Reading and commentary on the poet's introduction: Chapter: These are the beautiful similes coined for the denier of attributes, the likening of Allah to creation, and the one who affirms the oneness of Allah; we mentioned them before beginning the intended topic.
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The reader: 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.
He said, may Allah have mercy on him: "Chapter: These are the beautiful similes coined for the denier of attributes, the likening of Allah to creation, and the one who affirms the oneness of Allah; we mentioned them before beginning the intended topic, for coining similes is something the mind finds pleasant because it brings the intelligible close to the witnessed"
The Shaykh : the intelligible
The reader: "to bring the intelligible close to the witnessed. And Allah the Exalted said, and His speech contains the greatest proofs and conclusive arguments:[Al-'Ankabut 29:43] The verse. [Al-'Ankabut 29:43] " .
The Shaykh : The verse ...[Al-'Ankabut 29:43] This ... .
The reader: "And it included about forty similes. And some of the Salaf, when they read a simile," .
The Shaykh : ... The similes of the Qur'an are about forty, and "budda'ah" (a few) is between three and ... the Qur'an ... or otherwise, it reaches about forty similes, even though the Qur'an is the clearest and most explicit of speech. And with that, Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) has made much use of similes in it and said:[Al-'Ankabut 29:43] "those who know" means those possessing knowledge. And "those who know" here is attached to the sound masculine plural?
The student: The plural of "alim" (scholar).
The Shaykh : Here, does it mean attached or plural? It is a plural, but is it from "alim" or from ...?
The student: From "alim."
The Shaykh : From ... because this is a fine description.
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.
He said, may Allah have mercy on him: "Chapter: These are the beautiful similes coined for the denier of attributes, the likening of Allah to creation, and the one who affirms the oneness of Allah; we mentioned them before beginning the intended topic, for coining similes is something the mind finds pleasant because it brings the intelligible close to the witnessed"
The Shaykh : the intelligible
The reader: "to bring the intelligible close to the witnessed. And Allah the Exalted said, and His speech contains the greatest proofs and conclusive arguments:
And these examples We present to the people
وتلك الأمثال نضربها للناسbut none will understand them except those of knowledge.
وما يعقلها إلا العالمونThe Shaykh : The verse ...
And these examples We present to the people, but none will understand them except those of knowledge.
وتلك الأمثال نضربها للناس، وما يعقلها إلا العالمونThe reader: "And it included about forty similes. And some of the Salaf, when they read a simile," .
The Shaykh : ... The similes of the Qur'an are about forty, and "budda'ah" (a few) is between three and ... the Qur'an ... or otherwise, it reaches about forty similes, even though the Qur'an is the clearest and most explicit of speech. And with that, Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) has made much use of similes in it and said:
but none will understand them except those of knowledge.
وما يعقلها إلا العالمونThe student: The plural of "alim" (scholar).
The Shaykh : Here, does it mean attached or plural? It is a plural, but is it from "alim" or from ...?
The student: From "alim."
The Shaykh : From ... because this is a fine description.