Commentary on the poet's saying: O Lord, the servants are confused by the intellect of *** those who weigh Your revelation, so bring the scale, and by the intellect of those who judge You, for all of *** them have come
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The Shaykh :"O Lord, the servants are confused by the intellect of *** those who weigh Your revelation, so bring the scale"
He means he is saying: If we were to return to reason, by whose intellect would we weigh the truth? By the intellect of one person? If we said: Yes, the second person would say: No. By the intellect of the second? The first and the third would say: No. By the intellect of the fourth? The first, second, and third would say: No. And the fifth would say: No, obviously, no, right? So by whose intellect? He says:
"and by the intellect of one who judges You"
He means: By whose intellect would You be judged, O our Lord? By the intellect of so-and-so, or by the intellect of so-and-so? There is no god but Allah.
" So all of them *** have come with reason and proof
O Lord, guide us to the intellect of *** one to whom we may appeal in judgment, for we are two litigants"
He means: The author asks his Lord to guide him to the intellect of the one to whom the appeal in judgment is made, yes.
He means he is saying: If we were to return to reason, by whose intellect would we weigh the truth? By the intellect of one person? If we said: Yes, the second person would say: No. By the intellect of the second? The first and the third would say: No. By the intellect of the fourth? The first, second, and third would say: No. And the fifth would say: No, obviously, no, right? So by whose intellect? He says:
"and by the intellect of one who judges You"
He means: By whose intellect would You be judged, O our Lord? By the intellect of so-and-so, or by the intellect of so-and-so? There is no god but Allah.
" So all of them *** have come with reason and proof
O Lord, guide us to the intellect of *** one to whom we may appeal in judgment, for we are two litigants"
He means: The author asks his Lord to guide him to the intellect of the one to whom the appeal in judgment is made, yes.