Since it entails the exclusion of anyone invoked other than *** the Most Merciful, or rather, the oneness of the Most Merciful (reading from the commentary)
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The Shaykh :"Since it entails the exclusion of anyone invoked other than *** the Most Merciful, or rather, the oneness of the Most Merciful" Is it "al-ahadiyyah" (the oneness) or "al-ahadiyyah" (genitive case)?
The student: ...
The Shaykh :"Since it entails the exclusion of anyone invoked other than *** the Most Merciful, or rather, the oneness of the Most Merciful"
It means: that what these polytheists understood entails the exclusion of anyone invoked other than the Most Merciful, meaning it entails excluding him from the dominion and management of Allah, where they made him an intercessor without Allah's permission, and a guardian without Allah's permission. Rather, it excludes the oneness of the Most Merciful. I think the genitive case is better. The commentary? It goes... the al-Nuniyyah.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Huh?
The student: al-Hirras.
The Shaykh : Yes, and what does it say?
The student: He said: "But the people of shirk (associating partners with Allah) did not understand that, rather they deny it and see it as a diminishment of the status of their awliya (close friends of Allah), since it entails excluding them from being invoked alongside Allah, rather it entails the sincerity of supplication to Him and the belief in His oneness, and everyone invoked besides Allah... from His Throne to His bed is false in itself".
The Shaykh : Be patient, be patient, before that, before.
The student: He said: "Since it entails"
The Shaykh : Before that, before that, and likewise the guardianship.
The student: "But the people of shirk".
The Shaykh : Yes, that is right.
The student: "did not understand that, rather they deny it and see it as a diminishment of the status of their awliya (close friends of Allah), since it entails excluding them from being invoked alongside Allah".
The Shaykh : What is understood from this? What is understood from it? Read.
The student: "Since it entails excluding them from being invoked alongside Allah, rather it entails the sincerity of supplication to Him and the belief in His oneness".
The Shaykh : It means he is saying, as if the author is saying: that these polytheists did not understand this, and they saw that it was a diminishment of their awliya (close friends of Allah), and that it was an exclusion for them, and an affirmation of the oneness of the Most Merciful, and that He is One. This is what is understood from the words of the commentator.
It means that the polytheists say: if you invalidate the guardianship of anyone other than Allah, and you invalidate the intercession of anyone other than Allah, then this is a diminishment of whom? Of the wali (close friend of Allah) whom they claim is a wali who acts, and an intercessor who intercedes without permission. So they say: this is a diminishment for him, and that it entails the exclusion of these invoked ones besides Allah, and distancing from them, and the tawhid (oneness of Allah) of Allah in supplication and worship.
This is the meaning of his saying "rather, the oneness of the Most Merciful" This is the content of the commentary.
The student: ...
The Shaykh :"Since it entails the exclusion of anyone invoked other than *** the Most Merciful, or rather, the oneness of the Most Merciful"
It means: that what these polytheists understood entails the exclusion of anyone invoked other than the Most Merciful, meaning it entails excluding him from the dominion and management of Allah, where they made him an intercessor without Allah's permission, and a guardian without Allah's permission. Rather, it excludes the oneness of the Most Merciful. I think the genitive case is better. The commentary? It goes... the al-Nuniyyah.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Huh?
The student: al-Hirras.
The Shaykh : Yes, and what does it say?
The student: He said: "But the people of shirk (associating partners with Allah) did not understand that, rather they deny it and see it as a diminishment of the status of their awliya (close friends of Allah), since it entails excluding them from being invoked alongside Allah, rather it entails the sincerity of supplication to Him and the belief in His oneness, and everyone invoked besides Allah... from His Throne to His bed is false in itself".
The Shaykh : Be patient, be patient, before that, before.
The student: He said: "Since it entails"
The Shaykh : Before that, before that, and likewise the guardianship.
The student: "But the people of shirk".
The Shaykh : Yes, that is right.
The student: "did not understand that, rather they deny it and see it as a diminishment of the status of their awliya (close friends of Allah), since it entails excluding them from being invoked alongside Allah".
The Shaykh : What is understood from this? What is understood from it? Read.
The student: "Since it entails excluding them from being invoked alongside Allah, rather it entails the sincerity of supplication to Him and the belief in His oneness".
The Shaykh : It means he is saying, as if the author is saying: that these polytheists did not understand this, and they saw that it was a diminishment of their awliya (close friends of Allah), and that it was an exclusion for them, and an affirmation of the oneness of the Most Merciful, and that He is One. This is what is understood from the words of the commentator.
It means that the polytheists say: if you invalidate the guardianship of anyone other than Allah, and you invalidate the intercession of anyone other than Allah, then this is a diminishment of whom? Of the wali (close friend of Allah) whom they claim is a wali who acts, and an intercessor who intercedes without permission. So they say: this is a diminishment for him, and that it entails the exclusion of these invoked ones besides Allah, and distancing from them, and the tawhid (oneness of Allah) of Allah in supplication and worship.
This is the meaning of his saying "rather, the oneness of the Most Merciful" This is the content of the commentary.