Accusing the People of the Sunnah of Being Like Pharaoh and the Response to Them

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The Shaykh : Yes, this is also one of the calamities: they said that the People of the Sunnah are Pharaonic. They likened them to Pharaoh. By what? They said: because the People of the Sunnah affirmed that Allah is above everything, and Pharaoh affirmed the elevation of Allah, so they resembled Pharaoh in this respect. And they were blind to the fact that it was Moses who said that Allah is in the sky. For this reason, Pharaoh said:

"O Haman, construct for me a tower that I might reach the ways - ⁽³⁷⁾ The ways into the heavens - so that I may look at the deity of Moses; but indeed, I think he is a liar."

يَا هَامَانُ ابْنِ لِي صَرْحًا لَعَلِّي أَبْلُغُ الْأَسْبَابَ أَسْبَابَ السَّمَاوَاتِ فَأَطَّلِعَ إِلَى إِلَهِ مُوسَى وَإِنِّي لَأَظُنُّهُ كَاذِبًا

[Ghafir 40:36-37]

So did Pharaoh affirm the elevation and not deny it? He denied it, but he ordered his minister Haman to build this tower to deceive his people, because he would ascend this tower and say, "I searched but I did not find Him," thereby deceiving his people. So Pharaoh is in agreement. Rather, the Jahmiyyah are in complete agreement with what? With Pharaoh. This is the truth. And I think the time has ended. May Allah will it, it will come.

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