The meaning of the poet's statement: "So listen, then, to who is more worthy than Pharaoh, the one who denied the attributes, the one who rejected the Most Merciful"
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The Shaykh :"So listen, then, to who is more worthy than Pharaoh, the one who denied the attributes, the one who rejected the Most Merciful"
Who is more worthy of being one who denies the attributes? Because he is one who denies the attributes; he is the leader of those who deny the attributes.
"And look at what came in the stories that recount the speech of their leader with clarity"
"And Allah has made misguidance a model through leaders who call to the fires"
Due to the saying of Allah the Exalted regarding the family of Pharaoh, it reached:[Al-Qasas 28:41-42] They are the leaders of disbelief who call to the fires.
"So the leader of every one who denies the attributes in his denial is Pharaoh, along with Nimrod and Haman"
"He sought to ascend to the sky, denying Moses"
Not believing him, but he wanted to delude his people. He would build the high tower and say, "I am Allah, I remained, I revolved, I am the god of Moses, but I did not meet him." He would say to his companions and followers, "This is his intention with what he sought."
"So build for me the tower"
"He sought to ascend to the sky, denying Moses, and he aimed to build the tower"
"Rather, he said, 'Moses is a liar in his claim that the Lord, the Possessor of authority, is above the sky'"
Who is saying this? Pharaoh said, "Moses is a liar."
"In his claim that the Lord is above the sky" means that the Lord is above the sky.
"So build for me the lofty tower, perhaps I will ascend to Him by the stratagem of man"
Ascend to whom?
The student: To Allah, Mighty and Majestic.
The Shaykh : To Allah. He does not acknowledge it; he says,
"And I think Moses is a liar in his statement that Allah, the Possessor of authority, is above the Throne"
"And likewise, he denied that his God called him by direct speech without seeing Him"
Who is more worthy of being one who denies the attributes? Because he is one who denies the attributes; he is the leader of those who deny the attributes.
"And look at what came in the stories that recount the speech of their leader with clarity"
"And Allah has made misguidance a model through leaders who call to the fires"
Due to the saying of Allah the Exalted regarding the family of Pharaoh, it reached:
(41) And We made them leaders inviting to the Fire, and on the Day of Resurrection they will not be helped. (42) And We caused to overtake them in this world a curse, and on the Day of Resurrection they will be of the despised.
وجعلناهم أئمة يدعون إلى النار ويوم القيامة لا ينصرون وأتبعناهم في هذه الدنيا لعنة ويوم القيامة هم من المقبوحين"So the leader of every one who denies the attributes in his denial is Pharaoh, along with Nimrod and Haman"
"He sought to ascend to the sky, denying Moses"
Not believing him, but he wanted to delude his people. He would build the high tower and say, "I am Allah, I remained, I revolved, I am the god of Moses, but I did not meet him." He would say to his companions and followers, "This is his intention with what he sought."
"So build for me the tower"
"He sought to ascend to the sky, denying Moses, and he aimed to build the tower"
"Rather, he said, 'Moses is a liar in his claim that the Lord, the Possessor of authority, is above the sky'"
Who is saying this? Pharaoh said, "Moses is a liar."
"In his claim that the Lord is above the sky" means that the Lord is above the sky.
"So build for me the lofty tower, perhaps I will ascend to Him by the stratagem of man"
Ascend to whom?
The student: To Allah, Mighty and Majestic.
The Shaykh : To Allah.
To the god of Moses
إلى إله موسىTo the god of Moses
إلى إله موسى"And I think Moses is a liar in his statement that Allah, the Possessor of authority, is above the Throne"
"And likewise, he denied that his God called him by direct speech without seeing Him"