Discussion of the Ash'ari and Kalbi schools, which hold that prophethood is not an attribute inherent in the human being, but rather the attachment of the ancient meaning, which is the speech of Allah, to the human being.
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The Shaykh :"And the completion of this is his statement that prophethood is not an attribute that subsists in the human being
but rather the attachment of that ancient meaning to one of the totality of the human being"
This man says: Prophethood is not an attribute of the Prophet, but rather the power attached to him, the power attached to him. I do not know who holds this view. Can the Shaykh explain it?
The reader: "And the completion of this is his statement that prophethood is not an attribute that subsists in the Prophet, and that the ancient meaning, which is the psychological meaning,"
The Shaykh : And that?
The reader: "And that the ancient meaning, which is the psychological meaning, attached to him, and that attachment is not established in the external world, but rather it is in the mind, and that is the psychological meaning that the Ash'aris affirmed". He said: "And the Kalbis are the same".
The Shaykh : What?
The reader: "And the Kalbis are the same".
The Shaykh : Yes
but rather the attachment of that ancient meaning to one of the totality of the human being"
This man says: Prophethood is not an attribute of the Prophet, but rather the power attached to him, the power attached to him. I do not know who holds this view. Can the Shaykh explain it?
The reader: "And the completion of this is his statement that prophethood is not an attribute that subsists in the Prophet, and that the ancient meaning, which is the psychological meaning,"
The Shaykh : And that?
The reader: "And that the ancient meaning, which is the psychological meaning, attached to him, and that attachment is not established in the external world, but rather it is in the mind, and that is the psychological meaning that the Ash'aris affirmed". He said: "And the Kalbis are the same".
The Shaykh : What?
The reader: "And the Kalbis are the same".
The Shaykh : Yes