(The people of innovation’s mistreatment of the texts from two angles: their assumption that they necessitate likening Allah to creation and ascribing a body to Allah, and their diverting them from their true meanings) What is the sin except from the texts you have, for you have ascribed a body to Allah, or rather likened Him to creation, two categories
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The Shaykh :"What is the sin except from the texts you have, for you have ascribed a body to Allah, or rather likened Him to creation, two categories"
They say that the apparent meaning of the texts is ascribing a body to Allah, so they must be diverted from their apparent meaning. The apparent meaning of the texts is likening Allah to creation, so they must be diverted from their apparent meaning. For example, they said, "His two hands are outstretched" (Allah Mighty and Majestic). In their view, the apparent meaning of the text is that these two hands are likened to the hands of the created beings, and that it is not possible to affirm this reality except by likening Allah to creation. Since likening Allah to creation is false, if it is not possible to affirm it in reality except by likening Allah to creation, and likening Allah to creation is false, then the reality is false. Therefore, we must divert the meaning of "hand" to "blessing" or "power." Do you understand? He "rose above the Throne." They say that nothing rises above anything else unless it is a body, and a body is impossible for Allah in their view. Since it is impossible, we must divert the meaning of "rising above" to "dominion," which is sovereignty, victory, and subjugation. And so they say. Therefore, they said that the apparent meaning of the texts is likening Allah to creation or ascribing a body to Allah, so we must divert them from this apparent meaning. They committed two wrongs: the first wrong is their assumption that the texts necessitate likening Allah to creation or ascribing a body to Allah, and the second wrong is their diverting them from the meanings that Allah and His Messenger intended for them. May Allah know best. Yes. The seventeenth evidence, in the middle of it, he (may Allah have mercy on him) says:
"What is the sin except from the texts you have, for you have ascribed a body to Allah, or rather likened Him to creation, two categories"
Meaning that they said the apparent meaning of the texts is likening Allah to creation and ascribing a body to Allah, and we gave the example last night for that.
They say that the apparent meaning of the texts is ascribing a body to Allah, so they must be diverted from their apparent meaning. The apparent meaning of the texts is likening Allah to creation, so they must be diverted from their apparent meaning. For example, they said, "His two hands are outstretched" (Allah Mighty and Majestic). In their view, the apparent meaning of the text is that these two hands are likened to the hands of the created beings, and that it is not possible to affirm this reality except by likening Allah to creation. Since likening Allah to creation is false, if it is not possible to affirm it in reality except by likening Allah to creation, and likening Allah to creation is false, then the reality is false. Therefore, we must divert the meaning of "hand" to "blessing" or "power." Do you understand? He "rose above the Throne." They say that nothing rises above anything else unless it is a body, and a body is impossible for Allah in their view. Since it is impossible, we must divert the meaning of "rising above" to "dominion," which is sovereignty, victory, and subjugation. And so they say. Therefore, they said that the apparent meaning of the texts is likening Allah to creation or ascribing a body to Allah, so we must divert them from this apparent meaning. They committed two wrongs: the first wrong is their assumption that the texts necessitate likening Allah to creation or ascribing a body to Allah, and the second wrong is their diverting them from the meanings that Allah and His Messenger intended for them. May Allah know best. Yes. The seventeenth evidence, in the middle of it, he (may Allah have mercy on him) says:
"What is the sin except from the texts you have, for you have ascribed a body to Allah, or rather likened Him to creation, two categories"
Meaning that they said the apparent meaning of the texts is likening Allah to creation and ascribing a body to Allah, and we gave the example last night for that.