The Meaning of the Poet's Statement: (Clarifying Ibn al-Qayyim's hesitation and wavering in this issue at the end, and mentioning the stronger position therein) This is what became clear to me, and the one who knows it is the ***
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The Shaykh : Then he said "This is what became clear to me ***"
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Most of the copies with you have "and what became clear"
Yes, that is so, but there is a copy with a commentary by Ibn 'Isa (may Allah have mercy on him)
"This is what ripened for me ***" and ripening means perfection, as in "the meat ripened" and "the food ripened," meaning it became complete and settled. It is as if the author (may Allah have mercy on him) was in doubt about the matter at the end and said that it had not ripened. The reality is that this is considered a second stage after he researched and discussed it (may Allah have mercy on him). At the end, he wavered. So now we have three positions: certainty that the two days are one, certainty that the two days are different, and hesitation, as in Ibn al-Qayyim's final state. The correct position is the certainty that they are two days, and the two contexts do not agree at all. They differ in number: this is one thousand and that is fifty. They differ in what ascends: in Alif Lam Mim, the descent in al-Sajdah, what ascends is the command, and this is what the angels ascend. Thirdly, they bear witness to what is in the authentic hadith that the intended meaning is the Day of what? The Day of Resurrection, the Day of Return. If that is the case, how is the matter difficult? The correct, certain position is that what is mentioned in Alif Lam Mim, the descent in al-Sajdah, is a day in this world, meaning that Allah manages the affair from the lowest heaven to the earth, and then it ascends to Him. Yes.
The student: ...
The Shaykh :[As-Sajdah 32:5] There is no objection to their having an ascent on that day. But with that, we see that what is in the surah Alif Lam Mim, the descent in al-Sajdah, is the measure of the distance, the distance between the earth and the sky. And what is in the surah al-Ma'arij is the measure of time, meaning that the day is long, not that the area is large, but the day is long, its measure being fifty thousand years. Then after that, everything ends, and the people of Paradise return to Paradise and the people of the Fire to the Fire. He said
"This is what ripened for me, and the one who knows it is the *** after"
Meaning after he discussed it, this discussion. "*** to the abode of the Qur'an"
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Most of the copies with you have "and what became clear"
Yes, that is so, but there is a copy with a commentary by Ibn 'Isa (may Allah have mercy on him)
"This is what ripened for me ***" and ripening means perfection, as in "the meat ripened" and "the food ripened," meaning it became complete and settled. It is as if the author (may Allah have mercy on him) was in doubt about the matter at the end and said that it had not ripened. The reality is that this is considered a second stage after he researched and discussed it (may Allah have mercy on him). At the end, he wavered. So now we have three positions: certainty that the two days are one, certainty that the two days are different, and hesitation, as in Ibn al-Qayyim's final state. The correct position is the certainty that they are two days, and the two contexts do not agree at all. They differ in number: this is one thousand and that is fifty. They differ in what ascends: in Alif Lam Mim, the descent in al-Sajdah, what ascends is the command, and this is what the angels ascend. Thirdly, they bear witness to what is in the authentic hadith that the intended meaning is the Day of what? The Day of Resurrection, the Day of Return. If that is the case, how is the matter difficult? The correct, certain position is that what is mentioned in Alif Lam Mim, the descent in al-Sajdah, is a day in this world, meaning that Allah manages the affair from the lowest heaven to the earth, and then it ascends to Him. Yes.
The student: ...
The Shaykh :
in a Day, the extent of which is a thousand years
في يوم كان مقداره ألف سنة"This is what ripened for me, and the one who knows it is the *** after"
Meaning after he discussed it, this discussion. "*** to the abode of the Qur'an"