আল্লাহকে ষড়যন্ত্রকারী বলা

<div>সূরা আলে ইমরান শরিফে,আল্লাহ বলেন,</div><div><br /></div><blockquote style="text-align: center;"><b>وَمَكَرُوا وَمَكَرَ اللَّهُ ۖ وَاللَّهُ خَيْرُ الْمَاكِرِينَ</b></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>এই আয়াতের সর্বশ্রেষ্ঠ তরজুমা করেছেন হিজরী চতুর্দশ শতাব্দীর মুজাদ্দিদ ইমাম আলা হযরত মুফতি আহমদ রিযা আলি খান মুহাদ্দিসে বেরেলভি قدس الله سره এভাবে—</div><div><b><i>❝এবং কাফিররা ষড়যন্ত্র(মাক্কার) করেছে এবং আল্লাহ তাদেরকে ধ্বংস করার গোপন সমাধান (খুফিয়া তাদবির) বলে দিয়েছেন।এবং আল্লাহই সর্বাপেক্ষা উত্তম গোপন সমাধান প্রদানকারী!❞</i></b></div><div><br /></div><blockquote>সদরুল আফাজিল আল্লামা সৈয়্যদ নঈমউদ্দিন গনযে মুরাদাবাদি قدس سره 'হাশিয়ায়ে কানযুল ঈমান' এ লিখেন,<b>❝'মাকার' শব্দটা আরবী অভিধানে গোপনীয়তার অর্থে ব্যবহৃত হয়।এ জন্য গোপন তদবীরকে/বা সমাধানকেও 'মাকার' বলা হয়।আর সেই তদবীর যদি সদুদ্দেশ্যে হয়ে থাকে তবে তা প্রশংসনীয় এবং কোন মন্দ উদ্দেশ্যে হলে নিন্দনীয় হয়।<span style="color: #38761d;"><u>কিন্তু উর্দু ভাষায় এ শব্দটা فريب বা, 'ধোঁকা' অর্থে ব্যবহৃত হয়।<i>এ কারণে কোনো অবস্থাতেই এটা আল্লাহর শানে বলা যাবে না। </i>এবং এখন যেহেতু আরবী ভাষায়ও এটা خدع বা প্রতারণা অর্থে প্রসিদ্ধ হয়ে গেছে সেহেতু আরবীতেও আল্লাহর শানে এটার ব্যবহার জায়েয নেই।আয়াতে যেখানেই (আল্লাহর ব্যাপারে) এটার ব্যবহার এসেছে সেখানেই সেটার অর্থ হবে ‘গোপন কৌশল অবলম্বন করা'।</u></span>❞</b></blockquote><div><br /></div><div>এখানে এসে তালগোল পাকিয়ে ফেলেছেন অনেক তরজমাকারি।যেমন</div><div><br /></div><div><b>☞'তফসিরে উসমানি' তে দেওবন্দিদের শায়খুল হিন্দ মুফতি মাহমুদুল হাসান দেওবন্দি সাহেব লিখেন—❝আর ষড়যন্ত্র করেছে (মাক্কার) এই কাফিরেরা,আর ষড়যন্ত্র করেছেন(মাক্কার) আল্লাহ!❞</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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আল্লাহ সম্পর্কিত আকিদা || Beliefs about God

 <span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>চারটি রিসালা সংগ্রহ করুন</b></span><div><br /></div><div><br /><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV9_59hciRZYmLiIAZuYQgncMJkRP70WfEHzEc1gllRwOuasBRlIe45fkNwpknQJDZgBNkvwUKk_KMERXe2AuhSRhGm6QLr_PVcmgH-Dz62olnnXXUz1eNSDv8UIVuJqlcW6wOyblBCitx/s1600/20210922_232825.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="আল্লাহ সম্পর্কিত আকিদা,Beliefs about God,আকিদার পরিচয়,আকিদার বর্ণনা,আকিদা কত প্রকার,আকিদা শব্দের অর্থ কি,সহি আকিদা কি,আকিদা বিষয়ক বই pdf,ইসলামী আকিদা pdf"><img alt="আল্লাহ সম্পর্কিত আকিদা,Beliefs about God,আকিদার পরিচয়,আকিদার বর্ণনা,আকিদা কত প্রকার,আকিদা শব্দের অর্থ কি,সহি আকিদা কি,আকিদা বিষয়ক বই pdf,ইসলামী আকিদা pdf" border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1169" height="980" loading="lazy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV9_59hciRZYmLiIAZuYQgncMJkRP70WfEHzEc1gllRwOuasBRlIe45fkNwpknQJDZgBNkvwUKk_KMERXe2AuhSRhGm6QLr_PVcmgH-Dz62olnnXXUz1eNSDv8UIVuJqlcW6wOyblBCitx/s1600-rw/20210922_232825.jpg" title="" width="597"/> <script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4764538538908287" crossorigin="anonymous"></script> <!-- sunni-encyclopedia_main-top-slide3_AdSense8_970x90_as --> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4764538538908287" data-ad-slot="3246148930" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>১।আক্বিদাতুত ত্বহাবিয়াহর মাতান/স্টেটমেন্ট। এর স্টেটমেন্ট এ মোটামুটি স্বচ্ছ ভাবে আহলুস সুন্নাহ ওয়াল জাম'আর উল্লেখ আছে।একে ধারণ করলে,আল্লাহ চায় তো বান্দাহ গোমরাহ হবেনা।</div></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="color: #cc0000;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nt5YMZOEBZvlMh_e2sOYG6CzxUAVz7nT/view?usp=drivesdk"><span style="color: #cc0000;">আক্বিদাতুত ত্বাহাবিয়ার মাতান/Statement</span></a><br /></span></b></div><div><br /></div><div>২। আল্লাহর জন্য 'হদ'/সীমানা নির্ধারণ করা যায়না এই মর্মে আহলুস সুন্নাহর অবস্থান।</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nuEZKSMCH9LmRu5EvPi9OhZPLE9uktV7/view?usp=drivesdk"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;" alt = "আল্লাহ সম্পর্কিত আকিদা,Beliefs about God,আকিদার পরিচয়,আকিদার বর্ণনা,আকিদা কত প্রকার,আকিদা শব্দের অর্থ কি,সহি আকিদা কি,আকিদা বিষয়ক বই pdf,ইসলামী আকিদা pdf">আল্লাহর জন্য হাদ্দ/সীমানা নির্ধারণ করা যায়?</span></b></a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>৩। ইস্তাওয়া শব্দের বিশুদ্ধ তাভীল এবং আহলুস সুন্নাহর অবস্থান </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nv2HvHU-DFRxIWY6yRxhKxf89l42sS41/view?usp=drivesdk"><span style="color: #cc0000;" alt = "আল্লাহ সম্পর্কিত আকিদা,Beliefs about God,আকিদার পরিচয়,আকিদার বর্ণনা,আকিদা কত প্রকার,আকিদা শব্দের অর্থ কি,সহি আকিদা কি,আকিদা বিষয়ক বই pdf,ইসলামী আকিদা pdf"><b>আরশে ইস্তাওয়া কি?</b></span></a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>৪। কুরসি কি এবং সে সম্পর্কে সঠিক তাভীল কি।</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nwr6OfdhwRDrUrSWIcITMAqYi_iyJqoM/view?usp=drivesdk"><span style="color: #cc0000;" alt = "আল্লাহ সম্পর্কিত আকিদা,Beliefs about God,আকিদার পরিচয়,আকিদার বর্ণনা,আকিদা কত প্রকার,আকিদা শব্দের অর্থ কি,সহি আকিদা কি,আকিদা বিষয়ক বই pdf,ইসলামী আকিদা pdf"><b>কুরসি কি?</b></span></a><br /></div>

আল্লাহ সম্পর্কিত আকিদা || Beliefs about God

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কোন কিছুই আল্লাহর অনুরূপ নয়, আল্লাহ কোন সৃষ্টির মুখাপেক্ষী নন

