The meaning of the poet's statement: "None of them ever said a single word *** Its interpretation is a deviation from the stronger position, no, and denying the reality, no, and *** separating the texts from certainty"
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The Shaykh : As for the speech of Allah, the speech of His Messenger, the speech of the masters of exegesis, and the speech of the masters of the Muslims, interpretation (ta'wil) has two meanings for them and no third. What are they? Exegesis (tafsir) and the reality to which the speech leads. If it is a report, it is by the occurrence of what is reported; if it is a command, it is by its fulfillment and acting upon it. Is that right? An example of the second is the statement of A'isha: Riyad as-Salihin 1425 An example of the second is the saying of the Exalted: [Al-A'raf 7:53].
"None of them ever said a single word *** Its interpretation is a deviation from the stronger position
No, and denying the reality" This means that none of them ever said that interpretation is the denial of the reality.
"No, and *** separating the texts from certainty. These are
the interpretations of the people of falsehood"
The people of falsehood separated the texts from certainty and said that their indication of meaning does not yield certainty. And if it does not yield certainty, we have the right to interpret them and turn them away from their apparent meaning. This is stubbornness, because in the texts there is what yields certainty absolutely. Allah's rising above the Throne, meaning His elevation above it, is indicated by the texts with certainty or not? Because it is mentioned in seven places in the Qur'an, not in just one place where Allah said that He took control of the Throne forever. In all the places, He rose above the Throne with this wording. Yes, or He rose above, yes, or "The Most Merciful rose above the Throne," for example. He said: These are
"The interpretations of the people of falsehood, rejected by *** the masters of knowledge and faith
And it is that in which there is no doubt of invalidity *** And Allah judges it as invalid"
The last phrase "And Allah judges" appears to be a supplication, that Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) asked Allah to judge this interpretation as invalid so that people would not be deceived by it.
"So you assigned to the word a meaning other than *** its meaning with them, by a second terminology"
With whom? With the masters of knowledge, by a second terminology.
"And you carried the word of the Book upon it, until *** two things to be avoided came to you from that"
The first thing to be avoided:
"Lying about the words" where they said that they indicate such and such, and lying about the one who said them, where they said that His intention was such and such. So now, in the interpretation of the people of distortion, there are two things to be avoided. The first is: lying about the words. For example: What is the apparent meaning of the word?
The student: It came by itself.
The Shaykh : It came by itself, but they said "The command of your Lord came," so they lied about the word and said that its meaning is "The command of your Lord," and they lied about the one who spoke this word. Who is he?
The student: Allah
The Shaykh : Allah. So they said that Allah intended by His saying:.
The Prophet (ﷺ) used to recite frequently in his bowing and prostration: "Subhanak- Allahumma, Rabbana wa bihamdika.
كان النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم يُكثر أن يقول في ركوعه وسجوده سبحانك اللهم ربنا وبحمدك يتأول القرآنDo they await except its result? The Day its result comes those who had ignored it before will say, "The messengers of our Lord had come with the truth
هل ينظرون إلا تأويله يوم يأتي تأويلُه يقول الذين نسوه من قبل قد جاءت رسل ربنا بالحق"None of them ever said a single word *** Its interpretation is a deviation from the stronger position
No, and denying the reality" This means that none of them ever said that interpretation is the denial of the reality.
"No, and *** separating the texts from certainty. These are
the interpretations of the people of falsehood"
The people of falsehood separated the texts from certainty and said that their indication of meaning does not yield certainty. And if it does not yield certainty, we have the right to interpret them and turn them away from their apparent meaning. This is stubbornness, because in the texts there is what yields certainty absolutely. Allah's rising above the Throne, meaning His elevation above it, is indicated by the texts with certainty or not? Because it is mentioned in seven places in the Qur'an, not in just one place where Allah said that He took control of the Throne forever. In all the places, He rose above the Throne with this wording. Yes, or He rose above, yes, or "The Most Merciful rose above the Throne," for example. He said: These are
"The interpretations of the people of falsehood, rejected by *** the masters of knowledge and faith
And it is that in which there is no doubt of invalidity *** And Allah judges it as invalid"
The last phrase "And Allah judges" appears to be a supplication, that Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) asked Allah to judge this interpretation as invalid so that people would not be deceived by it.
"So you assigned to the word a meaning other than *** its meaning with them, by a second terminology"
With whom? With the masters of knowledge, by a second terminology.
"And you carried the word of the Book upon it, until *** two things to be avoided came to you from that"
The first thing to be avoided:
"Lying about the words" where they said that they indicate such and such, and lying about the one who said them, where they said that His intention was such and such. So now, in the interpretation of the people of distortion, there are two things to be avoided. The first is: lying about the words. For example:
And your Lord has come
وجاء ربكThe student: It came by itself.
The Shaykh : It came by itself, but they said "The command of your Lord came," so they lied about the word and said that its meaning is "The command of your Lord," and they lied about the one who spoke this word. Who is he?
The student: Allah
The Shaykh : Allah. So they said that Allah intended by His saying: