O my people, where is the Lord, where is His speech? *** Where is the Messenger, so clarify with explanation (Continuation of the response to the Asha'irah in their claim that the speech of Allah is the meaning that resides in the self)
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The Shaykh : The author (may Allah have mercy on him) says:
If you say this, meaning the mental concept, then where is Allah? Where is His speech? Where is the Messenger? Because this revelation is a meaning that resides in the self, so how is it transmitted to the Messenger? Thus, there is no Messenger in reality. Likewise, he (may Allah have mercy on him) asks: Where is the Lord? Because they deny the elevation of the Essence. So he says: Where is Allah, if you deny that He is High? Where is His speech? Because they say that speech is the meaning that resides in the self; it is not heard and not read. Yes, it is not heard and not written; rather, what is written and heard is merely an expression of it.
If you say this, meaning the mental concept, then where is Allah? Where is His speech? Where is the Messenger? Because this revelation is a meaning that resides in the self, so how is it transmitted to the Messenger? Thus, there is no Messenger in reality. Likewise, he (may Allah have mercy on him) asks: Where is the Lord? Because they deny the elevation of the Essence. So he says: Where is Allah, if you deny that He is High? Where is His speech? Because they say that speech is the meaning that resides in the self; it is not heard and not read. Yes, it is not heard and not written; rather, what is written and heard is merely an expression of it.