The Meaning of the Poet's Statement: "Whoever Says That His Speech, Exalted is He...": A Refutation of the Theory of Simultaneity in the Speech of Allah
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The Shaykh :"Whoever says that His Speech, Exalted is He, *** is an ancient attribute of letters and meanings
And the sin is not after the ba, *** but they are two connected letters.
This refers to the doctrine of the Muqatiriyah, who said: The Speech of Allah is an ancient attribute that does not relate to His will or His desire, and that it consists of letters and meanings, but the letters are simultaneous. The sin is with the ba; the sin means, in your saying "Bismillah al-Rahman al-Rahim," the sin is with the ba, simultaneous with it, not after it, but they are two letters that are simultaneous. Is this conceivable? In "Bismillah al-Rahman al-Rahim," everyone knows that the sin is after the ba. They say no, the sin and the ba are one. This is impossible, neither in reason nor in transmission nor in all languages. He says, so whose doctrine is this? It is the doctrine of the Muqatiriyah, who say that the Speech of Allah is an ancient attribute that does not relate to His will. The Speech of Allah is meaning and letter, but what are the letters? They are simultaneous. The ba and the sin come out together; all of the Speech of Allah comes out together. The ba, the sin, the mim, the alif, the lam, the ra, the ha, the mim, the alif, and the nun; all speech comes out simultaneously, with no letter before another letter. This contradicts reason, transmission, fitrah (the innate natural disposition), and languages. It is known that whenever you address someone or read the Speech of Allah, you know that every letter follows the other letter.
And the sin is not after the ba, *** but they are two connected letters.
This refers to the doctrine of the Muqatiriyah, who said: The Speech of Allah is an ancient attribute that does not relate to His will or His desire, and that it consists of letters and meanings, but the letters are simultaneous. The sin is with the ba; the sin means, in your saying "Bismillah al-Rahman al-Rahim," the sin is with the ba, simultaneous with it, not after it, but they are two letters that are simultaneous. Is this conceivable? In "Bismillah al-Rahman al-Rahim," everyone knows that the sin is after the ba. They say no, the sin and the ba are one. This is impossible, neither in reason nor in transmission nor in all languages. He says, so whose doctrine is this? It is the doctrine of the Muqatiriyah, who say that the Speech of Allah is an ancient attribute that does not relate to His will. The Speech of Allah is meaning and letter, but what are the letters? They are simultaneous. The ba and the sin come out together; all of the Speech of Allah comes out together. The ba, the sin, the mim, the alif, the lam, the ra, the ha, the mim, the alif, and the nun; all speech comes out simultaneously, with no letter before another letter. This contradicts reason, transmission, fitrah (the innate natural disposition), and languages. It is known that whenever you address someone or read the Speech of Allah, you know that every letter follows the other letter.