(Discussion on the creation of time and whether it has a beginning in reality, and the refutation of the opponents) And the succession of instants is a fixed matter*** in the mind, and it is so in
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The Shaykh :"And the succession of instants is a fixed matter*** in the mind, and it is so in the realities"
(may Allah have mercy on him), this is also a proof from which there is no escape. The instants, the times, are they successive or not successive? They are successive. Even if we assume there is no sun or moon, they are successive. Now, do they have a beginning? Allah the Exalted has been creating them from eternity. Do they end or not? No? They do not end, not even to the eternity of eternities. But the conditions change, no doubt, from this world to the barzakh (the interval between death and resurrection) to the Hereafter to Paradise or Hellfire.
"The succession of instants is a fixed matter***" The instants are the times.
"A fixed matter*** in the mind, and it is so in the realities"
That is, a person conceives it in his mind and sees with his eyes that the times, what are they? They are successive. Are they created or not created?
The student: Created.
The Shaykh : Do they have a beginning? No, the times have always existed and continue to exist.
"If you deny this and say that the first*** of the instants is a beginning without denial,
That was not so in the past *** one sees it only by stripping away its true existence.
Yes, he says: If you deny this and say that the first of the instants is a beginning without denial, correct? The first of the times means something we do not conceive, but the first of the times, before the times existed, the times were non-existent, then they began, because this is what we conceive in our minds in reality. And is a time necessary? But listen to the answer.
"If you deny this and say that the first*** of the instants is a beginning without denial,
What was that instant preceded by? It is seen*** only by negating its true existence,
It is said: What do you mean by instants? Do you*** mean the duration of these times,
From the time of the creation of the highest heavens*** and the earth, the celestial bodies, and the two moons?
And we think you mean that, and there was*** nothing of the creations before them,
Has there come to you in that any report, any *** explicit text, any reasoning, or any proof?
He says: What do you mean by instants? Do you mean the instants, meaning the times, since the creation of the heavens and the earth, the sun, and the moon? Or do you mean the times from before? But Ibn al-Qayyim says: And I think you "And we think you mean that" what is that? It means what was after the creation of the heavens and the earth, but there was nothing of the creations before them, so you deny that anything of the creations existed before the creation of the heavens and the earth.
"So has there come to you in that any report, any*** text, any reasoning, or any proof?"
(may Allah have mercy on him), this is also a proof from which there is no escape. The instants, the times, are they successive or not successive? They are successive. Even if we assume there is no sun or moon, they are successive. Now, do they have a beginning? Allah the Exalted has been creating them from eternity. Do they end or not? No? They do not end, not even to the eternity of eternities. But the conditions change, no doubt, from this world to the barzakh (the interval between death and resurrection) to the Hereafter to Paradise or Hellfire.
"The succession of instants is a fixed matter***" The instants are the times.
"A fixed matter*** in the mind, and it is so in the realities"
That is, a person conceives it in his mind and sees with his eyes that the times, what are they? They are successive. Are they created or not created?
The student: Created.
The Shaykh : Do they have a beginning? No, the times have always existed and continue to exist.
"If you deny this and say that the first*** of the instants is a beginning without denial,
That was not so in the past *** one sees it only by stripping away its true existence.
Yes, he says: If you deny this and say that the first of the instants is a beginning without denial, correct? The first of the times means something we do not conceive, but the first of the times, before the times existed, the times were non-existent, then they began, because this is what we conceive in our minds in reality. And is a time necessary? But listen to the answer.
"If you deny this and say that the first*** of the instants is a beginning without denial,
What was that instant preceded by? It is seen*** only by negating its true existence,
It is said: What do you mean by instants? Do you*** mean the duration of these times,
From the time of the creation of the highest heavens*** and the earth, the celestial bodies, and the two moons?
And we think you mean that, and there was*** nothing of the creations before them,
Has there come to you in that any report, any *** explicit text, any reasoning, or any proof?
He says: What do you mean by instants? Do you mean the instants, meaning the times, since the creation of the heavens and the earth, the sun, and the moon? Or do you mean the times from before? But Ibn al-Qayyim says: And I think you "And we think you mean that" what is that? It means what was after the creation of the heavens and the earth, but there was nothing of the creations before them, so you deny that anything of the creations existed before the creation of the heavens and the earth.
"So has there come to you in that any report, any*** text, any reasoning, or any proof?"