The Meaning of the Poet's Statement: "And I say my interpretation is like the interpretation of those who interpreted the transcendence of the Most Merciful, or rather, its absence, for its manifestation in the revelation through the two explicit texts is like the sun in clarity"
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"And I say my interpretation is like the interpretation of those who interpreted the transcendence of the Most Merciful"
Those who denied the transcendence interpreted every text indicating transcendence, saying regarding such as the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Al-An'am 6:18] the intended meaning is the transcendence of type, as you say, for example, gold is above copper, or above silver; it is a conceptual transcendence, not a physical transcendence. They say that the transcendence is a transcendence of meanings, not a transcendence of the Self. So they interpreted it, and Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) says:
"And I say my interpretation is like the interpretation of those who interpreted the transcendence of the Most Merciful
Or rather, its absence, for its manifestation in the revelation through the two explicit texts is like the sun in clarity
Is it permissible for you to interpret the transcendence, but you do not interpret the rest without distinction?"
He means that these atheists, from Ibn Sina and his like, say: We interpreted, but we interpreted texts that are not like the transcendence in their abundance, variety, and clarity. And you interpreted the transcendence, so how do you deny it to us and not deny it to yourselves?
"And I say my interpretation is like the interpretation of those who interpreted the transcendence of the Most Merciful"
Those who denied the transcendence interpreted every text indicating transcendence, saying regarding such as the saying of Allah the Exalted:
And He is the subjugator over His servants
وهو القاهر فوق عباده"And I say my interpretation is like the interpretation of those who interpreted the transcendence of the Most Merciful
Or rather, its absence, for its manifestation in the revelation through the two explicit texts is like the sun in clarity
Is it permissible for you to interpret the transcendence, but you do not interpret the rest without distinction?"
He means that these atheists, from Ibn Sina and his like, say: We interpreted, but we interpreted texts that are not like the transcendence in their abundance, variety, and clarity. And you interpreted the transcendence, so how do you deny it to us and not deny it to yourselves?