The Meaning of the Poet's Words: "And if others disdain the text, they *** do not raise their heads with it from loss. They bite it with their teeth, desiring *** it, and it is not despised in their eyes."
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The Shaykh : Yes, yes, the author (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
"And if others disdain the text, they *** do not raise their heads with it from loss
They bite it with their teeth, desiring *** it, and it is not despised in their eyes"
This refers to the people of hadith. If others disdain the text and do not raise their heads with it, they accept it and bite it with their teeth, saying: "By the praise of Allah, we are its people." This indicates that they are not mere followers who follow people in everything, but rather they take hold of the truth wherever it is.
"They are not like those who cast away the Book in reality *** and recitation, intentionally, by leaving so-and-so"
This means that the people of hadith are not like those who cast away the Book in reality and recitation. By "reality," it is meant that they did not act upon its meanings or what it indicates. By "recitation," it is meant that they occupied themselves with other things, even to the extent of neglecting the recitation of the Qur'an. With what? With the books of these followed leaders and sheikhs. They left the Qur'an in reality and recitation. All right.
"And if others disdain the text, they *** do not raise their heads with it from loss
They bite it with their teeth, desiring *** it, and it is not despised in their eyes"
This refers to the people of hadith. If others disdain the text and do not raise their heads with it, they accept it and bite it with their teeth, saying: "By the praise of Allah, we are its people." This indicates that they are not mere followers who follow people in everything, but rather they take hold of the truth wherever it is.
"They are not like those who cast away the Book in reality *** and recitation, intentionally, by leaving so-and-so"
This means that the people of hadith are not like those who cast away the Book in reality and recitation. By "reality," it is meant that they did not act upon its meanings or what it indicates. By "recitation," it is meant that they occupied themselves with other things, even to the extent of neglecting the recitation of the Qur'an. With what? With the books of these followed leaders and sheikhs. They left the Qur'an in reality and recitation. All right.