And He is the one in their books, but with subtlety *** of expression from them and good explanation (Discussion of al-Zamakhshari's Tafsir and the Mu'tazilite views therein) And the brother of ignorance in terms of
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The Shaykh :"And He is the one in their books" In the books of whom? In the books of the leaders, "but with subtlety *** of expression from them and good explanation"
Meaning: They do not state it explicitly, but they use expressions that only the experts understand. For this reason, some scholars said regarding al-Zamakhshari's Tafsir, that when you read it, you say this is the Tafsir at the top. He says: You extract the Mu'tazilism from it with pickaxes, meaning it is hidden, what you extract with a finger? If the spike is weak, what do you extract it with?
The student: With a pickaxe.
The Shaykh : And not with a finger? With a pickaxe, but if it were a nail, it would be clear with a finger.
The result is that they bring these books with misleading, ornate expressions, which the ignorant person considers to be truth, while it is falsehood. For this reason, he (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
"But *** with subtlety of expression from them and good explanation
And the brother of ignorance in terms of the word and the meaning"
Yes
"And the brother of ignorance in terms of the word ***"
Meaning that the ignorant person is deceived by the words and is misled by them, but the scholar
"*** and the meaning, so the divine scholar was attributed to it" Meaning that the scholar is the one who looks at the meaning and is not deceived by the word, and the ignorant person, what does he do? He is deceived by the apparent word, so he is the one who deals with the word, whereas the scholar is the one who deals with the meanings.
Meaning: They do not state it explicitly, but they use expressions that only the experts understand. For this reason, some scholars said regarding al-Zamakhshari's Tafsir, that when you read it, you say this is the Tafsir at the top. He says: You extract the Mu'tazilism from it with pickaxes, meaning it is hidden, what you extract with a finger? If the spike is weak, what do you extract it with?
The student: With a pickaxe.
The Shaykh : And not with a finger? With a pickaxe, but if it were a nail, it would be clear with a finger.
The result is that they bring these books with misleading, ornate expressions, which the ignorant person considers to be truth, while it is falsehood. For this reason, he (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
"But *** with subtlety of expression from them and good explanation
And the brother of ignorance in terms of the word and the meaning"
Yes
"And the brother of ignorance in terms of the word ***"
Meaning that the ignorant person is deceived by the words and is misled by them, but the scholar
"*** and the meaning, so the divine scholar was attributed to it" Meaning that the scholar is the one who looks at the meaning and is not deceived by the word, and the ignorant person, what does he do? He is deceived by the apparent word, so he is the one who deals with the word, whereas the scholar is the one who deals with the meanings.