transgression, the root letters would be T, G, and Y. The T is added, and the T is sometimes added to the end of a word for emphasis, as in their saying:
"So-and-so is a scholar" A scholar means one who has much knowledge