<div style="text-align: justify;">আল্লাহ্'র বিষয়ে মুসলমানদের বিশ্বাস কি রাখতে হবে? আসুন জেনে নিই।</div><div style="text-align: justify;">🖋<span style="font-family: sans-serif;"> Dr. Syed Irshad Ahmad Al Bukhari</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">আসুন আজ আমরা আমাদের পালনকর্তা রাব্বুল আলামিন এর সর্ম্পকে জানি। অত্যন্ত অত্যন্ত গুরুত্বপূর্ণ পোস্ট অবশ্যই কপি পেস্ট , অবশ্যই শেয়ার করুন। ইন শা আল্লাহ। </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><u><br></u></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><u><span style="font-family: sans-serif;">কোন কিছুই তাঁর অনুরূপ নয়</span><br></u></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><u><br></u></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;">আল্লাহ সুবাহানাহু তায়ালা পবিত্র কুরআনে ইরশাদ করতেছেন,,</div><div style="text-align: justify;">(সূরা আশ-শুরা আয়াত ১১) - "কোন কিছুই তাঁর অনুরূপ নয়। তিনি সব শুনেন, সব দেখেন।</div><div style="text-align: justify;">  ؕ لَیۡسَ کَمِثۡلِہٖ  شَیۡءٌ ۚ وَ ہُوَ السَّمِیۡعُ الۡبَصِیۡرُ ﴿۱۱﴾ </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">(সূরা ইখলাছ আয়াত ২)– “আল্লাহ কোনো </div><div style="text-align: justify;">কিছুর মুখাপেক্ষী নন।”</div><div style="text-align: justify;">اَللّٰہُ  الصَّمَدُ ۚ﴿۲﴾ </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">(সূরা ইখলাস আয়াত ৪) - “এবং তার </div><div style="text-align: justify;">সমতুল্য কেউ নেই।”</div><div style="text-align: justify;">وَ  لَمۡ  یَکُنۡ  لَّہٗ   کُفُوًا  اَحَدٌ ﴿۴﴾ </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">(সূরা নাহল আয়াত ৭৪) - “অতএব, আল্লাহর কোন সদৃশ সাব্যস্ত করো না, নিশ্চয় আল্লাহ জানেন এবং তোমরা জান না।</div><div style="text-align: justify;">فَلَا تَضۡرِبُوۡا لِلّٰہِ الۡاَمۡثَالَ ؕ اِنَّ اللّٰہَ یَعۡلَمُ  وَ  اَنۡتُمۡ  لَا تَعۡلَمُوۡنَ ﴿۷۴﴾ </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">সমস্ত মুসলমানদের আক্বিদা হলো, আল্লাহ তায়ালা স্থান ও দিক, দোষ-ত্রুটি থেকে পবিত্র নিরাকার এক মহান সত্তা। কোন কিছু সৃষ্টি করার পূর্বে যেমন আল্লাহ তায়ালা কোন স্থানে অবস্থান ব্যতীত ছিলেন, এখনও তিনি আছেন। আসমান-জমিন ধ্বংসের পরেও আল্লাহ তায়ালা থাকবেন।'আল্লাহ তায়ালাকে কোন স্থানে বা দিকে বিশ্বাস করা গোমরাহী। আল্লাহ তায়ালা সব ধরনের সৃষ্টি থেকে পবিত্র। তিনি কোন সৃষ্টির মাঝে প্রবেশ করেন না, তাঁর মাঝেও কোন কিছু প্রবেশ করে না। আল্লাহ তায়ালার জন্য সৃষ্টির কোন বৈশিষ্ট্যও প্রযোজ্য নয়। সৃষ্টির অবস্থানের জন্য স্থানের প্রয়োজন হয়, সৃষ্টি কোন সুনির্দিষ্ট দিকে থাকে, দু’টি সৃষ্টির মাঝে দুরত্ব থাকে, একটি আরেকটি থেকে পৃথক বা কাছাকাছি থাকে, কিন্তু আল্লাহ তায়ালা এসব অবস্থা থেকে পবিত্র। একইভাবে সৃষ্টির কোনটি ছোট বা বড়, কোনটি লম্বা বা খাট, কোনটি সুন্দর বা কুৎসিত, কোনটি ফর্সা বা কালো, কিন্তু আল্লাহ তায়ালার জন্য এর কোনটিই প্রযোজ্য নয়। মোটকথা আল্লাহ তায়ালা কোন দিক থেকে সৃষ্টির সাথে সাদৃশ্য রাখেন না। তার সদৃশ্য কিছুই নেই। তার সত্ত্বা, গুণাবলী, কর্মাবলি কোন দিক থেকেই কেউ তার সাদৃশ্য রাখে না। </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">আল্লাহ্ ক্বুরআনে (সুরা ইখলাস এ ২ নং) আয়াতে বলেন- আল্লাহুস সামাদ অর্থাৎ “আল্লাহ কারো মুখাপেক্ষি নন।” আমরা বলতে জিহ্বা এর, শুনতে কান এর, দেখতে চোখ এর, ধরতে হাত এর মুখাপেক্ষি আর আল্লাহ দেখেন চোখ বাদে, তিঁনি ধরেন হাত বাদে, তিঁনি বলেন জিহ্বা বাদে, তিঁনি শুনেন কান বাদে। কেননা তাঁকে দেখতে চোখের,ধরতে হাতের প্রয়োজন হলে তো তিনি চোখ-হাতের মুখাপেক্ষী হয়ে যাবেন, নাউযুবিল্লাহ যা সুরা ইখলাস ২ নং আয়াতের বিপরীত হবে।  তাঁকে কোনো জায়গা এর মুখাপেক্ষি করা যাবে না। তিনি জায়গা ছাড়াই উপস্থিত। জায়গা সৃষ্টির জন্য প্রয়োজন, স্রস্টার জন্য নয়। কেননা এক সময় ছিল যখন আল্লাহ ব্যতিত কোনো কিছুই ছিলনা। বুখারী শরীফ-এর ষষ্ঠ খন্ড ২৮৬নং হাদিসে রাসূলে পাক (ﷺ) বলেন- “কানাল্লাহু ওয়ালাম ইয়াকুন শাইউন গাইরুহু” অর্থাৎ “আল্লাহ তখনো ছিলেন যখন আল্লাহ বেতিত কিছুই ছিলনা।” মানে আসমান-জমিন, আরশ-কুরসি, উপর-নিচু, ডান-বাম, সামনে-পিছে কিছুই ছিলনা ; তখনো আল্লাহ ছিলেন এই সবকিছুর অমুখাপেক্ষী, আজও তিনি আছেন এই সবকিছুর অমুখাপেক্ষী। আলহামদুলিল্লাহ্!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">আল্লাহর পরিচয়ে সংক্ষেপে রাসূল (ﷺ) বলেছেন- ﺃَﻧْﺖَ ﺍﻟْﺄَﻭَّﻝُ ﻓَﻠَﻴْﺲَ ﻗَﺒْﻠَﻚَ ﺷَﻲْﺀٌ ، ﻭَﺃَﻧْﺖَ ﺍﻟْﺂﺧِﺮُ ﻓَﻠَﻴْﺲَ ﺑَﻌْﺪَﻙَ ﺷَﻲْﺀٌ ، ﻭَﺃَﻧْﺖَ ﺍﻟﻈَّﺎﻫِﺮُ ﻓَﻠَﻴْﺲَ ﻓَﻮْﻗَﻚَ ﺷَﻲْﺀٌ ، ﻭَﺃَﻧْﺖَ ﺍﻟْﺒَﺎﻃِﻦُ ﻓَﻠَﻴْﺲَ ﺩُﻭﻧَﻚَ ﺷَﻲْﺀٌ ”  অর্থাৎ “আপনিই প্রথম, আপনার পূর্বে কিছু নেই। আপনিই শেষ, আপনার পরে কিছু নেই। আপনিই প্রকাশ্য, আপনার উপরে কিছু নেই। আপনিই গোপন, আপনার নিচে কিছু নেই” </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">মুসলিম শরীফ, হাদীস নং ২৭১৩। </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">আল্লাহর জন্য সৃষ্টির সঙ্গে সামান্যতম সাদৃশ্যও বা তুলনা দেয়াও কুফরী। কেননা তিনি ইরশাদ করেছেন, তার সদৃশ কিছু নেই। তিনি মহা বিশ্ব সৃষ্টির পূর্বে যেমন ছিলেন, আরশ-কুরশী সৃষ্টির পূর্বে যেমন ছিলেন, এখনও আছেন। মহাবিশ্ব ধ্বংসের পরও থাকবেন। সৃষ্টির অস্তিত্বের পূর্বে যেমন সময় ও স্থান থেকে পবিত্র অবস্থায় ছিলেন, এখনও তিনি সব ধরনের স্থান ও সময় থেকে পবিত্র। সৃষ্টি পরিবর্তনশীল, স্রস্টা নন। কেননা পরিবর্তনের জন্য পরিবর্তক প্রয়োজন, আর আল্লাহর ক্ষেত্রে পরিবর্তন মানলে, এখানে প্রশ্ন আসবে কে তাঁর পরিবর্তক? (নাউযুবিল্লাহ্)। </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">ইমামে আযাম আবু হানিফা (রহমাতুল্লাহি আ’লাই) তার জগত বিখ্যাত কিতাব আল ফিকহুল আবসাত এ বলেন- “ওয়ামান ওয়াসাফাল্লাহা বিমা’নান মিন মা’য়ানিল বাশার ফাক্বাদ কাফার” অর্থাৎ যে আল্লাহর জন্য এমন দোষ বা গুন মানল যা সৃস্টির মাঝে বিরাজমান তাহলে সে কুফরি করল। সৃস্টি উঠে, নামে, বসে, দাড়ায়, ঘুমায়, নড়াচড়া করে কিন্তু আল্লাহ এসব হতে পাক। তিনি আরোও বলেনঃ যে বস্তু কোনোও বস্তুর উপরে বা নিচে বা মধ্যে থাকে তা সৃষ্টি, একমাত্র আল্লাহ যিনি কারোও উপরে বা নিচে বা মধ্যে নন।