(Explanation of the thirteenth type of evidence for the Exaltation, which is the believers seeing their Lord in Paradise above them) This is the thirteenth: His informing us*** that we see Him in the Garden of Life
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The Shaykh : This is also among the evidence for the Exaltation of Allah, Mighty and Majestic, and that is what is derived from His name al-Zahir (The Manifest). Allah the Exalted said: [Al-Hadid 57:3] The people of ta'til (denial of the divine attributes) who deny the Exaltation interpreted al-Zahir as "the one who is manifest by His signs," meaning the one who is known by His signs, so they made the manifestation a what? A conceptual manifestation. But the one most knowledgeable of the creation about Allah interpreted it otherwise and said: Sunan Ibn Majah 3831Sahih (Darussalam) And he said: Sunan Ibn Majah 3831Sahih (Darussalam) They believe that al-Batin (The Hidden) is what is so subtle that it has no body, may Allah protect us from that, so they described Allah as being nothing. But we say that the meaning of is that you encompass everything, so nothing prevents you. And based on this, we say that al-Zahir means the Exalted. Whenever something is exalted, it is manifest. Whenever something is exalted, it is manifest. Look at the stars in the sky; they are manifest. Why? Because of their height. If they were on the earth, no one would see them. The sun and the moon are manifest because of their height. The face of the animal is manifest. Why is it manifest? Because it is the highest part of it. So al-Zahir is the one above whom there is nothing. Yes.
The reader: " Chapter: This is the thirteenth: His informing us*** that we see Him in the Garden of Life "
" So ask the one who denies the attributes: Do we see Him from beneath us*** "
The Shaykh : He sees
The reader: Do we see Him
The Shaykh : Do we see Him, meaning Allah
The reader: " So ask the one who denies the attributes: Do we see Him from beneath us*** "
The Shaykh : From whom
The reader: " So ask the one who denies the attributes: Do we see Him from beneath us*** or from "
The Shaykh : From beneath us
The student: Shaykh ... a copy ...
The Shaykh : It does not contradict ...
The reader: " So ask the*** "
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : ... the whole verse is on ...
The Shaykh : No mistake
The questioner : It is all from the end
The Shaykh : Yes, let's look now at what we have. The second half of this second verse is " Do we see Him*** "
The reader: " So ask the one who denies the attributes: Do we see Him from beneath us*** or from our left and right "
" Or behind us and in front of us, Exalted is He*** or do we see Him from above us, clearly "
The Shaykh : What I have is " Do we see Him " instead of " we see Him from above us "
The reader: " Or behind us and in front of us, Exalted is He*** or do we see Him from above us, clearly "
" O my people, there is nothing in the matter except this*** or that seeing Him is impossible "
" For seeing that is not facing the se***er is impossible, it is not possible "
" And whoever claims anything other than this, his clai***m is stubbornness against the minds "
" And He is above the Throne, Glorious is His Majesty*** so for that reason we and their party are two opposing groups "
" But we are safe, and if you equal*** us in denying the Exaltation of our Lord, the Most Merciful "
" Then it is the eye of the*** "
The Shaykh : ... I will help you, but it needs to be clarified
The student: I found it in the fourth path, I found it in the fourth path that I had when correcting, correcting the verse
The Shaykh : Ah, correct it
The student: ... in the same ...
The Shaykh : ... he says
The student: " But we are safe, and if you equal*** us in denying the Exaltation of the Most Merciful "
The Shaykh : Yes, correct
" But we are safe, and if you equal*** us in denying the Exaltation of the Most Merciful "
This is better
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Yes ...
The student: "*** in denying the Exaltation of the Most Merciful "
The Shaykh : Of the Most Merciful
The reader: " But we are safe, and if you equal*** us in denying the Exaltation of the Most Merciful "
" Then it is the eye of the impossible, and there is no Lord or Judge above the*** Throne "
" Do not set up opposition with us, for it has no*** taste, so we and you are safe "
" This is what, by Allah, is deposited in their books*** and look, you who have two eyes, and you will see "
The Shaykh : Allahu Akbar. This is also among the evidence for the Exaltation of Allah, Mighty and Majestic, that He informed us that we see Him in the Garden of Life. "Life" here means life, and the intended meaning of "al-Hayawan" is not the living creature, as Allah the Exalted said:[Al-'Ankabut 29:64] And "al-Hayawan" here contains the form of exaggeration, meaning complete life. So we see Him in the Garden of Life, and I ask Allah to make me and you among those who see Him. We see Him in the Garden of Life, as established in the Book and the Sunnah and the consensus of the Salaf, that Allah the Exalted is seen with the eye, Glorified and Exalted is He, but He is not encompassed, due to the saying of Allah the Exalted: [Al-An'am 6:103] Just as we see the sun now but do not grasp it. Okay, he says: Ask the one who denies the Exaltation of Allah, do we see Him from below, or from the right, or the left, or behind, or in front? Meaning, ask him about all six directions. Do we see Him from beneath us? Impossible, because if we saw Him from beneath us, He would be lacking in the right, left, front, or back—four directions. Similarly, it necessitates that He be lacking, which is impossible. And what remains is that we see Him from above, and this is what is required. And for this reason he said:
" O my people, there is nothing in the matter except this*** or that seeing Him is impossible "
" For seeing that is not facing the seer is im***possible, and it is not possible "
It is known that seeing requires a facing between the seer and the seen. There must be a facing. So if you say He faces us from below, you have diminished Allah in the right, left, front, or back. Similarly, you have diminished Allah by your admission. So nothing remains except that He is seen from above, and this is what is required.
