The Resemblance of the People of Denial of Attributes to the Jews and the Innocence of the People of Affirmation of Attributes
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The Shaykh : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
In this chapter, the author (may Allah have mercy on him) states that the distorters resemble the Jews and Christians and inherit their distortion, and that the people of affirmation of attributes are innocent of what these distorters have accused them of. This is because these distorters claimed that the people of affirmation of attributes are the ones who resemble the Jews, since the Jews are likeners of Allah to creation, and the people of affirmation of attributes, in their opinion, are also likeners of Allah to creation. The author says:
"And there is a hidden calamity in them, which I will reveal".
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : Now, then
"And he came to the party of guidance and gave them the likeness of the Jews, and this is from slander"
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Fine.
"When he said that they are likeners of Allah to creation, and that you are like them, so who will blame me"
The important point is that we understood the first thing: that there are three things—distortion, alteration, and concealment. The people of denial of the divine attributes tried to follow these three paths, but they were unable to follow all of them, because they cannot alter or conceal. Why? Because the Qur'an is preserved. So what remained for them? What remained for them was distortion, which is keeping the wording but distorting the meaning, because they are unable to conceal the wording or alter it. So they took the third path, which is what? Distortion. They came to the words and said: the words remain, but their meaning is not what they indicate; rather, their meaning is something else. And they proceeded on this basis. He says:
"And he came to the party of guidance and gave them the likeness of the Jews, and this is from slander
He said that they are those who liken Allah to His creation, and that you are like them, so who is the one who will pursue me?
Who will blame me for what I said?
In this chapter, the author (may Allah have mercy on him) states that the distorters resemble the Jews and Christians and inherit their distortion, and that the people of affirmation of attributes are innocent of what these distorters have accused them of. This is because these distorters claimed that the people of affirmation of attributes are the ones who resemble the Jews, since the Jews are likeners of Allah to creation, and the people of affirmation of attributes, in their opinion, are also likeners of Allah to creation. The author says:
"And there is a hidden calamity in them, which I will reveal".
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : Now, then
"And he came to the party of guidance and gave them the likeness of the Jews, and this is from slander"
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Fine.
"When he said that they are likeners of Allah to creation, and that you are like them, so who will blame me"
The important point is that we understood the first thing: that there are three things—distortion, alteration, and concealment. The people of denial of the divine attributes tried to follow these three paths, but they were unable to follow all of them, because they cannot alter or conceal. Why? Because the Qur'an is preserved. So what remained for them? What remained for them was distortion, which is keeping the wording but distorting the meaning, because they are unable to conceal the wording or alter it. So they took the third path, which is what? Distortion. They came to the words and said: the words remain, but their meaning is not what they indicate; rather, their meaning is something else. And they proceeded on this basis. He says:
"And he came to the party of guidance and gave them the likeness of the Jews, and this is from slander
He said that they are those who liken Allah to His creation, and that you are like them, so who is the one who will pursue me?
Who will blame me for what I said?