</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><b><u><br></u></b></div><div><b><u>স্থান ও সময় দু’টোই আল্লাহ পাকের সৃষ্টি</u></b></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>তিনি সৃষ্টি দ্বারা নিয়ন্ত্রিত নন, বরং সকল সৃষ্টি তার নিয়ন্ত্রণে। অনেক নির্বোধ একথা মনে করে থাকে, আল্লাহ তায়ালাকে স্থান ও দিক থেকে পবিত্র বিশ্বাস করলে তো আল্লাহ কোথাও নেই এটা বলা হয়। এর দ্বারা আল্লাহ তায়ালার অস্তিত্বই না কি অস্বীকার করা হয়। এই নির্বোধকে জিজ্ঞাসা করা হবে, যখন কোন স্থান বা দিকই ছিলো না, তখন আল্লাহ কোথায় ছিলেন ? সে যদি এটা বিশ্বাস না করে যে, আল্লাহ তায়ালা স্থান ও দিক সৃষ্টির পূর্বে ছিলেন, তাহলে সে নিশ্চিত কাফের হয়ে যাবে। কোন সৃষ্টির অস্তিত্বের পূর্বে আল্লাহর অবস্থানের জন্য যখন কোন স্থানের প্রয়োজন হয়নি, তাহলে এখন কেন আল্লাহ তায়ালাকে স্থানের অনুগামী বানানো হবে ? </div><div><br></div><div>বিখ্যাত সূফী ইমাম জুন-নুন মিসরী (রহমাতুল্লাহি আ’লাই) [ইন্তেকাল: ২৪৫ হি:] বলেন- “মাহমা তাসাউয়ারতা বিবালিক ফাল্লাহু বিখিলাফি যালিক”। অর্থাৎ “তুমি যখন যখন তোমার ক্ষুদ্র জ্ঞানে আল্লাহকে চিন্তা করবে তখনই আল্লাহকে তোমার চিন্তার উর্ধ্বে পাবে।” সুবহানআল্লাহ। কেননা আল্লাহ আমাদের মস্তিস্ক বানিয়েছেন সসীম বস্তুকে চিন্তা করার জন্য, কিন্তু আল্লাহ তো অসীম তাই অসীম আল্লাহকে সসীম মস্তিস্কে পরিবেষ্টন করা আমাদের পক্ষে সম্ভব নয়। </div><div><br></div><div>তিনি আরোও বলেন যেঃ </div><div>“ﺭﺑﻲ ﺗﻌﺎﻟﻰ ﻓﻼ ﺷﻰﺀ ﻳﺤﻴﻂ ﺑﻪ * ﻭﻫْﻮ ﺍﻟﻤﺤﻴﻂ ﺑﻨﺎ ﻓﻲ ﻛﻞ ﻣﺮﺗﺼﺪ ﻻ ﺍﻷﻳﻦ ﻭﺍﻟﺤﻴﺚ ﻭﺍﻟﺘﻜﻴﻴﻒ ﻳﺪﺭﻛﻪ * ﻭﻻ ﻳﺤﺪ ﺑﻤﻘﺪﺍﺭ ﻭﻻ ﺃﻣﺪ ﻭﻛﻴﻒ ﻳﺪﺭﻛﻪ ﺣﺪ ﻭﻟﻢ ﺗﺮﻩ * ﻋﻴﻦ ﻭﻟﻴﺲ ﻟﻪ ﻓﻲ ﺍﻟﻤﺜﻞ ﻣﻦ ﺃﺣﺪ ﺃﻡ ﻛﻴﻒ ﻳﺒﻠﻐﻪ ﻭﻫﻢ ﺑﻼ ﺷﺒﻪ * ﻭﻗﺪ ﺗﻌﺎﻟﻰ ﻋﻦ ﺍﻷﺷﺒﺎﻩ ﻭﺍﻟﻮﻟﺪ” </div><div>অর্থাৎ“ মহান আল্লাহ তায়ালাকে কোন কিছু পরিবেষ্টন করে না। তিনি সর্বাবস্থায় আমাদেরকে পরিবেষ্টন ও নিয়ন্ত্রণ করছেন। কোথায়, কেমন, কীভাবে, কী অবস্থা.. এগুলো থেকে আল্লাহ পবিত্র। কোন পরিমাপ-পরিমিতি দ্বারা তিনি সীমাবদ্ধও নন। আল্লাহ তায়ালার সীমা কীভাবে নির্ধারণ করবে? অথচ তাকে চক্ষু দেখেনি এবং তার তুলনীয় কিছুই নেই? কোন সাদৃশ্য ছাড়া কেউ আল্লাহ তায়ালাকে কীভাবে কল্পনা করবে? অথচ আল্লাহ তায়ালা সব ধরনের সাদৃশ্য ও সন্তান থেকে পবিত্র।” [হিলয়াতুল আউলিয়া, খ.৯, পৃ.৩৮৮]</div><div><br></div><div>হযরত আলী (রাদ্বীআল্লাহু আনহু) বলেন- </div><div>“ ﻣﻦ ﺯﻋﻢ ﺃﻥ ﺇﻟﻬﻨﺎ ﻣﺤﺪﻭﺩ ﻓﻘﺪ ﺟﻬﻞ ﺍﻟﺨﺎﻟﻖ ﺍﻟﻤﻌﺒﻮﺩ” </div><div>অর্থ: “যে বিশ্বাস করলো যে আল্লাহ তায়ালা সসীম, সে আমাদের মা’বুদ আল্লাহ সম্পর্কে অজ্ঞ” [ হিলয়াতুল আউলিয়া, খ.১, পৃ.৭৩]। </div><div><br></div><div>হযরত আলী (রাদ্বীআল্লাহু আনহু) বলেন- </div><div>“ﻛﺎﻥ ـ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ ـ ﻭﻻ ﻣﻜﺎﻥ، ﻭﻫﻮ ﺍﻵﻥ ﻋﻠﻰ ﻣﺎ ـ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ ـ ﻛﺎﻥ” </div><div>অর্থ: “যখন কোন স্থান ছিলো না, তখনও আল্লাহ তায়ালা ছিলেন। তিনি এখনও স্থান থেকে পবিত্র অবস্থায় আছেন।” [আল-ফারকু বাইনাল ফিরাক, আবু মনসুর বাগদাদী, পৃ.৩৩৩]।  </div><div><br></div><div>তিনি আরও বলেন- </div><div>“ ﺇﻥ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ ﺗﻌﺎﻟﻰ ﺧﻠﻖ ﺍﻟﻌﺮﺵ ﺇﻇﻬﺎﺭًﺍ ﻟﻘﺪﺭﺗﻪ ﻻ ﻣﻜﺎﻧًﺎ ﻟﺬﺍﺗﻪ ” </div><div>অর্থ: “আল্লাহ তায়ালা নিজের কুদরত প্রকাশের জন্য আরশ সৃষ্টি করেছেন, নিজ সত্ত্বার স্থান হিসেবে নয়।” [আল-ফারকু বাইনাল ফিরাক, আবু মনসুর বাগদাদী, পৃ.৩৩৩]। একই কথা ইমাম শাফেয়ী রাঃ [ইন্তেকাল: ২০৪ হি:] ইতহাফুস সাদাতিল মুত্তাকিন, খ.২, পৃ.২৪ বলেন । একই কথা ইমাম ত্বহাবীও তার আক্বিদাতুত ত্বাহাবীতেও লিখেছেন।</div><div><br></div><div>বিখ্যাত তাবেয়ী ইমাম যাইনুল আবেদীন (রহমাতুল্লাহি আ’লাই) [ইন্তেকাল: ৯৪ হি:] বলেন- </div><div>“ﺃﻧﺖ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ ﺍﻟﺬﻱ ﻻ ﻳَﺤﻮﻳﻚ ﻣﻜﺎﻥ” </div><div>অর্থ: “ হে আল্লাহ, আপনি সেই সত্ত্বা, কোন স্থান যাকে পরিবেষ্টন করতে পারে না।” [ইতহাফুস সাদাতিল মুত্তাকিন, আল্লামা মোর্তজা জাবিদী, খ.৪, পৃ.৩৮০]। </div><div><br></div><div>তিনি আরও বলেন- </div><div>“ﺃﻧﺖ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ ﺍﻟﺬﻱ ﻻ ﺗُﺤَﺪُّ ﻓﺘﻜﻮﻥَ ﻣﺤﺪﻭﺩًﺍ” </div><div>অর্থ: “আপনি সেই সত্ত্বা যার কোন হদ বা সীমা নেই। সীমা থাকলে তো আপনি সসীম হয়ে যাবেন।” [ইতহাফুস সাদাতিল মুত্তাকিন, খ.৪, পৃ.৩৮০]</div><div><br></div><div>ইমাম আবু হানিফা রহ. তার আল-ফিকহুল আবসাতে বলেছেন-“:</div><div> ﻗﻠﺖُ : ﺃﺭﺃﻳﺖَ ﻟﻮ ﻗﻴﻞ ﺃﻳﻦ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ ﺗﻌﺎﻟﻰ؟ ﻓﻘﺎﻝ ـ ﺃﻱ ﺃﺑﻮ ﺣﻨﻴﻔﺔ ـ : ﻳﻘﺎﻝ ﻟﻪ ﻛﺎﻥ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ ﺗﻌﺎﻟﻰ ﻭﻻ ﻣﻜﺎﻥ ﻗﺒﻞ ﺃﻥ ﻳﺨﻠﻖ ﺍﻟﺨﻠﻖ، ﻭﻛﺎﻥ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ ﺗﻌﺎﻟﻰ ﻭﻟﻢ ﻳﻜﻦ ﺃﻳﻦ ﻭﻻ ﺧَﻠْﻖ ﻭﻻ ﺷﻰﺀ، ﻭﻫﻮ ﺧﺎﻟﻖ ﻛﻞ ﺷﻰﺀ ” </div><div>অর্থ- “যদি আপনাকে প্রশ্ন করা হয় আল্লাহ তায়ালা কোথায়? এর উত্তরে তাকে জিজ্ঞাসা করা হবে, সৃষ্টির অস্তিত্বের পূর্বে, যখন কোন স্থানই ছিলো না, তখনও আল্লাহ তায়া’লা ছিলেন। আল্লাহ তায়া’লা তখনও ছিলেন যখন কোন সৃষ্টি ছিলো না, এমনকি ‘কোথায়’ বলার মতো স্থানও ছিলো না। সৃষ্টির একটি পরমাণুও যখন ছিলো না তখনও আল্লাহ তায়ালা ছিলেন। তিনিই সব কিছুর স্রষ্টা” [আল-ফিকহুল আবসাত, পৃ.২০]। </div><div><br></div><div>সৈয়দ ফাখার উদ্দীন ইবনে আসাকীর (রহমাতুল্লাহি আ’লাই) বলেনঃ “অবশ্যই আল্লাহর জন্য কখন, কোথায়, কিভাবে এই প্রশ্নগুলি করা উচিত নয়। কেননা, “কখন শব্দটি সময় নির্দেশ করে, সময় সীমাবদ্ধতা নির্দেশ করে, সীমাবদ্ধতা প্রয়োজন নির্দেশ করে, প্রয়োজন অক্ষমতা নির্দেশ করে এবং যে অক্ষম তার প্রভূ হওয়ার কোনই যোগ্যতা নেই।” আবার, “কোথায় শব্দটি জায়গা নির্দেশ করে, জায়গা আয়তন নির্দেশ করে, আয়তন সীমানা নির্দেশ করে, সীমানা প্রয়োজন নির্দেশ করে, এবং প্রয়োজন অক্ষমতা নির্দেশ করে” এবং যে অক্ষম তার প্রভূ হওয়ার কোনই যোগ্যতা নেই। অবশেষে, “কিভাবে শব্দটি রীতি নির্দেশ করে, হয় স্নায়ুবিক অথবা পাশবিক রীতি নির্দেশ করে এবং রীতি নির্দিষ্টতা নির্দেশ করে এবং নির্দিষ্টতা অন্যের উপর নির্ভরতা নির্দেশ করে, এবং নির্ভরতা অক্ষমতা নির্দেশ করে” এবং যে অক্ষম তার প্রভূ হবার কোনোই যোগ্যতা নেই।</div><div>আশা করি আপনারা বুঝতে পেরেছেন।  আল্লাহ আমাদের সবাইকে সঠিক'টা বুঝার তৌফিক দান করুক। আমিন। </div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div>

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Above The Throne ?

