Reading from the words of the poet: A chapter on the interconnection of denial of the divine attributes and associating partners with Allah, to the end of the chapter.
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The reader: "Know that shirk and ta'til (denial of the divine attributes) have always, without doubt, been companions.
Therefore, every one who denies the attributes is certainly a mushrik (one who associates partners with Allah), and this is clear in explanation.
For the servant is compelled to turn to One who removes affliction and satisfies the need of man.
And to Him he turns for all his needs, and to Him he flees seeking safety.
So if His attributes and His actions, and His rising above every place, are negated,
the servants turn to other than Him, and this is from the side of denial and rejection.
So the one who denies the attributes is truly the one who denies tawhid (the oneness of Allah); these are two denials.
They have been denied by the tongue of all the messengers, from Noah to the one sent with the Qur'an.
And the people in this matter are three groups; there is never a fourth, as that is impossible.
One of the groups is a mushrik with his Lord; so when he calls upon Him, he calls upon a second god.
This is the first, and the second of these categories is the one who denies, calling upon other than the Most Merciful.
He is a denier of the Lord, calling upon other than Him; this is shirk and denial, two steps for him.
This is the first, and the third of these categories is the best".
The Shaykh : Huh?
The student: It is.
The Shaykh : What?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : It is correct, it will come in the explanation, yes.
The reader: "This is the first, and the third of these categories is the best of creation, that is the essence of man.
He calls upon the true God, and never calls upon other than Him in things and in the worlds.
He calls upon Him"
The Shaykh : In things and not in times?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Huh?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes, for me it is: in times and in the worlds.
The student: Things.
The Shaykh : In things? Yes, a copy will be made, yes, correct.
The reader: "He calls upon Him in hopes and fears, and in states of secrecy and of declaration.
His tawhid (the oneness of Allah) is of two types, knowledge and action, as the two types have been purified.
In Surat al-Ikhlas with its following verses"
The Shaykh : With its following verses
The reader: "In Surat al-Ikhlas with its following verses, the word of Allah: Say, O people, with explanation.
And for that, they were legislated in the sunnah of our Fajr, and likewise the sunnah of Maghrib, two ends"
The Shaykh : Sunnah, sunnah
The reader: "And for that, they were legislated in the sunnah of our Fajr, and likewise the sunnah of Maghrib, two ends.
So that it may be the beginning of the day and its conclusion, your purification of tawhid for the Lord.
And likewise, they were legislated in the closing of our witr, a conclusion for the effort of the night with the adhan.
And likewise, they were legislated in the two rak'ahs of tawaf, and that is the realization of this matter"
The Shaykh : Allah is the Greatest!
The reader: "So they are, then, two brothers who are companions, they do not separate and they do not part.
So the one who denies the attributes has shirk, and likewise the one who has shirk is the one who denies the Most Merciful.
Or some of the attributes of perfection for Him, so affirm this and do not hasten to rejection"
The Shaykh : Rejection, for me.
Therefore, every one who denies the attributes is certainly a mushrik (one who associates partners with Allah), and this is clear in explanation.
For the servant is compelled to turn to One who removes affliction and satisfies the need of man.
And to Him he turns for all his needs, and to Him he flees seeking safety.
So if His attributes and His actions, and His rising above every place, are negated,
the servants turn to other than Him, and this is from the side of denial and rejection.
So the one who denies the attributes is truly the one who denies tawhid (the oneness of Allah); these are two denials.
They have been denied by the tongue of all the messengers, from Noah to the one sent with the Qur'an.
And the people in this matter are three groups; there is never a fourth, as that is impossible.
One of the groups is a mushrik with his Lord; so when he calls upon Him, he calls upon a second god.
This is the first, and the second of these categories is the one who denies, calling upon other than the Most Merciful.
He is a denier of the Lord, calling upon other than Him; this is shirk and denial, two steps for him.
This is the first, and the third of these categories is the best".
The Shaykh : Huh?
The student: It is.
The Shaykh : What?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : It is correct, it will come in the explanation, yes.
The reader: "This is the first, and the third of these categories is the best of creation, that is the essence of man.
He calls upon the true God, and never calls upon other than Him in things and in the worlds.
He calls upon Him"
The Shaykh : In things and not in times?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Huh?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes, for me it is: in times and in the worlds.
The student: Things.
The Shaykh : In things? Yes, a copy will be made, yes, correct.
The reader: "He calls upon Him in hopes and fears, and in states of secrecy and of declaration.
His tawhid (the oneness of Allah) is of two types, knowledge and action, as the two types have been purified.
In Surat al-Ikhlas with its following verses"
The Shaykh : With its following verses
The reader: "In Surat al-Ikhlas with its following verses, the word of Allah: Say, O people, with explanation.
And for that, they were legislated in the sunnah of our Fajr, and likewise the sunnah of Maghrib, two ends"
The Shaykh : Sunnah, sunnah
The reader: "And for that, they were legislated in the sunnah of our Fajr, and likewise the sunnah of Maghrib, two ends.
So that it may be the beginning of the day and its conclusion, your purification of tawhid for the Lord.
And likewise, they were legislated in the closing of our witr, a conclusion for the effort of the night with the adhan.
And likewise, they were legislated in the two rak'ahs of tawaf, and that is the realization of this matter"
The Shaykh : Allah is the Greatest!
The reader: "So they are, then, two brothers who are companions, they do not separate and they do not part.
So the one who denies the attributes has shirk, and likewise the one who has shirk is the one who denies the Most Merciful.
Or some of the attributes of perfection for Him, so affirm this and do not hasten to rejection"
The Shaykh : Rejection, for me.