(The Eighth Comparison) And by Allah, we do not know what we are presenting in this regarding interpretation to the brothers. We told them that the sky is the qiblah of the caller, like the House of Allah.
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The Shaykh : Ibn al-Qayyim said: "And by Allah, we do not know what we are presenting in this regarding interpretation to the brothers
We told them that the sky is the qiblah of the caller, like the House of Allah with its pillars.
They said to us, this is proof that He is above the sky with the clearest evidence."
Yes
"And by Allah, we do not know what we are presenting in this regarding interpretation to the brothers"
This means that when the Messenger pointed to the sky, bearing witness to Allah the Exalted, this was a decisive text that Allah the Exalted is in the sky. Likewise, when the caller makes du'a, where does he raise his hands? To the sky. And this is a decisive text because it is fitrah.
"They said to us, this is proof that He is above the sky with the clearest evidence"
Yes. "We told them that the sky is the qiblah of the caller, like the House of Allah with its pillars"
He says that when the caller raises his hands to the sky, he is only raising his hands to the qiblah of du'a, not to Allah. Just as the one who prays faces the Ka'bah, which is the qiblah of the one who prays. So if we say "O Allah," it does not mean that we are raising our hands to Allah; rather, we are raising our hands to the qiblah of the caller, just as the one who prays faces the Ka'bah, which is the qiblah of the one who prays. He said:
"So all people, they only call upon Him from above this, the fitrah of the Most Merciful.
They do not ask for the upper qiblah, but they ask the Lord of excellence."
Correct. If you were to bring an old woman who has not read the creed and has not read any book, and she raises her hands asking Allah, to what did you raise your hands? She would say, to the sky, the qiblah of the caller. Is that right? No, she would not say that, nor would she know this. Rather, she would say, I raised them to Allah. How do you say that raising the hands to the sky is because it is the qiblah of the caller? Who told you this? The callers only raise their hands to the sky because they know that their Lord is in the sky. Good.
"They do not ask for the upper qiblah, but they ask the Lord of excellence".
We told them that the sky is the qiblah of the caller, like the House of Allah with its pillars.
They said to us, this is proof that He is above the sky with the clearest evidence."
Yes
"And by Allah, we do not know what we are presenting in this regarding interpretation to the brothers"
This means that when the Messenger pointed to the sky, bearing witness to Allah the Exalted, this was a decisive text that Allah the Exalted is in the sky. Likewise, when the caller makes du'a, where does he raise his hands? To the sky. And this is a decisive text because it is fitrah.
"They said to us, this is proof that He is above the sky with the clearest evidence"
Yes. "We told them that the sky is the qiblah of the caller, like the House of Allah with its pillars"
He says that when the caller raises his hands to the sky, he is only raising his hands to the qiblah of du'a, not to Allah. Just as the one who prays faces the Ka'bah, which is the qiblah of the one who prays. So if we say "O Allah," it does not mean that we are raising our hands to Allah; rather, we are raising our hands to the qiblah of the caller, just as the one who prays faces the Ka'bah, which is the qiblah of the one who prays. He said:
"So all people, they only call upon Him from above this, the fitrah of the Most Merciful.
They do not ask for the upper qiblah, but they ask the Lord of excellence."
Correct. If you were to bring an old woman who has not read the creed and has not read any book, and she raises her hands asking Allah, to what did you raise your hands? She would say, to the sky, the qiblah of the caller. Is that right? No, she would not say that, nor would she know this. Rather, she would say, I raised them to Allah. How do you say that raising the hands to the sky is because it is the qiblah of the caller? Who told you this? The callers only raise their hands to the sky because they know that their Lord is in the sky. Good.
"They do not ask for the upper qiblah, but they ask the Lord of excellence".