The similarity of the Mu'tazilah to the hypocrites in rejecting the texts and following reason, and the meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted: {Have you not seen those who claim that they believe in what...
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The Shaykh : He said:
"And you have predecessors in this whom you followed"
The address is to the Mu'tazilah regarding this action or this deed; you have predecessors.
"And you have predecessors in this whom you followed *** When they were called to take the Quran
they turned away. When they were struck, they swore *** That our intention was the success of the One of Grace"
He (may Allah have mercy on him) refers to the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Ali 'Imran 3:23] Yes [An-Nisa 4:60-62] [An-Nisa 4:60] And these Mu'tazilah likewise say, "We believe in Allah and His Messenger." [An-Nisa 4:60] And these Mu'tazilah resorted to the taghut, to the reason by which they invalidated the revealed texts. [An-Nisa 4:60] [An-Nisa 4:60] This means that these people were commanded to disbelieve in the taghut and to resort to whom? To Allah and His Messenger. These Mu'tazilah were commanded to return to the Book and the Sunnah in affirming the attributes and denying them, but they refused. [An-Nisa 4:60] from the truth by the contradictions they committed. [An-Nisa 4:61] You see them turning away, distancing themselves. If it were said to them, "Come, affirm what the Book and the Sunnah have affirmed," they would turn away and avert themselves. [An-Nisa 4:62] and He became aware of them and found them. [An-Nisa 4:62] "We intended" means "We intended nothing but excellence and reconciliation between what? Between the evidences, between the taghut and the ruling of Allah regarding those about whom Allah spoke. And these people say, between the rational and transmitted evidences. They say, 'We intended nothing but excellence and reconciliation between the rational and transmitted evidences, because if we interpret the Quran and the Sunnah to match what is reasonable to us, the rational and transmitted evidences would agree. Yes. For this reason he said:
"And you have predecessors in this whom you followed *** When they were called to take the Quran
they turned away. When they were struck, they swore *** That our intention was the success of the One of Grace".
"And you have predecessors in this whom you followed"
The address is to the Mu'tazilah regarding this action or this deed; you have predecessors.
"And you have predecessors in this whom you followed *** When they were called to take the Quran
they turned away. When they were struck, they swore *** That our intention was the success of the One of Grace"
He (may Allah have mercy on him) refers to the saying of Allah the Exalted:
Do you not consider, [O Muhammad], those who were given a portion of the Scripture
ألم تر إلى الذين أوتوا نصيبا من الكتاب(60) Have you not seen those who claim to have believed in what was revealed to you, [O Muhammad], and what was revealed before you? They wish to refer legislation to Taghut, while they were commanded to reject it; and Satan wishes to lead them far astray. (61) And when it is said to them, "Come to what Allah has revealed and to the Messenger," you see the hypocrites turning away from you in aversion. (62) So how [will it be] when disaster strikes them because of what their hands have put forth and then they come to you swearing by Allah, "We intended nothing but good conduct and accommodation."
أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى الَّذِينَ يَزْعُمُونَ أَنَّهُمْ آمَنُوا بِمَا أُنْزِلَ إِلَيْكَ وَمَا أُنْزِلَ مِنْ قَبْلِكَ يُرِيدُونَ أَنْ يَتَحَاكَمُوا إِلَى الطَّاغُوتِ وَقَدْ أُمِرُوا أَنْ يَكْفُرُوا بِهِ وَيُرِيدُ الشَّيْطَانُ أَنْ يُضِلَّهُمْ ضَلَالًا بَعِيدًا وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ تَعَالَوْا إِلَى مَا أَنْزَلَ اللهُ وَإِلَى الرَّسُولِ رَأَيْتَ الْمُنَافِقِينَ يَصُدُّونَ عَنْكَ صُدُودًا * فَكَيْفَ إِذَا أَصَابَتْهُمْ مُصِيبَةٌ بِمَا قَدَّمَتْ أَيْدِيهِمْ ثُمَّ جَاءُوكَ يَحْلِفُونَ بِاللهِ إِنْ أَرَدْنَا إِلَّا إِحْسَانًا وَتَوْفِيقًاHave you not seen those who claim to have believed in what was revealed to you, [O Muhammad], and what was revealed before you?
أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى الَّذِينَ يَزْعُمُونَ أَنَّهُمْ آمَنُوا بِمَا أُنْزِلَ إِلَيْكَ وَمَا أُنْزِلَ مِنْ قَبْلِكَThey wish to refer legislation to Taghut
يُرِيدُونَ أَنْ يَتَحَاكَمُوا إِلَى الطَّاغُوتِand Satan wishes to lead them far astray.
وَيُرِيدُ الشَّيْطَانُ أَنْ يُضِلَّهُمْ ضَلَالًا بَعِيدًاwhile they were commanded to reject it
وَقَدْ أُمِرُوا أَنْ يَكْفُرُوا بِهِand Satan wishes to lead them far astray.
وَيُرِيدُ الشَّيْطَانُ أَنْ يُضِلَّهُمْ ضَلَالًا بَعِيدًاAnd when it is said to them, "Come to what Allah has revealed and to the Messenger," you see the hypocrites turning away from you in aversion.
وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ تَعَالَوْا إِلَى مَا أَنْزَلَ اللهُ وَإِلَى الرَّسُولِ رَأَيْتَ الْمُنَافِقِينَ يَصُدُّونَ عَنْكَ صُدُودًاSo how [will it be] when disaster strikes them because of what their hands have put forth
فَكَيْفَ إِذَا أَصَابَتْهُمْ مُصِيبَةٌ بِمَا قَدَّمَتْ أَيْدِيهِمْand then they come to you swearing by Allah, "We intended nothing but good conduct and accommodation."
ثُمَّ جَاءُوكَ يَحْلِفُونَ بِاللهِ إِنْ أَرَدْنَا إِلَّا إِحْسَانًا وَتَوْفِيقًا"And you have predecessors in this whom you followed *** When they were called to take the Quran
they turned away. When they were struck, they swore *** That our intention was the success of the One of Grace".