Continuation of the reading from the poet’s words: So they brought likening, comparing, ascribing a body, and imagining into the minds, and for that reason, they forbid its figurative interpretation, but it is permissible for the one of knowledge.
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The reader: “So they brought likening, comparing, and ascribing a body, and imagining into the minds,
And for that reason, they forbid its figurative interpretation, but it is permissible for the one of knowledge.
If we were to interpret it, it would be a transgression on our part and a breach of”
The Shaykh : And a breach of the boundary of this garden.
The reader: “If we were to interpret it, it would be a transgression on our part and a breach of the boundary of this garden”
The student: We interpreted it.
The Shaykh : Yes, and what does it say?
The student: It says: We interpreted it.
The Shaykh : Yes, glory be to Allah, yes.
The reader: “If we were to interpret it, it would be a transgression on our part and a breach of the boundary of this garden,
But the reality of their statement is that they have brought lies regarding the interests of mankind,
And the philosopher and the Messenger are unequal in their estimation, and they are not equal.
As for the Messenger, he is the philosopher of their common people, and”
The Shaykh : As for
The reader: “As for the Messenger, he is the philosopher of their common people, and the philosopher is the prophet of the one with proof,
And the truth, in their view, is in what was said by the followers of the master of Greek logic”
And for that reason, they forbid its figurative interpretation, but it is permissible for the one of knowledge.
If we were to interpret it, it would be a transgression on our part and a breach of”
The Shaykh : And a breach of the boundary of this garden.
The reader: “If we were to interpret it, it would be a transgression on our part and a breach of the boundary of this garden”
The student: We interpreted it.
The Shaykh : Yes, and what does it say?
The student: It says: We interpreted it.
The Shaykh : Yes, glory be to Allah, yes.
The reader: “If we were to interpret it, it would be a transgression on our part and a breach of the boundary of this garden,
But the reality of their statement is that they have brought lies regarding the interests of mankind,
And the philosopher and the Messenger are unequal in their estimation, and they are not equal.
As for the Messenger, he is the philosopher of their common people, and”
The Shaykh : As for
The reader: “As for the Messenger, he is the philosopher of their common people, and the philosopher is the prophet of the one with proof,
And the truth, in their view, is in what was said by the followers of the master of Greek logic”