Reading from the words of the poet: “And likewise we demand of you a fourth matter… to the end of the chapter”
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The reciter: “And likewise we demand of you a fourth matter *** And Allah, it is not possible for you to do this
And it is the answer to the opposing argument *** For by it the claim is completed with sound pillars
But this is the very impossible, even if your Lord *** Were to equal you in it, the Lord of every tongue
So the proofs of affirmation truly do not stand *** For the mountains and the rest of the creations
The revelation of the Lord of the worlds and His inspiration *** Along with the fitrah of the Most Merciful and the proof
How can they be opposed by the garbage of these *** Minds with doubts and nonsense
And the clamor and the crashing sounds beneath them *** Are nothing but a mirage for a thirsty traveler
So may these sciences be a joy to you, which have been *** Preserved for you from the followers of excellence
Rather, from all their sheikhs, and then *** You were guided to them after a long time
And Allah, they were not preserved for you for a virtue *** You have over them, O you who are deficient
But the minds of the people were above this *** In rank and their status, so their status is greater
And they are more noble and their knowledge is higher and more honorable *** Than to be mixed with the ornament of nonsense
So for that, Allah protected them from what *** You fell into, the protection of one with excellence
You named tahrif (distortion of a text's meaning) ta'wil (figurative interpretation), and likewise *** Ta'til (denial of the divine attributes) as tanzih (transcendence); they are two titles
And you added a third matter to this, *** Worse and uglier than this, which is slander
So you made affirmation tajsim (ascribing a body to Allah) *** And tashbih (likening Allah to creation), and this is among the ugliest transgressions
So you turned those realities around, just as *** Your hearts were turned away from faith
And you made the praised one blamed, and likewise *** The opposite, until the confusion was complete
And you wanted to be praised for following *** Yes, but following whom, O you the sect of slander?
And you rebelled in attributing to the beginning *** The armies of the athar (reports from a Companion or successor) and the Qur'an
And you made the two revelations not beneficial *** For knowledge, verification, and proof
But the minds of those who turn away from guidance *** Benefit from them and the logic of the Greeks
And you made faith kufr (disbelief) and guidance *** The very misguidance, and this is among the tyranny”
Then you hid
The Shaykh : You hid
The reciter: “Then you hid, minds that Allah did not *** Intend to purify by the Qur'an
Until they responded, hastening to the call of *** Ta'til (denial of the divine attributes), having fled from faith
Woe to them, if they knew who called *** And what he called for, they would sit down like a coward”
And it is the answer to the opposing argument *** For by it the claim is completed with sound pillars
But this is the very impossible, even if your Lord *** Were to equal you in it, the Lord of every tongue
So the proofs of affirmation truly do not stand *** For the mountains and the rest of the creations
The revelation of the Lord of the worlds and His inspiration *** Along with the fitrah of the Most Merciful and the proof
How can they be opposed by the garbage of these *** Minds with doubts and nonsense
And the clamor and the crashing sounds beneath them *** Are nothing but a mirage for a thirsty traveler
So may these sciences be a joy to you, which have been *** Preserved for you from the followers of excellence
Rather, from all their sheikhs, and then *** You were guided to them after a long time
And Allah, they were not preserved for you for a virtue *** You have over them, O you who are deficient
But the minds of the people were above this *** In rank and their status, so their status is greater
And they are more noble and their knowledge is higher and more honorable *** Than to be mixed with the ornament of nonsense
So for that, Allah protected them from what *** You fell into, the protection of one with excellence
You named tahrif (distortion of a text's meaning) ta'wil (figurative interpretation), and likewise *** Ta'til (denial of the divine attributes) as tanzih (transcendence); they are two titles
And you added a third matter to this, *** Worse and uglier than this, which is slander
So you made affirmation tajsim (ascribing a body to Allah) *** And tashbih (likening Allah to creation), and this is among the ugliest transgressions
So you turned those realities around, just as *** Your hearts were turned away from faith
And you made the praised one blamed, and likewise *** The opposite, until the confusion was complete
And you wanted to be praised for following *** Yes, but following whom, O you the sect of slander?
And you rebelled in attributing to the beginning *** The armies of the athar (reports from a Companion or successor) and the Qur'an
And you made the two revelations not beneficial *** For knowledge, verification, and proof
But the minds of those who turn away from guidance *** Benefit from them and the logic of the Greeks
And you made faith kufr (disbelief) and guidance *** The very misguidance, and this is among the tyranny”
Then you hid
The Shaykh : You hid
The reciter: “Then you hid, minds that Allah did not *** Intend to purify by the Qur'an
Until they responded, hastening to the call of *** Ta'til (denial of the divine attributes), having fled from faith
Woe to them, if they knew who called *** And what he called for, they would sit down like a coward”