Reading from the words of the poet: So the gate is one gate in negation *** And affirmation in intellect and in scale
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The reader: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
"And if one negates something and affirms its like *** Then he is an anthropomorphist, a contradictory, a devil
So leave off the dispute and be clear about the doctrines *** Of the predecessors and strip yourselves of faith
Or fight with the people of anthropomorphism and likening *** Under the banner of the one who possesses the Qur'an
Or if not, then do not play with your intellects *** And your Book and with the rest of the religions
For all of them have explicitly stated His attributes *** And His speech and His rising above with clarity
And people are between a believer or a denier *** Or between that or similar to a she-donkey
So make of transcendence a firm shield *** And refute them all with craftsmanship and clarity
And likewise the doctrine of affirmation was labeled *** As anthropomorphism, then attack the opponents
So if you permit them one attribute *** They will attack you with the charge of the knights
So you are thrown down, the fall of one who is found *** In the middle of the lion's den, his flesh torn
For that reason we denied them all, fearing *** Anthropomorphism, if we resorted to the Qur'an".
The Shaykh : How about if, if we resorted, yes.
The student: Mutalabbata or mutalayyita?
The Shaykh : Yes
The student: With us it is mutalayyitan.
The Shaykh : Mutalabbata.
The reader: "For that reason we denied them all, fearing *** Anthropomorphism, if we resorted to the Qur'an"
"And if one negates something and affirms its like *** Then he is an anthropomorphist, a contradictory, a devil
So leave off the dispute and be clear about the doctrines *** Of the predecessors and strip yourselves of faith
Or fight with the people of anthropomorphism and likening *** Under the banner of the one who possesses the Qur'an
Or if not, then do not play with your intellects *** And your Book and with the rest of the religions
For all of them have explicitly stated His attributes *** And His speech and His rising above with clarity
And people are between a believer or a denier *** Or between that or similar to a she-donkey
So make of transcendence a firm shield *** And refute them all with craftsmanship and clarity
And likewise the doctrine of affirmation was labeled *** As anthropomorphism, then attack the opponents
So if you permit them one attribute *** They will attack you with the charge of the knights
So you are thrown down, the fall of one who is found *** In the middle of the lion's den, his flesh torn
For that reason we denied them all, fearing *** Anthropomorphism, if we resorted to the Qur'an".
The Shaykh : How about if, if we resorted, yes.
The student: Mutalabbata or mutalayyita?
The Shaykh : Yes
The student: With us it is mutalayyitan.
The Shaykh : Mutalabbata.
The reader: "For that reason we denied them all, fearing *** Anthropomorphism, if we resorted to the Qur'an"