Review and discussion of what was previously discussed regarding the explanation of the methodology of the people of figurative interpretation (ta'wil) concerning the texts of the Hereafter.
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The Shaykh : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions.
We have previously established that there is a difference between the people of figurative interpretation (ta'wil) and the people of imagination regarding the texts of the Hereafter. So, what is the difference, O Muhammad?
The student: The people of figurative interpretation (ta'wil) affirm them.
The Shaykh : In their true reality, yes.
The student: And the people of imagination were criticized for...
The Shaykh : And what do they say about them?
The student: They say that they are established in their true reality, but they have become aware of a doubt that prevents [affirming them].
The Shaykh : Be patient, be patient. What do the people of imagination say about the texts of the Hereafter?
The student: The people of imagination?
The Shaykh : What?
The student: They do not acknowledge them.
The Shaykh : And what do they say about the texts of the Hereafter?
The student: They are not in their true reality.
The Shaykh : Yes, and that they are imaginations with no reality, is that right?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : And they divert the texts indicating their affirmation, diverting them from their apparent meaning.
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : Okay, take a break. Now, Yasser. How did the people of figurative interpretation (ta'wil) respond to the people of imagination?
The student: The people of figurative interpretation (ta'wil) responded...
The Shaykh : When they pressed them, they said, "It is incumbent upon you to say that the texts of the Hereafter are not in their true reality."
The student: The people of figurative interpretation (ta'wil) responded that when the messengers were sent and the Hereafter was explained in explicit hadiths...
Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions.
We have previously established that there is a difference between the people of figurative interpretation (ta'wil) and the people of imagination regarding the texts of the Hereafter. So, what is the difference, O Muhammad?
The student: The people of figurative interpretation (ta'wil) affirm them.
The Shaykh : In their true reality, yes.
The student: And the people of imagination were criticized for...
The Shaykh : And what do they say about them?
The student: They say that they are established in their true reality, but they have become aware of a doubt that prevents [affirming them].
The Shaykh : Be patient, be patient. What do the people of imagination say about the texts of the Hereafter?
The student: The people of imagination?
The Shaykh : What?
The student: They do not acknowledge them.
The Shaykh : And what do they say about the texts of the Hereafter?
The student: They are not in their true reality.
The Shaykh : Yes, and that they are imaginations with no reality, is that right?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : And they divert the texts indicating their affirmation, diverting them from their apparent meaning.
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : Okay, take a break. Now, Yasser. How did the people of figurative interpretation (ta'wil) respond to the people of imagination?
The student: The people of figurative interpretation (ta'wil) responded...
The Shaykh : When they pressed them, they said, "It is incumbent upon you to say that the texts of the Hereafter are not in their true reality."
The student: The people of figurative interpretation (ta'wil) responded that when the messengers were sent and the Hereafter was explained in explicit hadiths...