(Explanation of the Batiniyyah addressing the Asha'irah) In this, they follow their Sunnah and call their denial of the truth ta'wil (figurative interpretation) without distinction, and they bring forth an interpretation like their interpretations, measure for measure.
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The Shaykh :"In this, they follow their Sunnah and call their denial of the truth ta'wil (figurative interpretation) without distinction"
Yes, without distinction.
"And they bring forth an interpretation like their interpretations, measure for measure, crying out with the adhan:
We have interpreted as you have interpreted, so come, let us judge you before the Weigher"
Who is the speaker here? The Batiniyyah are addressing the Asha'irah and those of their ilk, saying:
"We have interpreted as you have interpreted, so come, let us judge you before the Weigher
In the two scales, we shall place our interpretations, and likewise your interpretations, by the standard"
Seeking judgment in this manner is a right, is it not? It is a right, because these people have interpreted the attributes, while those people have interpreted everything the messengers brought. And Shaykh al-Islam (may Allah have mercy on him) says: "The interpretation of these people regarding the attributes is far greater than the interpretation of those people regarding the Hereafter" in Paradise and the Fire. He says this because the souls' affirmation of the attributes of perfection belonging to Allah the Exalted is stronger in their affirmation than the Hereafter. Also, the texts of the Book and the Sunnah in affirming and establishing the attributes are more numerous than the texts of the Book and the Sunnah in establishing the Hereafter. Therefore, these people are more severe than those interpreters, even if those people are greater in one respect.
Yes, without distinction.
"And they bring forth an interpretation like their interpretations, measure for measure, crying out with the adhan:
We have interpreted as you have interpreted, so come, let us judge you before the Weigher"
Who is the speaker here? The Batiniyyah are addressing the Asha'irah and those of their ilk, saying:
"We have interpreted as you have interpreted, so come, let us judge you before the Weigher
In the two scales, we shall place our interpretations, and likewise your interpretations, by the standard"
Seeking judgment in this manner is a right, is it not? It is a right, because these people have interpreted the attributes, while those people have interpreted everything the messengers brought. And Shaykh al-Islam (may Allah have mercy on him) says: "The interpretation of these people regarding the attributes is far greater than the interpretation of those people regarding the Hereafter" in Paradise and the Fire. He says this because the souls' affirmation of the attributes of perfection belonging to Allah the Exalted is stronger in their affirmation than the Hereafter. Also, the texts of the Book and the Sunnah in affirming and establishing the attributes are more numerous than the texts of the Book and the Sunnah in establishing the Hereafter. Therefore, these people are more severe than those interpreters, even if those people are greater in one respect.