Reading from the author's words with commentary and collation of manuscripts: "Here the people diverged into three groups: those against whom is anger, those who are astray, and those upon whom Allah has bestowed favor. So those against whom is anger cast doubt on most of the prescribed and non-prescribed causes, and they say: The prescribed supplication may have an effect, and it may not. And connected to this is the discussion regarding the indication of the verses in affirming the prophets (peace be upon them)."
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The reader: "Here the people diverged into three groups: those against whom is anger, those who are astray, and those upon whom Allah has bestowed favor. So those against whom is anger cast doubt on most of the prescribed and non-prescribed causes, and they say: The prescribed supplication may have an effect, and it may not. And connected to this is the discussion regarding the indication of the verses in affirming the prophets (peace be upon them)".
The Shaykh : And connected.
The reader: "And connected to this is the discussion regarding the indication of the verses in affirming the prophets (peace be upon them).
And those who are astray: they imagine that everything they conceive as a cause is a cause, even if it falls within the religion of the Jews, the Christians, the Zoroastrians, and others. And the sophists among the philosophers attribute that to celestial matters, psychological powers, and natural causes, revolving around them and not deviating from them.
As for the guided ones, they do not deny what Allah created of powers and natures in all bodies and souls, since all of it is the creation of Allah, but they believe in what is beyond that of the power of Allah, by which He is able to do everything, and that every day He is in a matter, and that His response to His believing servant is outside the power of his own self and the disposition of his body and soul, and that Allah breaks the customs for His prophets to manifest their truthfulness and to honor them thereby, and the like of that of His decree, and likewise He breaks them for His awliya (close friends of Allah): sometimes to support His religion thereby".
The Shaykh : I have a missing part, dictate it to him, that will make it clear.
The reader: Where is the missing part, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : For His prophets.
The reader: And that Allah breaks the customs for His prophets.
The Shaykh : To manifest their truthfulness.
The reader: And to honor them thereby.
The Shaykh : And to honor them.
The reader: Yes, thereby.
The Shaykh : Yes, that is correct.
The reader: And the like of that of His decree.
The Shaykh : Do you have "and the like of that," or "and other than that"?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Of His decree
The reader: Of His decree.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The reader: And likewise He breaks them for His awliya (close friends of Allah).
The Shaykh : Yes.
The reader: Sometimes to support His religion thereby.
The Shaykh : Sometimes for what?
The reader: To support His religion thereby.
The Shaykh : For them?
The reader: No, there is no "for them," sometimes to support His religion thereby.
The Shaykh : To support it thereby
The reader: No, to support His religion thereby.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The reader: And sometimes to hasten some of their reward in this world.
The Shaykh : And sometimes
The reader: To hasten some of their reward in this world.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The reader: And sometimes to bestow upon them by bringing a blessing.
The Shaykh : We are done.
The reader: "And sometimes to hasten some of their reward in this world, and sometimes to bestow upon them by bringing a blessing or repelling a calamity, and for other reasons. And they believe that Allah returns by what He commanded them of righteous deeds and prescribed supplications what He placed in the powers of bodies and souls, and they do not pay attention to the illusions that rational or scriptural evidence has shown to be false, and they do not act upon what the Shari'ah has forbidden, even if they think it has an effect".
The Shaykh : And connected.
The reader: "And connected to this is the discussion regarding the indication of the verses in affirming the prophets (peace be upon them).
And those who are astray: they imagine that everything they conceive as a cause is a cause, even if it falls within the religion of the Jews, the Christians, the Zoroastrians, and others. And the sophists among the philosophers attribute that to celestial matters, psychological powers, and natural causes, revolving around them and not deviating from them.
As for the guided ones, they do not deny what Allah created of powers and natures in all bodies and souls, since all of it is the creation of Allah, but they believe in what is beyond that of the power of Allah, by which He is able to do everything, and that every day He is in a matter, and that His response to His believing servant is outside the power of his own self and the disposition of his body and soul, and that Allah breaks the customs for His prophets to manifest their truthfulness and to honor them thereby, and the like of that of His decree, and likewise He breaks them for His awliya (close friends of Allah): sometimes to support His religion thereby".
The Shaykh : I have a missing part, dictate it to him, that will make it clear.
The reader: Where is the missing part, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : For His prophets.
The reader: And that Allah breaks the customs for His prophets.
The Shaykh : To manifest their truthfulness.
The reader: And to honor them thereby.
The Shaykh : And to honor them.
The reader: Yes, thereby.
The Shaykh : Yes, that is correct.
The reader: And the like of that of His decree.
The Shaykh : Do you have "and the like of that," or "and other than that"?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Of His decree
The reader: Of His decree.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The reader: And likewise He breaks them for His awliya (close friends of Allah).
The Shaykh : Yes.
The reader: Sometimes to support His religion thereby.
The Shaykh : Sometimes for what?
The reader: To support His religion thereby.
The Shaykh : For them?
The reader: No, there is no "for them," sometimes to support His religion thereby.
The Shaykh : To support it thereby
The reader: No, to support His religion thereby.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The reader: And sometimes to hasten some of their reward in this world.
The Shaykh : And sometimes
The reader: To hasten some of their reward in this world.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The reader: And sometimes to bestow upon them by bringing a blessing.
The Shaykh : We are done.
The reader: "And sometimes to hasten some of their reward in this world, and sometimes to bestow upon them by bringing a blessing or repelling a calamity, and for other reasons. And they believe that Allah returns by what He commanded them of righteous deeds and prescribed supplications what He placed in the powers of bodies and souls, and they do not pay attention to the illusions that rational or scriptural evidence has shown to be false, and they do not act upon what the Shari'ah has forbidden, even if they think it has an effect".