The meaning of the poet's statement: Every metaphor that has no reality beneath it *** First, and add and subtract without evidence
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The Shaykh :"Every metaphor that has no reality beneath it *** First, and add and subtract without evidence"
He mocks them, saying: "*** First"
And as for ta'wil (figurative interpretation) regarding the ta'til (denial of the divine attributes) group, its reality is
The student: tahrif (distortion of a text's meaning)
The Shaykh : tahrif (distortion of a text's meaning) "*** add and subtract" He says, "Our Lord descends, the command of our Lord descends," this is an addition
"*** subtract" means it is possible that a quality comes, and he subtracts from it, saying, "This is superfluous, this is superfluous." Some said, "And your Lord remains, and your Lord remains" What do you do with that? He said, "This is a connective; he avoided saying it is superfluous in the Qur'an, and it is a verbal addition, and he was afraid to say it is a superfluous addition in meaning. May Allah guide us among those He has guided. Yes.
He mocks them, saying: "*** First"
And as for ta'wil (figurative interpretation) regarding the ta'til (denial of the divine attributes) group, its reality is
The student: tahrif (distortion of a text's meaning)
The Shaykh : tahrif (distortion of a text's meaning) "*** add and subtract" He says, "Our Lord descends, the command of our Lord descends," this is an addition
"*** subtract" means it is possible that a quality comes, and he subtracts from it, saying, "This is superfluous, this is superfluous."
