(Explanation of the evidence from Surat al-A'raf, Ta-Ha, and Al-Anbiya that idols are not fit to be gods due to their inability to speak) This indicates that they are not gods
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The Shaykh :"This indicates that they are not gods, and this proof is in al-Furqan"
Meaning: The fact that they do not speak is evidence that they are not gods, because if they were gods, they would have spoken. And that, he says:
"In Surat al-A'raf with Ta-Ha *** and the third one, so do not turn away from the Qur'an"
Where is it in Surat al-A'raf?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes, is it there? Do you have it?[Al-A'raf 7:148] He argued from its not speaking to its unfitness for divinity.
Now, the second one is in Surat Ta-Ha:[Taha 20:88-89]. And the third? Is it there?
The student: Maryam.
The Shaykh : Maryam? And what did it say?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : No, it is not that it does not hear or see, but what about the speech? Do you not have it in the commentary?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : No, it says "and the third one," neither commentary has it?
The student: It is not in Ibn 'Isa.
The Shaykh : It is not in Ibn 'Isa.
The student: Nor in al-Hirras.
The Shaykh : And the crushing?
Now, this is in Surat al-Anbiya, Ibrahim said:[Al-Anbya 21:63] He argued from their not speaking that they are not fit to be a god, so these are three places, yes.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : No, no, it is not this[Al-Anbya 21:63] meaning the idols.
Now, then Allah the Exalted argued that idols are not fit to be a god by their inability to speak. They say: Allah does not speak, so they likened Him to the idols, yes.
Meaning: The fact that they do not speak is evidence that they are not gods, because if they were gods, they would have spoken. And that, he says:
"In Surat al-A'raf with Ta-Ha *** and the third one, so do not turn away from the Qur'an"
Where is it in Surat al-A'raf?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes, is it there? Do you have it?
And the people of Moses made, after [his departure], from their ornaments a calf - an image having a lowing sound. Did they not see that it could neither speak to them
واتخذ قوم موسى من بعده من حليهم عجلا جسدا له خوار ألم يروا أنه لا يكلمهمNow, the second one is in Surat Ta-Ha:
(88) And he extracted for them [the statue of] a calf which had a lowing sound, and they said, "This is your god and the god of Moses, but he forgot." (89) Did they not see that it could not return to them any speech and that it did not possess for them any harm or benefit?
أخرج لهم عجلا جسدا له خوار أفلا يرون ألا يرجع إليهم قولا ولا يملك لهم ضرا ولا نفعاThe student: Maryam.
The Shaykh : Maryam? And what did it say?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : No, it is not that it does not hear or see, but what about the speech? Do you not have it in the commentary?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : No, it says "and the third one," neither commentary has it?
The student: It is not in Ibn 'Isa.
The Shaykh : It is not in Ibn 'Isa.
The student: Nor in al-Hirras.
The Shaykh : And the crushing?
Now, this is in Surat al-Anbiya, Ibrahim said:
so ask them, if they should [be able to] speak."
فاسألوهم إن كانوا ينطقونThe student: ...
The Shaykh : No, no, it is not this
so ask them, if they should [be able to] speak."
فاسألوهم إن كانوا ينطقونNow, then Allah the Exalted argued that idols are not fit to be a god by their inability to speak. They say: Allah does not speak, so they likened Him to the idols, yes.