The earth is flat and level, so how is it that some people are restrained by sweat while others are not?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you. The earth is flat and level, so how are they restrained?
The Shaykh : This is what I am saying: do not ask "how," but rather say, "Glory be to Allah, how great is the power of Allah!" People are in the same place on level ground, yet some of them are restrained by sweat, while it reaches the heels of others. Look also at the second matter: some of them are in light, and some of them
The reader: are in darkness.
The Shaykh : are in darkness, and they are in the same place. So, as I told you, the conditions of the Hereafter are such that the minds cannot comprehend them. No one goes astray in the matter of the attributes except where he compares the attributes of the Creator to the attributes of the created, and thus they go astray. Likewise here, regarding the conditions of the Hereafter: if we were to measure them by the conditions of this world, we would say this is impossible. And this leads us to one of two things: either denial or distortion in a reprehensible manner. Either denial, or distortion in a manner that the mind does not accept and the language does not permit. Therefore, I tell you that we have no choice before these unseen matters but submission, submission. As for saying "how" and "why," no. We say, "How great is the power of Allah!" We bring forth expressions of wonder, not expressions of questioning. Yes, that is right.
The Shaykh : This is what I am saying: do not ask "how," but rather say, "Glory be to Allah, how great is the power of Allah!" People are in the same place on level ground, yet some of them are restrained by sweat, while it reaches the heels of others. Look also at the second matter: some of them are in light, and some of them
The reader: are in darkness.
The Shaykh : are in darkness, and they are in the same place. So, as I told you, the conditions of the Hereafter are such that the minds cannot comprehend them. No one goes astray in the matter of the attributes except where he compares the attributes of the Creator to the attributes of the created, and thus they go astray. Likewise here, regarding the conditions of the Hereafter: if we were to measure them by the conditions of this world, we would say this is impossible. And this leads us to one of two things: either denial or distortion in a reprehensible manner. Either denial, or distortion in a manner that the mind does not accept and the language does not permit. Therefore, I tell you that we have no choice before these unseen matters but submission, submission. As for saying "how" and "why," no. We say, "How great is the power of Allah!" We bring forth expressions of wonder, not expressions of questioning. Yes, that is right.