Know that shirk (associating partners with Allah) and ta'til (denial of the divine attributes) have always been, without doubt, companions (meaning: inseparable); therefore, every one who denies the attributes is certainly a mushrik (one who associates partners with Allah), and this is clear in its explanation.
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The Shaykh : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
The author (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "Chapter on the Inseparability of Ta'til (Denial of the Divine Attributes) and Shirk (Associating Partners with Allah)". Inseparability means making one thing necessary for another. This is because implications are either inclusive, equivalent, or necessary. A thing is either independent or necessary, and the necessary is dependent on the necessitated.
He says: "Know that shirk (associating partners with Allah) and ta'til (denial of the divine attributes) have always been, without doubt, companions"
He means: Know that shirk (associating partners with Allah) and ta'til (denial of the divine attributes) are companions, meaning that one accompanies the other.
"Forever, so every one who denies the attributes is certainly a mushrik (one who associates partners with Allah), and this is clear in its explanation"
So the one who denies the attributes is a mushrik (one who associates partners with Allah). Ibn al-Qayyim says: certainly, and that this is clear in its explanation. Then he began to explain it.
The author (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "Chapter on the Inseparability of Ta'til (Denial of the Divine Attributes) and Shirk (Associating Partners with Allah)". Inseparability means making one thing necessary for another. This is because implications are either inclusive, equivalent, or necessary. A thing is either independent or necessary, and the necessary is dependent on the necessitated.
He says: "Know that shirk (associating partners with Allah) and ta'til (denial of the divine attributes) have always been, without doubt, companions"
He means: Know that shirk (associating partners with Allah) and ta'til (denial of the divine attributes) are companions, meaning that one accompanies the other.
"Forever, so every one who denies the attributes is certainly a mushrik (one who associates partners with Allah), and this is clear in its explanation"
So the one who denies the attributes is a mushrik (one who associates partners with Allah). Ibn al-Qayyim says: certainly, and that this is clear in its explanation. Then he began to explain it.