Reading from the commentary on the actions of Allah
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The Shaykh : It is separate from Allah and does not subsist in His essence, in order to avoid the subsistence of accidents in Allah the Exalted. This is because they said that the occurrence of created things is observed and known, and that the action is concurrent with the created thing is known. So if we say that the action is not the created thing and that it is an attribute subsisting in Allah, then the subsistence of accidents in Him would follow, and whatever accidents subsist in is itself an accident. The occurrence of the Creator is known to be impossible. The refutation of them is that the subsistence of accidents in Allah does not necessitate that He is an accident. This group is the Jahmiyyah and those who agree with them from the Mu'tazilah and others. The second group said that the action is not the created thing, and they branched into two groups. The first group said that the action is eternal and subsists in the essence of Allah, just as life and power subsist in Him the Exalted. They called this *takwin* (creation), even if the created thing is delayed. This is rationally false, for how can the existent be delayed from the creation, or the created from the creating? This group is the followers of Abu Hanifah from the Maturidiyyah and those who agree with them.
The second group said: The action is an accident connected to His will. They varied into two types. The first type said that it was possible after it was impossible, so that the regress in the past would not follow, for how can the impossible become possible without a cause? These are the Karramiyyah and those who agree with them.
The second type said that it was possible from eternity, so Allah the Exalted was not an Actor as He was not always Alive, for the action follows life. These are the people of hadith, such as Imam Ahmad and others.
This is the summary of the author's (may Allah have mercy on him) words.
This is a summary. Yes, this is a prophet we will depict and give to 'Amir, because he is the one who writes the commentary so that he makes the summary as he writes. Who gives it to him? Huh?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Huh? Huh? Take it, O Muhammad. Yes.
The student : The microphone ...
The second group said: The action is an accident connected to His will. They varied into two types. The first type said that it was possible after it was impossible, so that the regress in the past would not follow, for how can the impossible become possible without a cause? These are the Karramiyyah and those who agree with them.
The second type said that it was possible from eternity, so Allah the Exalted was not an Actor as He was not always Alive, for the action follows life. These are the people of hadith, such as Imam Ahmad and others.
This is the summary of the author's (may Allah have mercy on him) words.
This is a summary. Yes, this is a prophet we will depict and give to 'Amir, because he is the one who writes the commentary so that he makes the summary as he writes. Who gives it to him? Huh?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Huh? Huh? Take it, O Muhammad. Yes.
The student : The microphone ...