A review of what was previously discussed regarding the speech of Allah the Exalted and the disagreement among the Islamic sects on this matter.
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The Shaykh : What?
The student: The essential attributes.
The Shaykh : The actual essential attributes; in terms of its origin, it is from the essential attributes, and in terms of its individual instances, it is from the action attributes.
We have previously stated that the people of the Sunnah say: The speech of Allah is not the meaning that subsists in itself, but it is speech that is heard with letters and sounds, and it is connected to His will; whenever He wills, He speaks with what He wills, Blessed and Exalted is He.
We have previously mentioned some of the statements of those who oppose these people, including the statement of the Karramiyyah. They agree with the people of the Sunnah, except that they said it is created after it did not exist, so they made it purely an action attribute. Yes.
The second is the statement of the Kullabiyyah. They say: It is a meaning that subsists in Allah Himself, and it is not something that is heard, but it is a meaning that subsists in the essence of Allah, like the subsistence of life and knowledge. For example: Allah is Alive and All-Knowing, He is the Speaker. So it is a conceptual attribute that subsists in the essence of Allah, Mighty and Majestic, necessary to His life. And what is heard of His speech is a created narration about Him. And how many types is it? Four: command, prohibition, information, and inquiry.
As for the Asha'irah, they said something similar to this statement: That it is the meaning that subsists in the essence of Allah, Mighty and Majestic, and that it is necessary to His essence, like the necessity of life and knowledge, and that it is not connected to His will. And that what is heard of the speech of Allah is not the speech of Allah, but it is an expression of it.
Then they brought the greatest calamity, that the speech of Allah is all one single meaning, so the command is the same as the prohibition, and the information is the same as the inquiry.
There is no doubt that this is speech that makes no sense; only one whose intellect is corrupted would understand it and say it.
The student: The essential attributes.
The Shaykh : The actual essential attributes; in terms of its origin, it is from the essential attributes, and in terms of its individual instances, it is from the action attributes.
We have previously stated that the people of the Sunnah say: The speech of Allah is not the meaning that subsists in itself, but it is speech that is heard with letters and sounds, and it is connected to His will; whenever He wills, He speaks with what He wills, Blessed and Exalted is He.
We have previously mentioned some of the statements of those who oppose these people, including the statement of the Karramiyyah. They agree with the people of the Sunnah, except that they said it is created after it did not exist, so they made it purely an action attribute. Yes.
The second is the statement of the Kullabiyyah. They say: It is a meaning that subsists in Allah Himself, and it is not something that is heard, but it is a meaning that subsists in the essence of Allah, like the subsistence of life and knowledge. For example: Allah is Alive and All-Knowing, He is the Speaker. So it is a conceptual attribute that subsists in the essence of Allah, Mighty and Majestic, necessary to His life. And what is heard of His speech is a created narration about Him. And how many types is it? Four: command, prohibition, information, and inquiry.
As for the Asha'irah, they said something similar to this statement: That it is the meaning that subsists in the essence of Allah, Mighty and Majestic, and that it is necessary to His essence, like the necessity of life and knowledge, and that it is not connected to His will. And that what is heard of the speech of Allah is not the speech of Allah, but it is an expression of it.
Then they brought the greatest calamity, that the speech of Allah is all one single meaning, so the command is the same as the prohibition, and the information is the same as the inquiry.
There is no doubt that this is speech that makes no sense; only one whose intellect is corrupted would understand it and say it.