The Meaning of the Poet's Saying: "They call it the universal, and it is a particular *** A single one, and so the meaning; the two are the same. The abstraction of this in the mind or in the external *** From every constraint is not possible"
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The Shaykh : He said, (may Allah have mercy on him): "They call it the universal, and it is a particular *** A single one, and so the meaning; the two are the same"
Do you have a single one and no single one? With the damma, it means that universal meanings are universal in the minds, not in the external reality. When they are in the external reality, they are specified, concrete, and individual. Similarly, the meaning: the word has a universal, general meaning, but when you place it in its context, what happens? It has a specific meaning defined by the context.
"The abstraction of this in the mind or in the external *** From every constraint is not possible"
"The abstraction of this in the mind or in the external from every constraint is not possible" means that it is impossible to abstract the word from its meaning in the context. It is impossible to abstract concrete entities from the universal meaning if they are in the external reality. In summary, the author's point is that these people erred regarding the word, just as the philosophers erred regarding concrete entities. They made the word devoid of meaning and made it capable of every meaning, even if constrained by context. Similarly, these people made the universal meaning fixed in every part and every individual. They said it is possible for the Creator to be described neither by affirmation nor by negation. We say this is impossible.
Do you have a single one and no single one? With the damma, it means that universal meanings are universal in the minds, not in the external reality. When they are in the external reality, they are specified, concrete, and individual. Similarly, the meaning: the word has a universal, general meaning, but when you place it in its context, what happens? It has a specific meaning defined by the context.
"The abstraction of this in the mind or in the external *** From every constraint is not possible"
"The abstraction of this in the mind or in the external from every constraint is not possible" means that it is impossible to abstract the word from its meaning in the context. It is impossible to abstract concrete entities from the universal meaning if they are in the external reality. In summary, the author's point is that these people erred regarding the word, just as the philosophers erred regarding concrete entities. They made the word devoid of meaning and made it capable of every meaning, even if constrained by context. Similarly, these people made the universal meaning fixed in every part and every individual. They said it is possible for the Creator to be described neither by affirmation nor by negation. We say this is impossible.