(The Belief of the Deniers of Attributes in the Question of Where Allah Is, and the Refutation of Them) And ask them: Is your Lord in His earth? *** Or in the sky and above every place? Or is none of all this the case?
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The Shaykh :"And ask them: Is your Lord in His earth? *** Or in the sky and in every place?
Or is none of all this the case? So *** He is neither inside nor outside the universes."
They are divided in this matter into two groups: some answer with the first, and some answer with the second.
What is the first? That Allah is in His earth, yes, just as He is in the sky. These are the pantheists (Hululiyyah) who said: Allah is in every place.
"Or is none of all this the case? So *** He is neither inside nor outside the universes"
These are the deniers of attributes (Mu'attilah) who said: Allah is neither inside the world nor outside it, neither connected nor disconnected, neither above nor below, neither to the right nor to the left, neither distinct nor adjacent.
We say: Allah must be either in the earth as He is in the sky, or in the sky alone, or in the earth alone, or in neither the earth nor the sky. How many categories are there? Four: either in the sky alone, or in the earth alone, or in both together, or in neither of them.
In the earth alone: we know of no one who holds this view.
In the sky alone: who holds this view? The people of the Sunnah.
In the sky and the earth: the pantheists (Hululiyyah).
Neither in the sky nor in the earth: the deniers of attributes (Mu'attilah). Yes, that is right. He said, yes?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : No, it is even worse. The pantheists (Ittihadiyyah) say: The Lord and the creation are one thing.
"Or is none of all this the case? So *** He is neither inside nor outside the universes"
Or is none of all this the case? So *** He is neither inside nor outside the universes."
They are divided in this matter into two groups: some answer with the first, and some answer with the second.
What is the first? That Allah is in His earth, yes, just as He is in the sky. These are the pantheists (Hululiyyah) who said: Allah is in every place.
"Or is none of all this the case? So *** He is neither inside nor outside the universes"
These are the deniers of attributes (Mu'attilah) who said: Allah is neither inside the world nor outside it, neither connected nor disconnected, neither above nor below, neither to the right nor to the left, neither distinct nor adjacent.
We say: Allah must be either in the earth as He is in the sky, or in the sky alone, or in the earth alone, or in neither the earth nor the sky. How many categories are there? Four: either in the sky alone, or in the earth alone, or in both together, or in neither of them.
In the earth alone: we know of no one who holds this view.
In the sky alone: who holds this view? The people of the Sunnah.
In the sky and the earth: the pantheists (Hululiyyah).
Neither in the sky nor in the earth: the deniers of attributes (Mu'attilah). Yes, that is right. He said, yes?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : No, it is even worse. The pantheists (Ittihadiyyah) say: The Lord and the creation are one thing.
"Or is none of all this the case? So *** He is neither inside nor outside the universes"
