(Prioritizing the Denier’s Reason over the Transmitted Text) And ask the denier what he says when two groups come before Allah to dispute, one of which judged its Lord by its intellects
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The Shaykh : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) says in this chapter that two groups will gather before Allah on the Day of Resurrection to dispute about Allah: the group of deniers and the group of affirmers. The group of deniers says:
"They judged their Lord by their intellects and the thoughts of minds,
calling it reasonable" meaning: described according to what reason dictates.
"And they said it is" meaning: what the intellects indicate
"*** more worthy of proof than the transmitted text" meaning: that the rational is more worthy than the transmitted in their view, and for this reason they ruled by reason and left the transmitted text.
Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) says in this chapter that two groups will gather before Allah on the Day of Resurrection to dispute about Allah: the group of deniers and the group of affirmers. The group of deniers says:
"They judged their Lord by their intellects and the thoughts of minds,
calling it reasonable" meaning: described according to what reason dictates.
"And they said it is" meaning: what the intellects indicate
"*** more worthy of proof than the transmitted text" meaning: that the rational is more worthy than the transmitted in their view, and for this reason they ruled by reason and left the transmitted text.