Explanation of the author's statement: "As for those who are not extremists, they claim that the prophets know the realities of these matters, but they mentioned to people imaginary matters that do not correspond to the truth..."
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The Shaykh :"As for those who are not extremists, they claim that the prophets know the realities of these matters, but they mentioned to people imaginary matters that do not correspond to the truth in order to establish the interest of the people..." etc.
This second group of philosophers says: The messengers know that there is no Lord and no resurrection, but they saw that the interest is not established except by this, meaning: by saying that there is a Lord and a resurrection for the sake of what? For the interest of creation, so that they would agree with what they say.
And these people claim that the prophets are brilliant, intelligent, and rational, and have no connection to Allah, because there is no deity in their view. But this prophet, in their view, is a man among the brilliant and intelligent who invented matters himself that he sees as beneficial, like positive laws, and he called people to them and warned them against violating them through this Lord and this resurrection, whereas there is no resurrection and no recompense.
This second group of philosophers says: The messengers know that there is no Lord and no resurrection, but they saw that the interest is not established except by this, meaning: by saying that there is a Lord and a resurrection for the sake of what? For the interest of creation, so that they would agree with what they say.
And these people claim that the prophets are brilliant, intelligent, and rational, and have no connection to Allah, because there is no deity in their view. But this prophet, in their view, is a man among the brilliant and intelligent who invented matters himself that he sees as beneficial, like positive laws, and he called people to them and warned them against violating them through this Lord and this resurrection, whereas there is no resurrection and no recompense.