Reading from the words of the poet: A chapter on refuting the Jahmiyyah who deny the divine attributes, who claim that there is no God upon the Throne to be worshipped, nor a God above the heavens to be prayed to or prostrated to.
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The student: In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Bestower of Mercy.
"A chapter on refuting the Jahmiyyah who deny the divine attributes, who claim that there is no God upon the Throne to be worshipped, nor a God above the heavens to be prayed to or prostrated to, and clarifying the falsity of their claim through reason, revelation, language, and innate disposition.
And Allah is, and there is nothing other than Him *** And He created the creation, which is of recent origin
So ask the one who denies the attributes: Did He create it outside *** Of His essence, or did it settle within Him?
It must be one of these, or that *** It is His very self, for there are not two existing things
There is no created being and its Creator, and *** Nothing is distinct from these entities"
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Huh?
The student: Does He see it?
The Shaykh : No, did He create it?
The student: O Shaykh, ask the one who denies the attributes...
The Shaykh :"Is there a created being and its Creator, and nothing distinct from these entities" Yes, it must be so.
The reader: Alone?
The Shaykh : No, alone, alone.
The reader: "It must be one of three, for it has *** No fourth; be free from deception"
The Shaykh : Away, away.
The reader: "And for this, the most precise of the people who *** Raised the foundations, claiming to know the truth, said:
He is the very essence of this universe, not other than it *** How could He be, and not distinct from the universes?
No, and He is not separate from them either *** He is existence itself, manifest and clear
If there is no Lord above His creation *** Then this is the statement in the balance
For it is not conceivable after this except that *** He has settled in them, and they are like bodies
And the Spirit, the Right One, Glorious is His Majesty *** Settled in them, like the Christian statement
So judge those who said".
The Shaykh : Yes.
"A chapter on refuting the Jahmiyyah who deny the divine attributes, who claim that there is no God upon the Throne to be worshipped, nor a God above the heavens to be prayed to or prostrated to, and clarifying the falsity of their claim through reason, revelation, language, and innate disposition.
And Allah is, and there is nothing other than Him *** And He created the creation, which is of recent origin
So ask the one who denies the attributes: Did He create it outside *** Of His essence, or did it settle within Him?
It must be one of these, or that *** It is His very self, for there are not two existing things
There is no created being and its Creator, and *** Nothing is distinct from these entities"
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Huh?
The student: Does He see it?
The Shaykh : No, did He create it?
The student: O Shaykh, ask the one who denies the attributes...
The Shaykh :"Is there a created being and its Creator, and nothing distinct from these entities" Yes, it must be so.
The reader: Alone?
The Shaykh : No, alone, alone.
The reader: "It must be one of three, for it has *** No fourth; be free from deception"
The Shaykh : Away, away.
The reader: "And for this, the most precise of the people who *** Raised the foundations, claiming to know the truth, said:
He is the very essence of this universe, not other than it *** How could He be, and not distinct from the universes?
No, and He is not separate from them either *** He is existence itself, manifest and clear
If there is no Lord above His creation *** Then this is the statement in the balance
For it is not conceivable after this except that *** He has settled in them, and they are like bodies
And the Spirit, the Right One, Glorious is His Majesty *** Settled in them, like the Christian statement
So judge those who said".
The Shaykh : Yes.