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: 15.84px; text-align: start;"><b>Above The Throne</b> ?</span><br style="font-size: 15.84px; text-align: start;" /><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: 15.84px; text-align: start;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 15.84px; text-align: start;"></span></span><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-size: 15.84px; text-align: start;"><b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Imam Ibn al-Jawzi:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-size: 15.84px; text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-size: 15.84px; text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">"After they <span style="color: red;">imagined a huge image</span> <span style="color: red;">on the Throne,</span> they took to interpreting away all that contradicts its <span style="color: red;">being located on the Throne.</span><span style="font-family: "courier new";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-size: 15.84px; text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">So I ask you where is Allah?…They also said that the statement of Allah should come unto them in the shadows of the clouds (2:210) must be understood literally to mean they declare it forbidden another.  <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-size: 15.84px; text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-size: 15.84px; text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b>They the coming of His very Essence. </b><b><span style="font-family: "courier new";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-size: 15.84px; text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="color: red;">So they declare it permissible one year and said:' We affirm this according to its external sense</span>!'<span style="font-family: "courier new";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-size: 15.84px; text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Then they placated the commonality by adding:<span style="color: red;">'But we do not affirm limbs</span>.'<span style="font-family: "courier new";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-size: 15.84px; text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">It is as if they said: <span style="color: red;">'So-and-so is standing but he is not standing.'</span><span style="color: red; font-family: "courier new";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-size: 15.84px; text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Those are less intelligent than  <b><span style="color: red;">Juha</span></b>......<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-size: 15.84px; text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-size: 15.84px; text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">CAUTIONING AGAINST SUCH PEOPLE IS WORSHIP."<span style="font-family: "courier new";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-size: 15.84px; text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">[Ibn al-Jawzi, Sayd al-Khatir (p. 91-95).]</span><span style="font-family: "courier new";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-size: 15.84px; text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: white;">---<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-size: 15.84px; text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-size: 15.84px; text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: white;">This well-known incident is confirmed both internally through <span style="color: red;">Ibn Taymiyya's</span> own writings, <span style="font-family: "courier new";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-size: 15.84px; text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: white;">and externally as related in <b>Ibn Hajar's Durar:</b><span style="font-family: "courier new";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-size: 15.84px; text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: white;">(Najmal-Din Sulayman ibn `Abd al-Qawi) al-Tufi (al-Hanbali) said:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-size: 15.84px; text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-size: 15.84px; text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: white;">"They ascertained that he had blurted out certain words concerning doctrine which came out of his mouth in the context of his sermons and legal decisions, and they mentioned that he had cited the hadith of<span style="font-family: "courier new";"> </span>Allah's descent, then climbed down two steps from the minbar and said:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-size: 15.84px; text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: white;">"<span style="color: red;">Just like this descent of mine</span>" and he was categorized as an <span style="color: red;">anthropomorphist</span>."<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-size: 15.84px; text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: white;"> [Ibn Hajar, al-Durar 1:153.]<span style="font-family: "courier new";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-size: 15.84px; text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-size: 15.84px; text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: red;">After they imagined a huge image on the Throne</span>, they took to <span style="color: red;">interpreting away all that contradicts its being located on the Throne.</span><span style="font-family: "courier new";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-size: 15.84px; text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: white;">The problem arises when individuals say things like Allah:<span style="font-family: "courier new";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-size: 15.84px; text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: white;">“<span style="color: red;">has 2 eyes, 2 hands and limbs</span>”… etc<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-size: 15.84px; text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-size: 15.84px; text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>(Na'ouzubillah!)</b><b><span style="font-family: "courier new";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: 15.84px; text-align: start;"></span><br style="font-size: 15.84px; text-align: start;" /></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 15.84px; text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: 15.84px; text-align: start;">--</span><br style="font-size: 15.84px; text-align: start;" /><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: 15.84px; text-align: start;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 15.84px; text-align: start;"></span></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 15.84px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times new roman";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span">"<span style="color: red;">Above The Throne</span>"</span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times new roman";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: red;"> </span>?</span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: "times new roman";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></span></span><img loading="lazy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzr1MSMygMql1TaztkJH-cxIgC-MKHSG8AjXO5eOlcZ2DO-_dlxSpfBuiGVUASyvFc9tMMWX-MgGSC-Xso9B2TS2KMeQGqWupwQcm-f53mG2YZUSsSJVtQmMml6TNHA6OYHmmW64UuOcw/s400-rw/God.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%; padding: 8px;" /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 15.84px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: "times new roman";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: "times new roman";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><br /></b></span></span></span></div><pre><span style="color: red; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: normal;"><b></b></span></span></pre><pre></pre><pre><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: "times new roman";"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; white-space: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"></span></span></span></o:p></span></pre><pre><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; white-space: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #990000; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Wahabi/salafi says:</span></span></o:p></pre><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 15.84px; text-align: start;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times new roman";"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #990000; font-size: medium;"></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 15.84px; text-align: start;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #990000; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>1.</b> </span><span class="Apple-style-span">“Unfortunately you believe that Allah has no place and no direction therefore is nowhere. Thus you are in a way saying that he does not exist."</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 15.84px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 15.84px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #990000; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Wahabi/salafi says:</span></b></span></b></div><span style="background-color: white;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 15.84px; text-align: start;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b>2. </b>"I know where my creator is because that is what we have been clearly taught from the quran and it is clear cut not maybe or but!"</span></span></span><div style="font-size: 15.84px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: "times new roman";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-size: small;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="font-size: 15.84px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #990000; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Wahabi/salafi says:</span></b></div><span style="background-color: white;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #990000; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 15.84px; text-align: start;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>3."</b> I have given you proof of ^<b>various</b> quran and hadith to suggest that </span><span class="Apple-style-span">Allah is above the throne</span><span class="Apple-style-span">in a way that befits his majesty.</span></span><br style="font-size: 15.84px; text-align: start;" /><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #990000; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 15.84px; text-align: start;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size: 15.84px; text-align: start;"></span></span><div style="font-size: 15.84px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: 15.84px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: "times new roman";"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-size: small;"><b></b></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size: 15.84px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: "times new roman";"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-size: small;"><b><br /></b></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size: 15.84px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #990000; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">^Wahabi/salafi says:</span></span></b></div><span style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 15.84px; text-align: start;"><b>4. </b>"Now you give me clear proof that Allah has no direction and has no place from the quran and hadith."</span><br style="font-size: 15.84px; text-align: start;" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 15.84px; text-align: start;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><i><br /></i></span></span></b></span><span style="font-size: 15.84px; text-align: start;"></span></span><div style="font-size: 15.84px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #990000; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Wahabi/salafi says:</span></span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 15.84px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">"Please don't use the arguement that i have taken these verses literally as that is weak. Also do not use any scholar modern or early but the quran </span></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">and sahih hadith</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span">."</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: "times new roman";"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-size: x-small;"></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: red; font-family: "times new roman";"><b><img loading="lazy" src="https://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:7owHxHOTVCrP8M:https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfmOdtTWNGijUxY0qe-AuPbWU_OKu-Zqs5KsRcw3jHqUSzXDjrYiMZxAx7383HOLWnMJQJJbxGorUvMF1zWoe0DGK03coGqFthf5iCXjlRkRr57aL_ihqG06iObF_Im69zFGb8_s1jZnk/s400/college-ape.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%; padding: 8px;" /></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #990000; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">^Wahabi says:</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">"This is my challenge to you.”</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #990000; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: "times new roman";"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><i><img loading="lazy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja-mlsiik6kL84HvRW7zfGJXtriw3t5R1sTT-OrYr3mRBnDk4PU4PgjL8zGZDzA4VdXBVy0xocwdnM2QHuE_oQYp54ffPpJYL8mA8UqeDFznUOm0ILNcrg8ZPhpMPKLoFo_Vu91D9nbP4/s200-rw/wahabi+mufti.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%; padding: 8px;" /></i></span></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times new roman";"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><i>^"...clearly taught..."</i></span></span></b></span></b></span></i></span></span></b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times new roman";"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">(end of quote)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: "times new roman";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span">---</span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: "times new roman";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><span class="Apple-style-span">We Muslims have NEVER denied that Allah is</span><b><span class="Apple-style-span">above</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span"> the throne, we just deny your definition of </span>“</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: red; line-height: 18.4px;"><span class="Apple-style-span">aboveness</span></span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><span class="Apple-style-span">”</span></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Your problem is just as same as</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"> JUHA!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: red; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Juha <span style="color: black;">was told by his mother to guard the door, he took it off its hinges and walked away with it, whereupon the house was ransacked. When his mother blamed him he said:</span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">‘you only told me to watch the door, not the house! </span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhItUxQGDw8_IaandRfvXXqOoSofaykNQItmc3dEfY3DTi78Bu_WKfFm-uxj0nnmA0r03UIc8WPGH510fVaFEUaA971KlsKBxtfrZLTE1SLi_WARi1zcJaFyqV8GKCsfmUudjRjp21yusud/s1600/you+only+told+me+to+watch+the+door%252C+not+the+house%2521.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #4d469c; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" height="320" loading="lazy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhItUxQGDw8_IaandRfvXXqOoSofaykNQItmc3dEfY3DTi78Bu_WKfFm-uxj0nnmA0r03UIc8WPGH510fVaFEUaA971KlsKBxtfrZLTE1SLi_WARi1zcJaFyqV8GKCsfmUudjRjp21yusud/s320-rw/you+only+told+me+to+watch+the+door%252C+not+the+house%2521.jpg" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="263" /></a></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-weight: 800;">---</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-weight: 800;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: white;"><img loading="lazy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwBhHQqs7etC-DyO0FAUlGYF3XzWSJJiuMoypRmgZWFby8GL9ZLZbcsZ6BtMiOIrK0GkM2pLgt7DuZ6OrBNgJWppCSMagaVVsbK9BdF2_Kiet9iVifZ3BPOF3HY94EWKoNHIvzVhnARZY/s320-rw/Black_Square-758x428.png" style="box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%; padding: 8px;" /></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"></span></b></div><span style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;"></span><br style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;" /></span><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><span style="background-color: white; color: #990000; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span></b></span></div><span style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;"></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;"></span><br style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;" /></span><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><span style="background-color: white; color: #990000; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">^Wahabi/salafi said:<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></b></span></div><span style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;"></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;"></span><br style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;" /></span><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">“Unfortunately you believe that Allah has no place and no direction therefore is nowhere. Thus you are in a way saying that he does not exist</span><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">."