The Meaning of the Poet's Statement: "And if he admits that He is other than the creation *** The worshipper and the worshipped are two things, then ask him: Is this creation in His essence *** Or is His essence in it? Here are two matters"
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The Shaykh :"And if he admits that He is other than the creation ***"
The question is: What do I know? The third one is this: If he says, "I do not say that He is the very creation, but rather He is other than it."
"*** The worshipper and the worshipped are two things"
"Then ask him: Is this creation in His essence *** Or is His essence in it? These are two matters"
Is this creation in His essence, meaning that the creation is a state within the essence of Allah? Or is His essence in it, meaning that the essence of Allah is in the creation? In other words, is the Creator present in the created, or is the created present in the Creator? Good.
The question is: What do I know? The third one is this: If he says, "I do not say that He is the very creation, but rather He is other than it."
"*** The worshipper and the worshipped are two things"
"Then ask him: Is this creation in His essence *** Or is His essence in it? These are two matters"
Is this creation in His essence, meaning that the creation is a state within the essence of Allah? Or is His essence in it, meaning that the essence of Allah is in the creation? In other words, is the Creator present in the created, or is the created present in the Creator? Good.