He is the First and the Last, the Ascendant and the Intimate
هو الأول والآخر والظاهر والباطنYou are the Most High, and there is nothing above You
أنت الظاهر فليس فوقك شيءYou are the Most Near and there is nothing nearer than You
الباطن فليس دونك شيءThere is nothing beneath you
ليس دونك شيءThe reader: " Chapter: This is the thirteenth: His informing us*** that we see Him in the Garden of Life "
" So ask the one who denies the attributes: Do we see Him from beneath us*** "
The Shaykh : He sees
The reader: Do we see Him
The Shaykh : Do we see Him, meaning Allah
The reader: " So ask the one who denies the attributes: Do we see Him from beneath us*** "
The Shaykh : From whom
The reader: " So ask the one who denies the attributes: Do we see Him from beneath us*** or from "
The Shaykh : From beneath us
The student: Shaykh ... a copy ...
The Shaykh : It does not contradict ...
The reader: " So ask the*** "
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : ... the whole verse is on ...
The Shaykh : No mistake
The questioner : It is all from the end
The Shaykh : Yes, let's look now at what we have. The second half of this second verse is " Do we see Him*** "
The reader: " So ask the one who denies the attributes: Do we see Him from beneath us*** or from our left and right "
" Or behind us and in front of us, Exalted is He*** or do we see Him from above us, clearly "
The Shaykh : What I have is " Do we see Him " instead of " we see Him from above us "
The reader: " Or behind us and in front of us, Exalted is He*** or do we see Him from above us, clearly "
" O my people, there is nothing in the matter except this*** or that seeing Him is impossible "
" For seeing that is not facing the se***er is impossible, it is not possible "
" And whoever claims anything other than this, his clai***m is stubbornness against the minds "
" And He is above the Throne, Glorious is His Majesty*** so for that reason we and their party are two opposing groups "
" But we are safe, and if you equal*** us in denying the Exaltation of our Lord, the Most Merciful "
" Then it is the eye of the*** "
The Shaykh : ... I will help you, but it needs to be clarified
The student: I found it in the fourth path, I found it in the fourth path that I had when correcting, correcting the verse
The Shaykh : Ah, correct it
The student: ... in the same ...
The Shaykh : ... he says
The student: " But we are safe, and if you equal*** us in denying the Exaltation of the Most Merciful "
The Shaykh : Yes, correct
" But we are safe, and if you equal*** us in denying the Exaltation of the Most Merciful "
This is better
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Yes ...
The student: "*** in denying the Exaltation of the Most Merciful "
The Shaykh : Of the Most Merciful
The reader: " But we are safe, and if you equal*** us in denying the Exaltation of the Most Merciful "
" Then it is the eye of the impossible, and there is no Lord or Judge above the*** Throne "
" Do not set up opposition with us, for it has no*** taste, so we and you are safe "
" This is what, by Allah, is deposited in their books*** and look, you who have two eyes, and you will see "
The Shaykh : Allahu Akbar. This is also among the evidence for the Exaltation of Allah, Mighty and Majestic, that He informed us that we see Him in the Garden of Life. "Life" here means life, and the intended meaning of "al-Hayawan" is not the living creature, as Allah the Exalted said:
And indeed, the home of the Hereafter - that is the [eternal] life
وإن الدار الآخرة لهي الحيوانVision perceives Him not, but He perceives [all] vision
لا تدركه الأبصار وهو يدرك الأبصار" O my people, there is nothing in the matter except this*** or that seeing Him is impossible "
" For seeing that is not facing the seer is im***possible, and it is not possible "
It is known that seeing requires a facing between the seer and the seen. There must be a facing. So if you say He faces us from below, you have diminished Allah in the right, left, front, or back. Similarly, you have diminished Allah by your admission. So nothing remains except that He is seen from above, and this is what is required.