(Explanation of the third answer, which is asking for clarification regarding the word "body": if a true meaning is intended by it, we affirm that meaning; and if a false meaning is intended by it, we reject it)
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The Shaykh :
"This, this, and the third of what we answer with is your inquiry, O group of the gnostics"
He is mocking them in derision, meaning: you are people of knowledge and people of learning. Yes, and if you are not satisfied with the first and second answers, then we are asking you for clarification, meaning we are requesting an explanation from you, and you are qualified for explanation because you are what? People of gnosis. Is there any mockery more eloquent than this? O group of the gnostics.
"What is it that you mean by the body that *** you have compelled us to accept? Clarify it with an explanation"
Do you mean that which subsists in the soul, or *** that which is above the Throne, the one of exalted status?
Or that in which the attributes subsist, or *** the attributes of perfection, devoid of any deficiency?
Or that which is composed of individual atoms, *** or a form that has settled into a second matter?
Or is it the body that is in the custom, or *** in the usage when communicating in language?
Or is it the body that is in the mind, such *** as is said?
What? "That is said to teach those with minds"
Well, we ask them: what do you mean by body? Do you mean that which subsists in the soul, or that which is above the Throne? If they intend that, then the body is true, because Allah subsists in Himself and is above His Throne. Does this necessitate defect or deficiency? Absolutely not. Or do you mean...
"Or that in which the attributes subsist, or *** the attributes of perfection, devoid of any deficiency"
If they say, yes, we mean by body that in which the attributes subsist, we say: it is Allah. Allah the Exalted, the attributes subsist in Him. And what harm is there if we affirm a body with this meaning? There is no deficiency in it in any way.
"Or that which is composed of individual atoms, *** or a form that has settled into a second matter"
If they intend that, then we reject it, because Allah Mighty and Majestic was not a body with this meaning, meaning a body composed of individual atoms, or a form that has settled into a second matter. The matter is like shape and form.
"Or is it the body" meaning what do you mean by body? Do you mean the body that is in the custom, or in the usage when communicating in language?
The body, according to people, the body according to people is the human body. The body by usage may be broader, encompassing everything that has weight. Yes, usage means the Arabic language. If usage is used by scholars in the principles of jurisprudence or elsewhere, the intended meaning of usage is the Arabic language. By custom, it means the language of the people of custom.
"This, this, and the third of what we answer with is your inquiry, O group of the gnostics"
He is mocking them in derision, meaning: you are people of knowledge and people of learning. Yes, and if you are not satisfied with the first and second answers, then we are asking you for clarification, meaning we are requesting an explanation from you, and you are qualified for explanation because you are what? People of gnosis. Is there any mockery more eloquent than this? O group of the gnostics.
"What is it that you mean by the body that *** you have compelled us to accept? Clarify it with an explanation"
Do you mean that which subsists in the soul, or *** that which is above the Throne, the one of exalted status?
Or that in which the attributes subsist, or *** the attributes of perfection, devoid of any deficiency?
Or that which is composed of individual atoms, *** or a form that has settled into a second matter?
Or is it the body that is in the custom, or *** in the usage when communicating in language?
Or is it the body that is in the mind, such *** as is said?
What? "That is said to teach those with minds"
Well, we ask them: what do you mean by body? Do you mean that which subsists in the soul, or that which is above the Throne? If they intend that, then the body is true, because Allah subsists in Himself and is above His Throne. Does this necessitate defect or deficiency? Absolutely not. Or do you mean...
"Or that in which the attributes subsist, or *** the attributes of perfection, devoid of any deficiency"
If they say, yes, we mean by body that in which the attributes subsist, we say: it is Allah. Allah the Exalted, the attributes subsist in Him. And what harm is there if we affirm a body with this meaning? There is no deficiency in it in any way.
"Or that which is composed of individual atoms, *** or a form that has settled into a second matter"
If they intend that, then we reject it, because Allah Mighty and Majestic was not a body with this meaning, meaning a body composed of individual atoms, or a form that has settled into a second matter. The matter is like shape and form.
"Or is it the body" meaning what do you mean by body? Do you mean the body that is in the custom, or in the usage when communicating in language?
The body, according to people, the body according to people is the human body. The body by usage may be broader, encompassing everything that has weight. Yes, usage means the Arabic language. If usage is used by scholars in the principles of jurisprudence or elsewhere, the intended meaning of usage is the Arabic language. By custom, it means the language of the people of custom.