The Meaning of the Poet's Saying: "And the scoundrels and the impudent *** and the lowest of the low have taken control through distortion and slander"
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The Shaykh : He said:
"And the scoundrels and the impudent *** and the lowest of the low have taken control through distortion and slander"
What is the definition of "al-awghad" (scoundrels) for you?
The student: "Al-awghad" is the plural of "waghad," which is one who serves for a full belly.
The Shaykh : What?
The student: He serves for a full belly.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: And "al-awqah" is the plural of "waqih," which is one who has no modesty. That is to say, the scoundrels, the impudent, and the lowest of the low are from the Batiniyyah, the philosophers, and others.
The Shaykh : Yes, they took control through distortion and slander in order to establish the principles they had laid down. Ibn Sina and his like deny the reality of the Essence, the reality of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), and they say that these names, these attributes, and these rulings are all a matter of making things easier for the minds. Those people do not deny the existence of the Creator, but they deny the realities of His attributes, and they say that the intended meaning of this text is such and such, which contradicts the apparent meaning.
"Everyone, when he confronts it with the text, *** confronts it with an interpretation without proof"
If he had confronted it with an interpretation based on proof, it would have been accepted from him.
"And the scoundrels and the impudent *** and the lowest of the low have taken control through distortion and slander"
What is the definition of "al-awghad" (scoundrels) for you?
The student: "Al-awghad" is the plural of "waghad," which is one who serves for a full belly.
The Shaykh : What?
The student: He serves for a full belly.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: And "al-awqah" is the plural of "waqih," which is one who has no modesty. That is to say, the scoundrels, the impudent, and the lowest of the low are from the Batiniyyah, the philosophers, and others.
The Shaykh : Yes, they took control through distortion and slander in order to establish the principles they had laid down. Ibn Sina and his like deny the reality of the Essence, the reality of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), and they say that these names, these attributes, and these rulings are all a matter of making things easier for the minds. Those people do not deny the existence of the Creator, but they deny the realities of His attributes, and they say that the intended meaning of this text is such and such, which contradicts the apparent meaning.
"Everyone, when he confronts it with the text, *** confronts it with an interpretation without proof"
If he had confronted it with an interpretation based on proof, it would have been accepted from him.