</span></span><b><i></i></b><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;"></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;"></span><br style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;" /></span><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></span></span></div><span style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;"></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;"></span><br style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;" /></span><div class="MsoPlainText" style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="apple-style-span"><i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">---</span></i></span></span></div><span style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;"></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;"></span><br style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;" /></span><div class="MsoPlainText" style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="apple-style-span"><i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></i></span></span></div><span style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;"></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;"></span><br style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;" /></span><div class="MsoPlainText" style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="apple-style-span"><i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></i></span></span></div><span style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;"></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;"></span><br style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;" /></span><div class="MsoPlainText" style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;"><i></i></span></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: x-small;"><i><b><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 24pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">The Holy Prophet</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></i></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span">(Sallallahu Alaihe-e-Wa-Sallam)</span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #2007b9; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">(peace be upon him)</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span">is related to have said in</span></span></span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Sahih Muslim:</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;"><u1:p></u1:p>“O Allah, You are the first: there is nothing before You; and You are the last:there is nothing after You. You are the Manifest (al-Zahir): there is nothing above You. You are the Hidden (al-Batin): there is nothing below You.”</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;"><u1:p></u1:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">[ Sahih Muslim, kitab al-dhikr wal-du`a wal-tawba wal-istighfar, bab ma yaqulu `ind al-nawm wa-akhd al-madhja, #7064]</span></span><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span class="apple-style-span"><i><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">---</span></i></span><br /><span class="apple-style-span"><i><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></i></span></span></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="apple-style-span"><i><span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></i></span></div><div class="MsoPlainText"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Imam Abu Hanifa</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> (d. 150) said</span></span><span style="color: #002060;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">:</span> </span></span></span></span><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="color: #002060;"><span class="Apple-style-span">"Had He been in a place and needing to sit and rest before creating the Throne, then the question 'Where was Allah?' would have applied to Him, which is impossible."</span><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><i> </i></b></span></span><i></i></span></div></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="display: inline !important; font-weight: bold;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i><span class="apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">[Abu Hanifa, Wasiyya al-Imam al-A'zam Abu Hanifa, ed. Fu'ad 'Ali Rida (Beirut : Maktabat al-Jamahir, 1970) p. 10</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">.</span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">]</span></span></span></span></i></span></div><div class="MsoPlainText"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i></i></span></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"></span></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #20124d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-style: normal;">The Ash'ari Imam Ibn 'Abd al-Salam</span></div></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #20124d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">said in his statement of doctrine:</span></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="font-style: italic;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #20124d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">He was before He brought place and time into existence, and He is now as He ever was.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">[ </span></span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Ibn 'Abd al-Salam, al-Mulha fi I`tiqad Ahl al-Haqq in his Rasa'il al-Tawhid (p. 11).</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span">]</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoPlainText"><span style="background-color: white;">---</span></div><span style="background-color: white;"><div class="MsoPlainText" style="display: inline !important;"><span class="apple-style-span"><i><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></i></span></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><i><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></i></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="display: inline !important;"><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></span></div></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: x-small;"><i></i></span></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: x-small;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold;"><u1:p></u1:p></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold;"><u1:p></u1:p></span></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><b style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><i><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></i></span></b></span></i></span></b></span></span><b style="color: #666666; font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><i><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></i></span></b><b style="color: #666666; font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><i></i></span></b><br style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;" /></span><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: #666666; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: x-small; font-style: normal;"><i></i></span></div><span style="background-color: white;"><b style="color: #666666; font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><i></i></span></b><b style="color: #666666; font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><i></i></span></b><b style="color: #666666; font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></b><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;"></span><br style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;" /></span><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span">' The Hashwiyya<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> and</span> mushabbiha</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">said:</span></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"></span></span><span style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">'The Creator took His place (hâ llun) on the Throne, the Throne is His location (makâ n), and He is sitting on top of it."</span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: x-small; font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: #666666; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal;">---</span></span></span></span></div></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px; text-align: center;"><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-style: italic;"></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-style: italic;"><i></i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="display: inline !important;"><div style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>Imam Al-Ash'ari </b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">said:</span></span></span></span></b></div></div></div><span style="background-color: white;"><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="color: #666666; display: inline !important; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;"><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span">'Allah existed when there was no place; then He created the Throne and the Footstool (al-'arsh wa al-kursî ) without ever being in need of place, and He is, after creating place, exactly as He was before creating it.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span">'</span></span></span></span></b></div></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="color: #666666; display: inline !important; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">[</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">In Tabyin Kadhib al-Muftari (Saqqa ed. p. 150).]</span></span></span></span></span></b><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></b></div></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;"></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;"></span><b style="color: #666666; font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><i><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></i></span></b><b style="color: #666666; font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><i></i></span></b><b style="color: #666666; font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;"></span><br style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;" /></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; font-size: 16px; line-height: 15.6pt;"></div><span style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;"></span><br style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;" /></span><div style="color: #666666; font-size: 15.84px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">---</span></span></span></span></div><span style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span></span></span><br /><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: medium;">Al-Aqeedah at-Tahaweeyah</span></span></b></span></span></span></span></div><span style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"></span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-weight: bold;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d; font-weight: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">50.</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> He is independent of the Throne and what is beneath it.</span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">51</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">. He encompasses everything and is above it, and what He has created is incapable of encompassing Him</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: #0c343d;">The saying of the </span><span style="color: #990000;">Wahhabis</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> that the instinct of every human will lead to a conclusion that Allah is inclined towards an upward direction, i.e., towards the Arsh, is refuted by the proofs that can be witnessed in those who live around us and who hold different beliefs.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span">This is because among the people are those who believe that this </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span">worldly Sky</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> whose color is light blue is Allah.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Also among the people are those who believe that Allah is a mass of light.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><span style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;"></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;"></span><br style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;" /></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px; font-weight: bold;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">All these matters have been explained by the hadîth Master,</span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span">Imâm Ab al-Faraj Ibn al-Jawzî</span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span">who belongs to his [<span class="Apple-style-span">Imâm Ahmad's</span>] school.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-weight: normal;">He has cleared the Imâm's name of such foul slanders and has provided explicit proofs exposing the lies of the slanderers.</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span">"The Flaming Falcon Swooping Down on the Dissenters of the Hanbali Madhhab"</span><o:p></o:p></span></b><br /><b><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background-color: white; color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Ibn al-Jawzi:</span></span></b></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"></span></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">“I have observed that some of our companions have written about matters of creed in a way that is not proper.</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">There are three in particular:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Abu ‘Abd Allah ibn Hamid,</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> his disciple, </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Qadi Abu Ya’ la,</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> and </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Ibn al-Zaghuni</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">who composed books by which they have disgraced the </span></span><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">madhab</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">.</span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">They held the attributes of God to be subject to human understanding and perception. </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">They heard that God, Glorified and Exalted be He, Created Adam on his image, upon him be blessings and peace. On that basis, They acknowledged for Him an image and a physical form, a face attribute to His essence, two eyes, a mouth, uvulas, molar teeth, and lights for His face which represent His majestic splendor, two hands, fingers, a palm, a little [pinky] finger, a thumb, a chest, a thigh, two shins, and two feet. [They even went so far as saying]: “We have not heard any mention of the head.” They [then] said: “It is possible for Him to touch and to be touched, and to bring the slave close to His being.” </span></span></span><br /><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;"><span class="Apple-style-span">One of them said: “[…] </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: #990000;">He breathes.</span><span style="color: #0c343d;">”</span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> Then they calm the common people by saying. “[These attributes] are not taken as commonly understood.”</span></span></span><br /><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Ibn al-Jawzi</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> continues:</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span></span><br /><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></b></span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b style="color: #0c343d;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">“You</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> have made this </span></span><i style="color: #0c343d;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">madhhab </span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;"><span class="Apple-style-span">such a </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">shameful disgrace</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> that when it is said,</span></span><b style="color: #0c343d;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">“Humbali,”</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;"><span class="Apple-style-span">it is understood that he is someone who likens</span></span><i style="color: #0c343d;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: red;">GOD</span><span style="color: #0c343d;"> to His </span><span style="color: red;">creation</span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: #0c343d;">. You have then made your way to be that of </span><span style="color: red;">bigotry</span><span style="color: #0c343d;"> and </span><span style="color: red;">intolerance</span><span style="color: #0c343d;">…”</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: #0c343d;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"></span></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: #0c343d;">“They adopted the </span><span style="color: red;">literal</span><span style="color: #0c343d;"> meanings of the names and ascriptions and called them </span></span></span><i style="color: #0c343d;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">attributes</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;"><span class="Apple-style-span">-an invented designation, of which they have no evidence, neither from transmitted knowledge of the text, nor reason.”</span></span><span style="color: #0c343d;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><i><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>[Daf` Shubah al-Tashbih bi Akuff al-Tanzih]</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></i><br /><i><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><br /></b></span></span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;"><span class="Apple-style-span">“</span></span><span style="color: #0c343d;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">And beware</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> of what </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Ibn Taymiyya</span><span style="color: #0c343d;">,</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> his student </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya</span> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;"><span class="Apple-style-span">and others wrote; </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: #0c343d;">he [</span><span style="color: #cc0000;">Ibn Taymiyya</span><span style="color: #0c343d;">]</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: #0c343d;"> is a man who took his </span><span style="color: red;">lusts</span><span style="color: #0c343d;"> for his <b>Lord</b>, for <b>which Allâh led him astray despite his learning, sealed upon his hearing and heart, and put a veil upon his sight; and who can guide him after Allâh let him be misguided? </b></span></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: #0c343d;"><br /></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: #0c343d;">Why should He not, when these heretics have gone past the boundaries set by the Sharî`a and trampled them?