(Discussion of Aristotle and his belief in the succession of the world and that it is eternal) We do not say, as the atheist, the ***zindiq, the owner of Greek logic, says, regarding the permanence of this
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The Shaykh : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
We explain the verses with which the author (may Allah have mercy on him) completed the people's statements regarding actions, or rather regarding the things acted upon. He said:
"These are the doctrines of the atheists who ***disbelieved in the Creator of this"
Yes.
"We do not say, as the atheist ***zindiq, the owner of Greek logic, says"
And he is Aristotle, for Aristotle is the first teacher of Greek philosophy. He says: "Regarding the permanence of this witnessed world ***and the souls in eternity, and that they are not perishable" This witnessed world, which is the heavens, the earth, the celestial spheres, and the souls, which is a hidden realm, he says is permanent from eternity and not perishable. Therefore, it is permanent from eternity and forever. This description is not valid for anyone but Allah alone. They say, I mean the philosophers, they say: This world has no beginning and no end; it remains and does not perish forever. It is eternal in what preceded it; non-existence did not precede it.
We explain the verses with which the author (may Allah have mercy on him) completed the people's statements regarding actions, or rather regarding the things acted upon. He said:
"These are the doctrines of the atheists who ***disbelieved in the Creator of this"
Yes.
"We do not say, as the atheist ***zindiq, the owner of Greek logic, says"
And he is Aristotle, for Aristotle is the first teacher of Greek philosophy. He says: "Regarding the permanence of this witnessed world ***and the souls in eternity, and that they are not perishable" This witnessed world, which is the heavens, the earth, the celestial spheres, and the souls, which is a hidden realm, he says is permanent from eternity and not perishable. Therefore, it is permanent from eternity and forever. This description is not valid for anyone but Allah alone. They say, I mean the philosophers, they say: This world has no beginning and no end; it remains and does not perish forever. It is eternal in what preceded it; non-existence did not precede it.