The meaning of the poet's saying: "Or is there not in its contradiction and inconsistency *** what indicates this to one with intellect and this to one with knowledge? And by Allah, if it had been from the Most Merciful, it would not have differed nor been invalidated for the duration of time"
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The Shaykh :"Or is there not in its contradiction and inconsistency *** what indicates this to one with intellect and this to one with knowledge?"
The answer is yes. This disagreement among the people of opinion and this contradiction indicate their defect, for if they had been sound, their people would not have disagreed nor contradicted one another.
"And by Allah, if it had been from the Most Merciful, it would not have *** differed nor been invalidated for the duration of time"
Allah the Exalted said:[An-Nisa 4:82]
It is like the collapse of glass, you think it is *** truth
This is a famous verse, but its end is: " and every breaker is broken "
" The proofs collapse like glass, you think them *** truth, and every breaker is broken "
As for Ibn al-Qayyim, he completed it differently for the sake of the meter, saying:
" It is like the collapse of glass, you think it *** truth, yet it has fallen upon a rock"
If it falls upon a rock, meaning upon a hard surface, what happens? It shatters completely, yes, so nothing of it remains.
The answer is yes. This disagreement among the people of opinion and this contradiction indicate their defect, for if they had been sound, their people would not have disagreed nor contradicted one another.
"And by Allah, if it had been from the Most Merciful, it would not have *** differed nor been invalidated for the duration of time"
Allah the Exalted said:
Then do they not reflect upon the Qur'an? If it had been from [any] other than Allah, they would have found within it much contradiction.
أفلا يتدبرون القرآن ولو كان من عند غير الله لوجدوا فيه اختلافا كثيراIt is like the collapse of glass, you think it is *** truth
This is a famous verse, but its end is: " and every breaker is broken "
" The proofs collapse like glass, you think them *** truth, and every breaker is broken "
As for Ibn al-Qayyim, he completed it differently for the sake of the meter, saying:
" It is like the collapse of glass, you think it *** truth, yet it has fallen upon a rock"
If it falls upon a rock, meaning upon a hard surface, what happens? It shatters completely, yes, so nothing of it remains.