</span></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: #0c343d;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Yet they imagine that they are the guided ones</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">, that they are guided by their Lord Almighty when the truth is that they are not. Rather, they are on the wrong path, the most heinous, misleading way and most abominable traits. They are afflicted by vices and have incurred a great loss. May Allâh humble their followers and wipe the earth clean from their likes!”</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br /><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></span><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></span><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">---</span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Al-Imam Abu Hamed Al-Ghazaliy,</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> rahimahu Allah, in </span></span><b style="color: #0c343d;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Al-Ihya</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> said:</span></span></span></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">“Allah, the Exalted, existed eternally and there was no place. He is not a body, jawhar (atom), or property, and He is not on a place or in a place."</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><pre style="text-align: center;"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal"><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span><div style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; text-align: left;"><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span><div style="color: #0c343d;"><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><br />---</span></div><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span><div style="color: #0c343d;"><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="color: #0c343d;"><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span><div style="color: #0c343d;"><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span><div style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: left;"><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span><div style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: left;"><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><br />---</span></div><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></pre><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b>This is likening Allah to his creation</b></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span">Ibn ˆAbbaas</span></b> said,</span><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">“Ponder about everything, but do not ponder about the Self of Aļļaah.” </span></span></b><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">(Fatĥu-l-Baariy 13/383 )</span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span lang="EN" style="background-color: white; color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span">He said this because such dwelling leads one to draw analogies between the </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span">Creator and the created,</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span">which is blasphemy.</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span"> It contradicts the belief in Aļļaah’s Oneness, as it involves the heretical belief that Aļļaah has an equal in some aspect. It also contradicts the Quranic </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span">“Absolutely nothing resembles Him.”</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN" style="background-color: white; color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">---</span></div><span lang="EN" style="background-color: white; color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="color: #0c343d;"><span style="background-color: white;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><b></b></span></span></div><span style="background-color: white;"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="display: inline !important; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">“O Allah, You are the first: there is nothing before You; and You are the last:there is nothing after You. You are the Manifest (al-Zahir): there is nothing above You. You are the Hidden (al-Batin): there is nothing below You.”</span></div></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;"></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal;">---</span></span></b></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span">We can discuss Quran/Hadith and sayings of the Salaf regarding proofs or</span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span">figurative interpretation until we run out of ink, and</span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span">turn blue ourselves,</span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span">but</span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span">we will not get anywhere.</span></span><o:p></o:p></span><br /><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">What I really want to know is, how is it that you accept to believe in self contradictory beliefs? And do not simply tell me,</span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">“because I follow the Salaf,”</span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">because if you accept to believe in self-contradictory beliefs, how can you claim to have knowledge of what the Salaf said?</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">According to You the Wahabies Allah is literally above the throne without ever leaving it, AND literally in the sky of the world in the last third of the night</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">(i.e. always, because the Earth is round, so it is always the last third of the night somewhere.)</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><span lang="EN"><br /></span></b></span><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><span lang="EN" style="color: red;">Do you see a problem here?</span></b><o:p></o:p></span><br /><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><span lang="EN"><br /></span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Then You say it is blasphemy to say that Allah is inside His creation (even though the sky of the world is below the other six created skies above it)…. Then, seemingly just to add to this mess, some of them also say that He is literally in the seventh sky.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Not only that, you also say He is literally encompassing the world and yet you also say it is kufr to believe He is mixed with it.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">So in your belief,</span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">He is encompassing the world (thus a surface outside creation’s borders), and in the first Sky (deep inside creation, below 6 other skies), and yet it is kufr to say He is mixed with creation or enters it. Perhaps we could call this a</span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">“self defeating belief system?”</span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">It is certainly no different from the christian</span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">belief that 1=3.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">On top of this they explain that this mess of contradictory statements represents the simple belief that human nature inclines towards, and is free of complications. Yet when you try to show the contradictions in what they are saying, they shout: “KALAM!! Why do you use your mind?? Why do you engage in Philosophy?! It is Bidˆah. If you do not find all this intuitive, then there is something wrong with your natural inclinations (Fitra)!”</span></span><o:p></o:p></span><br /><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">What it boils down to then is that they are exactly like the christian priests who tell their followers, “do not mix faith with reason, follow your heart!” As the scholars say, “Blasphemy is one nation.”</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></span></div><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b>----</b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><span lang="EN" style="color: #cc0000;">wahabi/salafi said:</span></b><span style="color: #0c343d;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><span style="color: #0c343d;">Quote: </span><span style="color: #990000;">“Now you give me clear proof that Allah has no direction and has no place from the quran and hadith.</span></b><b><span style="color: #990000;">”</span></b><span style="color: #0c343d;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><span style="color: #990000;">----</span></b></span></span></div></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b>23</b><b>-</b><b> </b><b>He is not in need of anything.</b><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="background-color: white; color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"></span></o:p></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Allah Ta’ala said in </span><b></b><br /><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="display: inline !important;"><div style="display: inline !important;"><b><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b>Surat Al-Ikhlas, ayah 2:</b></span></b><br /><b><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><br /></b></span></b></div></div></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Allah, Ta’ala,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">is The Creator who is attributed with the attributes of Perfection. </span></span><br /><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Hence, He is not in need of anything. Being in need implies imperfection which would contradict and nullify the meaning of Godhood. Every creation has needs, and therefore they are dependant</span>.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal;">Among the needs is the place and time, both of which are a creation of Allah. We need a place and a space to exist in, because we are a physical mass. Allah, Ta’ala, is not like us, and therefore is not in need of a space or place. He, Ta’ala, exists without a place, because He is The Creator of place. The same applies to time. Allah is The Creator of time, therefore, it does not apply to him, Subhanahu wa Ta’ala.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Anthropomorphists or (Al Mujassima) believe that Allah Ta’ala resides in a place or partially contained in a place above the 7</span>^{<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">th</span>}<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">heaven, and they believe if Muslims say Allah is not in any specific place this would lead to negating Allah’s presence.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Because to them, if Allah exists then He must be in a place.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">They fell in the pitfall of applying the standards of creation on The Creator, may Allah safeguard us from this blasphemy.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b>----</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">wahabi said:</span></b><span style="color: #0c343d;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b>Quote:</b><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><span style="color: #990000;">“I know where my creator is because that is what we have been clearly taught from the quran and it is clear cut not maybe or but</span><span style="color: #0c343d;">!”</span></b><span style="color: #0c343d;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><i>----</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;">A creation can only think, imagine and delude about another creation,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: #0c343d;">and as we intellectually grow our intellectual thinking capacities and imaginations grow with us, and we can imagine and think about more things. This very process reflects our imperfection. If one is perfect, then one should be able to know and imagine everything. It is impossible sometimes to imagine another creation such as the extent of space, or the mechanism of some cells in our body, or the laws of physics,….etc.. it is impossible to imagine some of the creation!!, hence, it definitely is impossible to imagine </span><b>The Creator.</b></span><span style="color: #0c343d; font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="background-color: white; color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"></span></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Allah Ta’ala said in Surat Maryam, ayah 65:<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><span style="color: #0b5394;">“Is there anything similar to Him”?</span></b><span style="color: #0c343d;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Allah Ta’ala, also said in Surat Al-Ihklas, ayah 4:<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><span style="color: #0b5394;">“ nothing is equal or similar to Him”</span></b><span style="color: #0c343d;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><span style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">The above mentioned ayahs, among a lot more in the Qur’an, constitute the basis of Islamic belief in Allah. He is not the creation.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b>Delusions cannot apply to Him, minds cannot encompass Him, thoughts cannot conceive Him, imaginations cannot grasp Him.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: right;"><o:p><span style="background-color: white; color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b></b></span></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b>8-</b><b> </b><b>No imagination can conceive of Him, and no understanding can comprehend Him. He does not resemble the creation.</b><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="background-color: white; color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"></span></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Allah Ta’ala, said in Surat Al-Nah’l, ayah 60:<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><span style="color: #0b5394;">“ Allah Has the Perfect attributes”</span></b><span style="color: #0c343d;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Allah Ta’ala said in Surat Ashura, ayah 11:<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><span style="color: #0b5394;">This ayah firmly established that nothing is like Him, therefore everything we imagine or capacitate is something, and Allah is similar to nothing.</span></b><span style="color: #0c343d;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br /></span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: #0c343d;">Islam stresses and emphasizes on this very important point in </span><b>Tawheed</b><span style="color: #0c343d;"> (monotheism). As breaking this rule, would automatically invalidate the state of Tawheed; simply: </span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: #0c343d;"><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: #0c343d;"><b>The Creator is distinguished from the creation.</b></span></span><span style="color: #0c343d; font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: #0c343d;"><b><br /></b></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Hence, our imaginations and our intellectual capacity are all part of us, a creation. The creation can never encompass The Creator. In other words, imperfection cannot encompass perfection. One cannot define some creations that are complex and advanced, with no comparison, The Creator cannot be imagined by a created imagination of a created human being.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b>Al-Imam Than-noon Al-Masri,</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">may Allah have Mercy on his soul, said:<o:p></o:p></span><br /><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b>“ Whatever you imagine in your mind, Allah is different than that”.</b><o:p></o:p></span><br /><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Because no matter what one may imagine, it is still a creation with limited capacity, which can only imagine another creation, if that!</span><o:p></o:p></span><br /><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; text-align: right;"><o:p><span style="background-color: white; color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"></span></o:p></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b>9-</b><b> </b><b>He does not resemble the creation.</b><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b>Allah Ta’ala, said in Surat Al-Ikhlas, ayah 4:</b><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><span style="color: #0b5394;">“ He has no equals or similars"</span></b><span style="color: #0c343d;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">He does not resemble the creation is very important, and is the core of Islamic monotheism. Simply stated, Allah Ta’ala, does not resemble any creation in any and all ways. Many people depart Islam to blasphemy imagining that God looks like a human being with limbs, organs, lives in a place up in the skies, rests, descends and ascends, comes and goes, sleeps and rests, or that He is a light!!!!!…etc. All these deviations are because they tried to conceive God in their imaginations, that lead them to compare Him with things the mind knows and understands, therefore, they fell into blasphemy.</span><o:p></o:p></span><br /><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Examples are also numerous, among them what Allah said in Surat Taha, Ayah 5:</span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><span style="color: #0b5394;">“ Ar-rahmaan (The Merciful) Istawa over the Arsh”</span></b><span style="color: #0c343d;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Many people who attempted to translate the Qur’an into other languages or those half-knowledgeables who attempted to dive in the science of Tafseer(Qur’anic interpretations) without proper academic knowledge in Tafseer, and they knowingly or unknowingly disembarked into an unknown territory for them which led many of them to commit serious mistakes.