The Shaykh’s remarks on the attribute of Allah the Exalted’s all-encompassing knowledge.
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The Shaykh : He is all-encompassing of everything. And with this all-encompassing knowledge, the turning of the Lord of the worlds toward individuals is based on what is present in them of faith and disbelief, or faith and righteousness, or faith and open sinfulness. So each of these groups has a specific turning from Allah (Mighty and Majestic) toward them. As for Him in general, He is all-encompassing of everything. Therefore, there is no need for figurative interpretation. But the meaning that he is saying is that the text is figurative; this meaning, which is figurative, is realized in the text. So that does not negate the reality latent in the text. I do not know if I was able to make myself understood. I do not have [it].
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The Shaykh: Yes.
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The Shaykh : There is no need, yes. But attention is drawn at the same time to the fact that the meaning to which we are going to interpret it is realized in this text without interpretation, as I explained to you.
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The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
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The Shaykh : May Allah preserve you.
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The Shaykh: Yes.
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The Shaykh : And the reverse is the same, except where there is a text.
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The Shaykh : The original principle is the same.
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The Shaykh : No, there is a difference. If the text is about an obligatory act, it is not said that he used to do that in a voluntary act. Rather, it is made clear to people that Islamic jurisprudence says there is no difference between the obligatory and the voluntary. In the sense that the thing we reach through independent legal reasoning should not be made into a clear text.
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The Shaykh: Yes.
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The Shaykh : There is no need, yes. But attention is drawn at the same time to the fact that the meaning to which we are going to interpret it is realized in this text without interpretation, as I explained to you.
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The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
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The Shaykh : May Allah preserve you.
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The Shaykh: Yes.
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The Shaykh : And the reverse is the same, except where there is a text.
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The Shaykh : The original principle is the same.
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The Shaykh : No, there is a difference. If the text is about an obligatory act, it is not said that he used to do that in a voluntary act. Rather, it is made clear to people that Islamic jurisprudence says there is no difference between the obligatory and the voluntary. In the sense that the thing we reach through independent legal reasoning should not be made into a clear text.
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