(The poet addressing the people of ta'til (denial of the divine attributes) regarding their preference of reason over revelation in the chapter of attributes, and refuting them) And you claimed that there is no judge between us *** except
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The Shaykh : The author (may Allah have mercy on him) says:
"And you claimed that there is no judge between us *** except the intellects and the logic of the Greeks"
He is addressing the people of ta'til (denial of the divine attributes), because the people of ta'til (denial of the divine attributes) judge by reason in the chapter of attributes, and they say: whatever contradicts reason must be subjected to ta'wil (figurative interpretation), so they return to reason, even though the attributes are received from the heard word, from the Book and the Sunnah, not from the intellects. He says:
"for they are more worthy of judgment by the truth than they are *** Glory be to You, O Allah, You who are the Glorified"
"for they" meaning: the Book and the Sunnah, or the two revelations, "are more worthy of judgment by the truth" and He is Allah (Mighty and Majestic), "than they are" meaning: than the intellects and the logic of the Greeks.
"Glory be to You, O Allah, You who are the Glorified"
Meaning: exalting You, O You who are the Glorified, O You who are the Exalted. The meaning is: these people of ta'til (denial of the divine attributes) say that there is no judge among people in the chapter of attributes except the intellects and the logic of the Greeks, but Ibn al-Qayyim says: the truth is that the one more worthy of judgment is the two texts, the Book and the Sunnah, and the One who made them more worthy of the truth is Allah (Mighty and Majestic).
"And you claimed that there is no judge between us *** except the intellects and the logic of the Greeks"
He is addressing the people of ta'til (denial of the divine attributes), because the people of ta'til (denial of the divine attributes) judge by reason in the chapter of attributes, and they say: whatever contradicts reason must be subjected to ta'wil (figurative interpretation), so they return to reason, even though the attributes are received from the heard word, from the Book and the Sunnah, not from the intellects. He says:
"for they are more worthy of judgment by the truth than they are *** Glory be to You, O Allah, You who are the Glorified"
"for they" meaning: the Book and the Sunnah, or the two revelations, "are more worthy of judgment by the truth" and He is Allah (Mighty and Majestic), "than they are" meaning: than the intellects and the logic of the Greeks.
"Glory be to You, O Allah, You who are the Glorified"
Meaning: exalting You, O You who are the Glorified, O You who are the Exalted. The meaning is: these people of ta'til (denial of the divine attributes) say that there is no judge among people in the chapter of attributes except the intellects and the logic of the Greeks, but Ibn al-Qayyim says: the truth is that the one more worthy of judgment is the two texts, the Book and the Sunnah, and the One who made them more worthy of the truth is Allah (Mighty and Majestic).