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Some have interpreted the above ayah with:<o:p></o:p></span><br /><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><i><span style="color: #990000;">“Allah is firmly established on the throne”.</span></i></b><span style="color: #0c343d;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">They committed at least </span><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">two errors </span><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">in their effort to interpret and understand the ayah, one in arbitrarily interpreting the Arabic word Istawa as established, and the other interpreting the word Al-Arsh as the Throne.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="color: #0c343d;">This ayah is clearly among the ayat </span><b>Mutashaabihaat,</b><span style="color: #0c343d;"> and submission to Allah in its true meaning is the safest way. This kind of irresponsible and erroneous interpretation may lead to misguidance, chaos and confusion. And if some imagination are led to imagine, then that is the pathway to blasphemy, may Allah safeguard us all.</span><b style="color: #0c343d;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></span><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span></div></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b>Whereby Istawa can have many meanings!!!</b><o:p></o:p></span><br /><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">In the Qur’an itself, the word Istawa have seven (</span><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">7</span><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">) different meanings. In the Arabic language Istawa has more than twelve (</span><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">12</span><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">) different meanings. Picking and choosing one meaning rather than the other is the source of the problem.<o:p></o:p></span><br /><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Al-Bukh<u>a</u>riyy,</span></b><o:p></o:p></span><br /><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b>al-Bayha<u>q</u>iyy<i> </i></b>and<b><i> </i></b><b>Ibnul-J<u>a</u>r<u>u</u>d</b><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">related that the<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b>Messenger of</b><b> <i>Allah</i></b><b>, said:</b><o:p></o:p></span><br /><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><u><br /></u></b></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span lang="AR-SA"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span">روى البخارىُّ والبيهقىُّ وابنُ الجارود أن رسولَ الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال:</span></span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></b></span><span lang="AR-SA"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span">"كان الله ولم يَكُنْ شَىءٌ غَيْرُهُ".</span></span></span><span dir="LTR"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Which means:</span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span">“</span><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span">All</span><u><span class="Apple-style-span">a</span></u><span class="Apple-style-span">h</span></i></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span">existed eternally and nothing else existed.”</span></b><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></b></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b>This</b><b> </b><b>hadith</b><b> </b><b>proves</b><b><o:p></o:p></b></span><br /><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">that only</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">All</span><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">a</span></u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">h</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">existed without a beginning, i.e., before creating any of the creation. There was nothing with</span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">All</span><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">a</span></u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">h</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">:</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">no place, no space, no sky, no Earth, no light, and no darkness. It is determined in the rules of the Religion and the judgments of the sound mind that</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">All</span><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">a</span></u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">h</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">, the Exalted, does not change.</span><b><o:p></o:p></b></span><br /><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Hence, it is impossible that after having been existing without a place, <i>All<u>a</u>h</i> will change and dwell in a place, because this is a development.<o:p></o:p></span><br /><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b style="color: #0c343d;">The development is a sign of needing others,</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b style="color: #0c343d;"> and the one who needs others</b><b style="color: #0c343d;"> </b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">is not God.</span></b><span style="color: #0c343d;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><u><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></u></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Human nature is to apply imagination to the unknown, and they must learn not to do that when speaking of Allaah.<o:p></o:p></span><br /><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;">A Dangerous Belief:</span></b><span style="color: #0c343d;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Humans are curious by nature. That curiosity led some since Adam, alayhi assalam, to try to imagine The Creator. Many could not simply submit to God and His attributes of perfection. Instead, they attempted to imagine Him, and since all they can imagine is what their created imagination can do, they imagined Him like a human being but with supreme and unlimited powers.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">The idea that seeped into the human mind that God looks like an old man with all that it comes with it, limbs, organs, hair, face, lips, teeth, tongue, beard, two hands, fingers, two legs, two feet,…..basically a total human being!!! Also that He –according to them- resides in the 7th heaven or in a place above that where he can watch the universe and manage it, while sitting firmly on the chair of the throne!!!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">And Angels are surrounding him, while He is a very bright mass of light!!!!. Hence, Know, may Allah guide us and you, that those who believe in God as such, are actually worshipping an idol they imagined in their minds, and definitely not worshipping The Creator. Such a devious belief departs its people from Islam to blasphemy immediately.</span><o:p></o:p></span><br /><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><span style="color: red;">Anthropomorphism</span><span style="color: #0c343d;"> in the current </span><span style="color: red;">Torah </span><span style="color: #0c343d;">and </span><span style="color: red;">Bible:</span></b><span style="color: #0c343d;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Anthropomorphism is not only written in the old and new testament, but unfortunately is widely propagated by both Jewish and Christian scholars.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Clear and unambiguous statements in the above mentioned books affirming anthropomorphism are negated by other verses in the Torah and the Bible reflecting remnants of the pure Tawheed that was the base of thos</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span">e books, and clearing The Creator from resembling anything else.</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">-----</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><span style="background-color: white; color: #990000; font-size: medium;">The wahabi doctrine </span></b></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><span style="color: #990000; font-size: medium;">of </span></b></span><b style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: medium;">flawed </span></b></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #990000; font-size: medium;">aboveness</span></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b>Al-Qurţubiyy</b> states:<b><o:p></o:p></b></span><br /><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">I say accordingly that Aļļaah’s aboveness and His highness refers to His highness of glory and attributes and greatness. That is, nothing is above Him when it comes to the meanings of greatness that are necessarily ascribed to Him, and there is nothing that shares His aboveness with Him. Rather He is the most High in the absolute sense, subĥaanah.</span></span><br /><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">(Tafsiir Al-Qurţubiyy, 7 / 220)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Note</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">that because aboveness in location is relative, unlike the absolute aboveneness that Al-Qurţubiyy affirms, those who believe in it are bound to attribute flaw to Aļļaah.</span><b><o:p></o:p></b></span><br /><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b>In Al-Asnaa Al-Qurţubiyy says this explicitly:</b><b><o:p></o:p></b></span><br /><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4800640748747068298" name="more-322" style="color: #4d469c; text-decoration-line: none;"></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">It is said to them [the anthropomorphists who believe Aļļaah is in a place or direction, etc.]:</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">“If Allaah was specified by a specification, formed by a form, limited by a limit and end, existing in a specific direction, [or] changing by emergent [previously non existing] attributes in Himself, then He would have been emergent and specified by whatever He was specified with in terms of quantity and form, and [thus] requiring a specifier [for the quantity and form], and if He required a specifier, then He would have been in need and emergent. And if this is invalid, then it is true that He is without a limit or an end, and that He is Self-existent in the sense that He does not need a place to confine Him or a body to be in, or something to hold Him, or another that He gets help from. His attributes of His self do not change by His actions or leaving them.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">(Al-Asnaa, 2/21)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span">In short,</span><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>Al-Qurţubiyy says</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span"> that believing Allaah’s aboveness is one of direction/ location necessitates believing He has a flaw. This is because it necessitates likening Him to things that need a creator to specify it.</span><span class="Apple-style-span"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d; font-weight: normal;">It also necessitates </span><span style="color: #990000;">another flaw:</span></b><b style="color: #0c343d;"><o:p></o:p></b></span><br /><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">This additional flaw is that they will either have to say that Aļļaah can create a body above Himself, and thereby become below, or that He cannot, and have thereby attributed to Him lack of power to create bodies anywhere He chooses.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">They have also made Him, according to their belief, dependent on creating something below Himself, in order to achieve aboveness.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;"><b>No wonder then,</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;"> that</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Ibn Taymiyyah</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;">said</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;">Aļļaah must create something or another.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;">According to him,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">the Creator would lose His aboveness if He did not!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #0c343d;">Such is the dilemma of the relative aboveness doctrine of </span><span style="color: #990000;">wahabism.</span></span><b style="color: #0c343d;"><o:p></o:p></b></span><br /><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">References:</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">[Al-Asnaa Fii Sħarĥi Asmaa’-illaahi-l-Ĥusnaa</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">. Al-Qurţubiyy. 1995: Daar Aş-Şaĥaabah Li-t-Turaatħ.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Jaamiˆu Aĥkaami-l-Qur’aan</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">. Al-Qurţubiyy (671 AH), Sħasuddiin. Ed. Aĥmad Al-Farduuniyy & Ibraahiim Aţfiisħ.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Kairo,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Egypt: Daar ˆaalam Al-Kutub Al-Mişriyyah, 1384.]</span><b><o:p></o:p></b></span><br /><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold;"><b><span style="background-color: white; color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"></span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">---</span><br /><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-color: white; color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Sayyidina Ali<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> (ra):</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">reported to have</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">said</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">“al-Istiwa is not unknown, and the modality is altogether inconceivable. To affirm it is obligatory and to ask questions about it is an innovation, this is because Allah was, when there was nothing, and He created place before there was a place, and He is in no need for a place”.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">[Reported in Tafsir Madaarik al-Tanzeel wa Haqaa’iq al-Ta’weel by an-Nasafi, under surah Taha (20) ayat (5)]</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br /><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Imam `Ali ibn Abi Talib</span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">said: "A people of this Nation (of the Prophet Muhammad shall return to being blasphemers when the Day of Judgment is near." A man asked, "O Prince of the Believers! What is their blasphemy for? Is it for inventing something, or for denying something?" `Ali replied:</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">"It is for denial. They deny their Creator; they say that He is attributed with a body and limbs."</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">The scholars taught people the rule that</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"></span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">“whatever you can imagine in your mind, Aļļaah does not resemble it.”</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br /><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span">Ibn ˆAbbaas<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> said,</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">“Ponder about everything, but do not ponder about the Self of Aļļaah.” (Fatĥu-l-Baariy 13/383) He said this because such dwelling leads one to draw analogies between the Creator and the created, which is blasphemy. It contradicts the belief in Aļļaah’s Oneness, as it involves the heretical belief that Aļļaah has an equal in some aspect. It also contradicts the</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Quranic “Absolutely nothing resembles Him.”</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br /><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Imam Abu Mansur al-Baghdadi</span><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">related in his book,</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">al-Farqu bayn al Firaq,</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">that</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Imam 'Ali</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">, said:</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">"Allah existed eternally and there was no place, and He is now as He was before.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br /><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Imam Zayn ul-Abidin</span><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">said:</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">“glory be to you who has no place”</span></span></span><br /><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">[documented in Imam Murtada Zabidis’s sharh al ihya ulum ud deen, with a mutasil isnad]</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br /><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Imam Abu Hanifah<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">,</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">the </span>Faqih of as-Salaf,<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> said in his book</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span">Al-Fiqh al Absat<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">:</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">"Allah existed eternally and there was no place. He existed before creating the creation. He existed, and there was no place, creation, or thing; and He is the Creator of everything."</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br /><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Imam Aĥmad ibn Ĥanbal <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">said:</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">“Aļļaah taˆaalaa did not change or experience any substitution (in His attributes), and has not been attributed with any limits before creating the ˆArsħ and not after creating it</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">(Iˆtiqaad Al-Imaam Al-Mubajjal Ibn Ĥanbal, P. 297).”</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">In other words</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">,</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Aļļaah is not in a place above the ˆArsħ.