Explanation of the author's statement: "Secondly: that the Book and the Sunnah have not clarified the truth, because the truth, according to these people, is the negation of the attributes"
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The Shaykh :"Secondly: that the Book and the Sunnah have not clarified the truth, because the truth, according to these people, is the negation of the attributes, and there is nothing in the Book or the Sunnah that indicates the negation of the attributes of perfection from Allah the Exalted, neither by explicit text nor by apparent meaning".
They say, for example: the truth is that Allah has no mercy, the truth is that Allah does not become angry, the truth is that Allah is not pleased, the truth is that Allah does not become displeased.
Is there in the Qur'an and the Sunnah that Allah has no mercy, or the opposite? It does not contradict; we say: you now believe that negating mercy from Allah is the truth, and negating anger from Him is the truth, and negating pleasure from Him is the truth, and negating displeasure from Him is the truth, and negating the real hand from Him is the truth. This is what they believe. Is there in the Qur'an and the Sunnah that Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, does not show mercy? Meaning: did He negate mercy from Himself? Or anger, or displeasure, or hatred, or aversion? Rather, the Book and the Sunnah indicate what? The affirmation of that.
So we say: this which you claim is the truth, which is the negation of the attributes, show us in the Book of Allah what indicates that?
The third aspect.
"The utmost of the pretentious" when we demand it of them, we say: show us in the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger what indicates the negation of the attributes, they say: welcome, the door is open, the bed is made, and the coffee is plentiful, yes, and if you wish we will bring lunch, we have for you a proof from the Qur'an and the Sunnah for the negation.
Go ahead?
"The utmost of the pretentious among these people" The pretentious means: the one who claims skill, and skill is the strength of intelligence and understanding, and the pretentious with the addition of the lam is the one who attributes himself to skill when he is not so.
"The utmost of the pretentious among these people is to infer that" In my view: the marginal note, meaning what he claims of the attributes.
"From such as His saying, the Exalted:[Maryam 19:65] [Al-Ikhlas 112:4] [Ash-Shuraa 42:11] [Al-Baqarah 2:22] and the like of that which contains negation", do you have such, O Hamad?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : What do you have?
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : From such as His saying, the Exalted.
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, fine, he says: this is the proof, this is the proof for the negation, this is the proof for the negation, think about the matter, do you have a proof? Did Allah say that He is not pleased, does not become angry, did not rise above the Throne, does not descend to the lowest heaven, and the like of that? No, He said:[Maryam 19:65] meaning: do you know of anyone who is comparable to Him and resembles Him? [Al-Ikhlas 112:4] No one is comparable to Him in His strength, nor in His hearing, nor in His sight, nor in any other of His attributes, this is the meaning of the verse which admits of no other.
They say, for example: the truth is that Allah has no mercy, the truth is that Allah does not become angry, the truth is that Allah is not pleased, the truth is that Allah does not become displeased.
Is there in the Qur'an and the Sunnah that Allah has no mercy, or the opposite? It does not contradict; we say: you now believe that negating mercy from Allah is the truth, and negating anger from Him is the truth, and negating pleasure from Him is the truth, and negating displeasure from Him is the truth, and negating the real hand from Him is the truth. This is what they believe. Is there in the Qur'an and the Sunnah that Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, does not show mercy? Meaning: did He negate mercy from Himself? Or anger, or displeasure, or hatred, or aversion? Rather, the Book and the Sunnah indicate what? The affirmation of that.
So we say: this which you claim is the truth, which is the negation of the attributes, show us in the Book of Allah what indicates that?
The third aspect.
"The utmost of the pretentious" when we demand it of them, we say: show us in the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger what indicates the negation of the attributes, they say: welcome, the door is open, the bed is made, and the coffee is plentiful, yes, and if you wish we will bring lunch, we have for you a proof from the Qur'an and the Sunnah for the negation.
Go ahead?
"The utmost of the pretentious among these people" The pretentious means: the one who claims skill, and skill is the strength of intelligence and understanding, and the pretentious with the addition of the lam is the one who attributes himself to skill when he is not so.
"The utmost of the pretentious among these people is to infer that" In my view: the marginal note, meaning what he claims of the attributes.
"From such as His saying, the Exalted:
Do you know of any similarity to Him?"
هل تعلم له سمياًNor is there to Him any equivalent."
ولم يكن له كفوا أحدThere is nothing like unto Him
ليس كمثله شيءdo not attribute to Allah equals
لا تجعلوا لله أنداداThe student: ...
The Shaykh : What do you have?
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : From such as His saying, the Exalted.
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, fine, he says: this is the proof, this is the proof for the negation, this is the proof for the negation, think about the matter, do you have a proof? Did Allah say that He is not pleased, does not become angry, did not rise above the Throne, does not descend to the lowest heaven, and the like of that? No, He said: