Commentary on the poet's saying: "By Allah, you are not doing anything if *** this is the state of affairs with you"

The Shaykh :"By Allah, you are not doing anything if *** this is the state of affairs with you"
Yes, meaning that Ibn al-Qayyim says: It is not possible for Him to be doing anything if His state of affairs is this state of affairs.
"Not entering into us, nor leaving us *** as an illusion that has passed through the minds" This means: They say that Allah is not entering into us, nor is He outside of us. So what is He? He is non-existence and an illusion in the minds only.
"So by what means were you a master among us? *** A master who is obeyed, overpowering the sultan
A name and a form, with no reality beneath it ***"
The student: ...

The Shaykh : Huh? A sword?
"So by what means were you a master among us? *** A master who is obeyed, overpowering the sultan"
Yes.
"A name and a form, with no reality beneath it *** The affair of kings" This means: In this world,
"is greater than this affair"
Or the affair of kings in general, is greater than a kingship from which we have only its name and its form.