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br /><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Imam Ash-Shaafi'i <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">stated,</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">"Verily, He the exalted was, without makaan (station or place). He created Makaan and He was upon His attribute of eternality just as He was before he created makaan. It is not permitted upon Him to change his essence or to change in His attributes." [It-Haaf As-Saadah Al Muttaqeen 2/24]</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br /><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span">There are many narrations from </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span">Imam Maalik</span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span">about when asked about the meaning of the istawaa ascribed to Aļļaah. One of them states that he said, “Al-Kayf marfuuˆ”, and yet another “Al-Kayf ghayr maˆquul.”</span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span">These statements mean that the kayf is impossible, i.e. istawaa cannot have a modality, because Aļļaah’s attributes do not have a modality. These narrations are stronger than the one that says “the kayf is unknown,” and agree with the famous saying of the Salaf “bilaa kayf,” which means “without a how,” i.e. without a modality.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br /><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 14.15pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span">Al-Qaraafiyy<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">,</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">who is among the greatest scholars in history, and an expert on the school of </span>Imaam Maalik</span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">in particular, said:</span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 14.15pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span">“The meaning of Maalik’s<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> saying “the istiwaa’ is not unknown” is that our minds guided us to the istiwaa’ that befits Aļļaah and His Majesty and Greatness, which is istiilaa’ (control), and not sitting or the like, which cannot be for other than bodies. As for Maalik’s saying “the kayf is impossible,” it means that Aļļaah Himself is not attributed with what the Arabs used the word “kayf” for, which are temporary states and bodily appearances, and this is impossible, because it is impossible that Aļļaah should be attributed with such meanings(Dħakħiirah, 13/243).”</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span">Note</span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">that the word kayf and kayfiyyah later came to be used in the sense of “reality of,” which is synonymous with “kunh,” and does not mean “modality.” Az-Zarkashiyy said in Al-Baĥr Al-Muĥiyţ:</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br /><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span">The answer<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> is the what is meant by firm in knowledge is the one’s that are firm in knowledge of Aļļaah, and knowing Him, and that there is no way to comprehend the</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">kunh</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">(reality) of His Self, attributes and actions by other than Him, as in the saying of (Abu Bakr) Aş-Şiddiiq “inability to reach comprehension, is comprehension” and it has been said:</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">The</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">ĥaqiiqah</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">of a person is not comprehended by a person</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">So how about</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">kayfiyyah</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">of Al-Jabbaar who has beginningless existence (1/368)”</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">As one can see, Az-Zarkakshiyy uses</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">ĥaqiiqah</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"></span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">and</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">kayfiyyah</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">as synonyms to mean reality or “kunh.” Accordingly, whenever a respected scholar says “the kayf is unknown” then we should understand that he means by it this figurative usage, namely “reality,” and not “modality.”</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br /><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Ibn Hajar Al-Haytami</span><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">said:</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">"Know that al-Qarafi and others narrated from</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">al-Shafi`i, Malik, Ahmad and Abu Hanifah</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">that those who say that Allah is in a direction, or has a body, have committed blasphemy -- and they deserve this verdict."</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><br /></b></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>Imam Ahmad Ibn Salamah</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span">, </span><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>Abu Jafar at Tahawiyy</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span">,</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">who was born in the year</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">237</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">after Hijrah, wrote a book called</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7; font-weight: normal;">Al Aqidah at Tahawiyyah.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">He mentioned that the content of his book is an elucidation of the creed of</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Ahl as Sunnah wal Jama^ah,</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">which is the creed ofImam Abu Hanifah,</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;"><span class="Apple-style-span">who died in the year 150 after al Hijrah, and his two companions,</span><span class="Apple-style-span"><b> Imam Abu Yusuf al-Qadi</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span"> and </span><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>Imam Muhammad Ibn al Hasan ash-Shaybaniyy</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span"> and others.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span">He said in his book<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">:</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">"Allah is supremely clear of all boundaries, extremes, sides, organs and instruments. The six directions do not contain Him--these are attributed to all created things."</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Such is the saying of</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Imam Abu Jafar</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">who is among the heads of</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">as-Salaf.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6pt; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">He explicitly stated that Allah is clear of being contained by the six directions. The six directions are above, below, in front of, behind, right, and left.</span><span style="color: red; font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.6pt; text-align: center;"><div style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">---</span></b><span style="color: red; font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 24pt;">Hadith</span></b><b><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 24pt;"> of <span style="color: red;">Nazul</span> <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: georgia, serif;">Ibn Hajr al Asqalani</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: georgia, serif;"> (rah) also explains the<span style="color: red;">hadith </span>of<span style="color: red;"> Nazul </span>as: </span></span></div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"></span><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"></span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">وقال ابن العربي : حكي عن المبتدعة رد هذه الأحاديث , وعن السلف إمرارها , وعن قوم تأويلها وبه أقول . فأما قوله ينزل فهو راجع إلى أفعاله لا إلى ذاته , بل ذلك عبارة عن ملكه الذي ينزل بأمره</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> </span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">ونهيه , والنزول كما يكون في الأجسام يكون في المعاني , فإن حملته في الحديث على الحسي فتلك صفة الملك المبعوث بذلك , وإن حملته على المعنوي بمعنى أنه لم يفعل ثم فعل فيسمى ذلك نزولا عن مرتبة إلى مرتبة , فهي عربية صحيحة انتهى . والحاصل أنه تأوله بوجهين : إما بأن المعنى ينزل أمره أو الملك بأمره , وإما بأنه استعارة بمعنى التلطف بالداعين والإجابة لهم ونحوه</span></div></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 9pt;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 9pt;">Translation: </span><b style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 9pt;">Imam</b><span style="font-size: 9pt;">(Abu Bakr) </span><b style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 9pt;">Ibn al-`Arabi</b><span style="font-size: 9pt;">(rah) said: "It is reported that the innovators have rejected these hadiths, the Salaf let them pass as they came, and others interpreted them, and </span><b style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 9pt;">my position is the last one.</b></div><o:p></o:p></span></span><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 9pt;">The saying: "He descends" refers to His acts <b>not </b>His essence, indeed it is an expression for His angels who descend with His command and His prohibition. And just as descent can concern bodies, it can also concern ideas or spiritual notions (ma`ani).<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 9pt;">If one takes the hadith to refer to a physical occurrence</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 9pt;">, then descent would be the attribute of the angel sent to carry out an order.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 9pt;">If one takes it to refer to a spiritual occurrence</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 9pt;">, that is, first He did not act, then He acted: this would be called a descent from one rank to another, and this is a sound Arabic meaning."<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 9pt;">In sum</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 9pt;"> it is interpreted in two ways: the first is: His command or His angel descends; the second is: it is a metaphor for His regard for supplicants, His answering them, and so forth.</span></span></div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"></span><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"></span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: left;">وقد حكى أبو بكر بن فورك أن بعض المشايخ ضبطه بضم أوله على حذف المفعول أي ينزل ملكا , ويقويه ما رواه النسائي من طريق الأغر عن أبي هريرة وأبي سعيد بلفظ " إن الله يمهل حتى يمضي شطر الليل , ثم يأمر مناديا يقول : هل من داع فيستجاب له " الحديث . وفي حديث عثمان بن أبي العاص " ينادي مناد هل من داع يستجاب له " الحديث . قال القرطبي : وبهذا يرتفع الإشكال , ولا يعكر عليه ما في رواية رفاعة الجهني " ينزل الله إلى السماء الدنيا فيقول : لا أسأل عن عبادي غيري " لأنه ليس في ذلك ما يدفع التأويل المذكور</div></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 9pt;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 9pt;">Translation: </span><b style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 9pt;">Abu Bakr ibn Furak</b><span style="font-size: 9pt;"> said: Some of the masters have read it </span><b style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="color: red;">y</span>u<span style="color: red;">nzilu</span></b><span style="font-size: 9pt;"> (He sends down) instead of </span><b style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="color: red;">y</span>a<span style="color: red;">nzilu</span></b><span style="font-size: 9pt;"> (He descends), that is: He sends down an angel. This is strengthened by </span><b style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 9pt;">Nisa'i's</b><span style="font-size: 9pt;"> narration through </span><b style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 9pt;">al-Aghurr from Abu Hurayra and Abu Sa`id al-Khudri:</b><span style="font-size: 9pt;"> "</span><span style="color: blue; font-size: 9pt;">Allah waits until the first part of the night is over, then He orders a herald to say: Is there anyone supplicating so that he may be answered?..."</span><span style="font-size: 9pt;">There is also the hadith of `</span><b style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 9pt;">Uthman ibn Abi al-`As:</b><span style="font-size: 9pt;"> "</span><span style="color: blue; font-size: 9pt;">The gates of heaven are opened (in the middle) of the night and a herald calls out: Is there anyone supplicating so that he may be answered?..." </span><b style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 9pt;">Al-Qurtubi</b><span style="font-size: 9pt;"> said: "This clears all ambiguity, and there is no interference by the narration of Rufa`at al-Jahni whereby "Allah descends to the nearest heaven and says: No-one other than I asks about My servants" for there is nothing in this which precludes the above-mentioned interpretation. [Fath ul Bari, 3:339 - Dar ul Fikr]</span></div></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: left;">وقال البيضاوي : ولما ثبت بالقواطع أنه سبحانه منزه عن الجسمية والتحيز امتنع عليه النزول على معنى الانتقال من موضع إلى موضع أخفض منه , فالمراد نور رحمته , أي ينتقل من مقتضى صفة الجلال التي تقتضي الغضب والانتقام إلى مقتضى صفة الإكرام التي تقتضي الرأفة والرحمة</div></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 9pt;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 9pt;">Translation: </span><b style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 9pt;">Al-Baydawi</b><span style="font-size: 9pt;"> said:"Since it is established with decisive proofs that the Exalted is transcendent above having a body or being circumscribed by boundaries, it is </span><span style="color: red; font-size: 9pt;">forbidden</span><span style="font-size: 9pt;"> to attribute to Him descent in the sense of displacement from one place to another place lower than it. What is meant is the light of His mercy: that is, He moves from what is pursuant to the attribute of Majesty entailing wrath and punishment, to what is pursuant to the attribute of Generosity entailing kindness and mercy.""[ibid]</span></div></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></span><b><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;">Imam Ibn Hajr al Asqalani</span></b><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;"> (rah) also states in his <b>Fath al Bari</b> that:</span></div></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">قال ابن المنير : جميع الأحاديث في هذه الترجمة مطابقة لها إلا حديث ابن عباس فليس فيه إلا قوله " رب العرش " ومطابقته والله أعلم من جهة أنه نبه على بطلان قول من أثبت الجهة أخذا من قوله ( ذي المعارج ) ففهم أن العلو الفوقي مضاف إلى الله تعالى , فبين المصنف أن الجهة التي يصدق عليها أنها سماء والجهة التي يصدق عليها أنها عرش كل منهما مخلوق مربوب محدث , وقد كان الله قبل ذلك وغيره , فحدثت هذه الأمكنة , وقدمه يحيل وصفه بالتحيز فيها والله أعلم</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> </span></div></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 9pt;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 9pt;">Translation: And by including the hadith of </span><b style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 9pt;">Ibn `Abbas</b><span style="font-size: 9pt;">containing the words: "Lord of the mighty Throne" into this chapter, </span><b style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 9pt;">Bukhari </b><span style="color: red; font-size: 9pt;">warned </span><span style="font-size: 9pt;">those that might predicate spatial elevation to Allah (`uluw fawqi) that both the direction in which the heaven is believed to be and that in which the Throne is believed to be are created, lorded over, and brought into existence by Allah Who existed before all that and before everything else. Thus these places were created, and his existence, being eternal without beginning, precludes reference to him as being bounded by them. And Allah knows best.</span></div></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></span><b><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: georgia, serif;">Imam Ibn Hajr al Asqalani</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: georgia, serif;"> (rah) explains in his <b>Fath al Bari</b> again</span></div></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: left;">وقيل مناسبة التسبيح في الأماكن المنخفضة من جهة أن التسبيح هو التنزيه فناسب تنزيه الله عن صفات الانخفاض كما ناسب تكبيره عند الأماكن المرتفعة , ولا يلزم من كون جهتي العلو والسفل محال على الله أن لا يوصف بالعلو لأن وصفه بالعلو من جهة المعنى والمستحيل كون ذلك من جهة الحس</div></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 9pt;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 9pt;">Translation: The reality that the two directions of "</span><b style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 9pt;">above</b><span style="font-size: 9pt;">" and "</span><b style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 9pt;">below</b><span style="font-size: 9pt;">" are </span><span style="color: red; font-size: 9pt;">impossible</span><span style="font-size: 9pt;"> for Allah but it does </span><b style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 9pt;">not </b><span style="font-size: 9pt;">mean that he cannot be described with the attribute of elevation (`uluw),</span><b style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 9pt;"> for such description is only to denote highness, not that of sensory perception </b><span style="font-size: 9pt;">(Ibn Hajar, Fath al-bari 6:240 - Kitab ul Jihad, Published by Dar ul Fikr)</span></div></span><o:p></o:p></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">---</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span></div></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;"></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></span><br /><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: medium; line-height: 15.6pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;">(Edited by ADHM)</span></div></div>

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