His saying, the Exalted: “So he looked and saw him” — does this allow for the possibility that it was a human or a jinn?
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The student: ... it carries two meanings
The Shaykh : It carries two meanings, because a human has companions from among the humans who say to him this saying: they say, “How can you believe that you will be resurrected after you were dust and bones?”
The student: I mean... either a human or a jinn
The Shaykh : Either a human or a jinn... the meaning is not that he sees each one as a possibility, and some of them... with the jinn... either regarding the humans or the jinn
The Shaykh : It carries two meanings, because a human has companions from among the humans who say to him this saying: they say, “How can you believe that you will be resurrected after you were dust and bones?”
The student: I mean
So he looked and saw him
فاطلع فرآهThe Shaykh : Either a human or a jinn... the meaning is not that he sees each one as a possibility, and some of them... with the jinn... either regarding the humans or the jinn