1 00:00:00,180 --> 00:00:09,150 A summary of the concepts held by the Ahl al-Sunnah. 2 00:00:09,150 --> 00:00:14,339 The innovation of tafwid (delegation) and the refutation thereof. 3 00:00:14,339 --> 00:00:18,339 The Ash'aris resort to interpreting the divine attributes, as we have previously mentioned. 4 00:00:18,339 --> 00:00:21,339 Under the pretext of declaring Allah, the Almighty and Exalted, transcendent, 5 00:00:21,339 --> 00:00:24,339 Above resembling any of His creation. 6 00:00:24,339 --> 00:00:27,339 Yet, when they are unable to interpret an attribute, 7 00:00:27,339 --> 00:00:29,339 They resort to tafwid. 8 00:00:29,339 --> 00:00:30,339 This means they say: 9 00:00:30,339 --> 00:00:34,340 "We delegate the matter of what is intended by this description to Allah, the Exalted." 10 00:00:34,340 --> 00:00:37,340 "For He is most knowing of what He intends by it." 11 00:00:37,340 --> 00:00:41,340 They do this, too, under the pretext of declaring Him transcendent. 12 00:00:41,340 --> 00:00:44,369 The author of the book al-Jawharah says, 13 00:00:44,369 --> 00:00:46,369 And he is of the Ash'ari school: 14 00:00:46,369 --> 00:00:49,530 "Every text that suggests a resemblance, 15 00:00:49,530 --> 00:00:53,530 Interpret it, or delegate it, and aim for transcendence." 16 00:00:53,530 --> 00:00:55,659 They claim that this tafwid 17 00:00:55,659 --> 00:00:57,659 Is the creed of the salaf. 18 00:00:57,659 --> 00:01:02,659 And that it is the most appropriate course for one who is unable to interpret and desires safety. 19 00:01:02,659 --> 00:01:05,659 This is why they say: 20 00:01:05,659 --> 00:01:07,659 "The way of the salaf is safer, 21 00:01:07,659 --> 00:01:10,659 While the way of the khalaf (later generations) is more knowledgeable and wiser." 22 00:01:10,659 --> 00:01:15,780 By saying this, they have fallen into two major errors. 23 00:01:15,780 --> 00:01:16,780 First: 24 00:01:16,780 --> 00:01:18,780 They have harbored ill thoughts toward the salaf, 25 00:01:18,780 --> 00:01:22,780 And have deemed themselves more knowledgeable and wiser than them. 26 00:01:22,780 --> 00:01:28,780 Can one whose intellect and understanding have been polluted by the ideas of philosophers and logicians 27 00:01:28,780 --> 00:01:32,780 Be more knowledgeable and wiser than those who lived during the revelation of the Noble Qur'an, 28 00:01:32,780 --> 00:01:37,780 And who received its meanings from the Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 29 00:01:37,780 --> 00:01:40,780 The one who conveyed the message from the Lord of the worlds? 30 00:01:40,780 --> 00:01:41,980 Second: 31 00:01:41,980 --> 00:01:45,980 This tafwid, falsely attributed to the salaf, 32 00:01:45,980 --> 00:01:48,980 Is in reality a sign of incapacity and helplessness. 33 00:01:48,980 --> 00:01:53,980 It involves harboring ill thoughts toward Allah, the Almighty, the All-Wise, the All-Aware, 34 00:01:53,980 --> 00:01:57,980 And accusing Him, Glory be to Him, of trifling with His creation, 35 00:01:57,980 --> 00:02:01,980 By addressing them with speech that is difficult and incomprehensible, 36 00:02:01,980 --> 00:02:04,980 Which they cannot contemplate or grasp the meaning of. 37 00:02:04,980 --> 00:02:07,980 Yet Allah, the Almighty and Exalted, says: 38 00:02:07,980 --> 00:02:12,979 ﴾And We have certainly made the Qur'an easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember?﴿ 39 00:02:12,979 --> 00:02:18,099 Making the Qur'an easy for remembrance includes making its words easy to memorize, 40 00:02:18,099 --> 00:02:21,099 And making its meanings easy to understand, 41 00:02:21,099 --> 00:02:25,099 Not addressing people in a way that necessitates helplessness and delegation. 42 00:02:25,099 --> 00:02:29,099 It also includes making its commands and prohibitions easy to follow. 43 00:02:29,099 --> 00:02:33,300 Whoever intends that those he addresses should not understand his speech, 44 00:02:33,300 --> 00:02:38,300 Or should understand it in a way that contradicts its true meaning through alleged interpretation, 45 00:02:38,300 --> 00:02:41,300 Has treated them with the utmost difficulty, 46 00:02:41,300 --> 00:02:43,300 And has not made it easy. 47 00:02:43,300 --> 00:02:46,550 Allah, the Almighty and Exalted, also says: 48 00:02:47,550 --> 00:02:52,550 ﴾A blessed Book which We have revealed to you, that they might reflect upon its verses,﴿ 49 00:02:52,550 --> 00:02:55,550 ﴾And that those of understanding would be reminded.﴿ 50 00:02:55,550 --> 00:03:02,550 And He says: ﴾Then do they not reflect upon the Qur'an, or are there locks upon their hearts?﴿ 51 00:03:02,550 --> 00:03:07,680 Reflecting upon speech without understanding its meanings is impossible. 52 00:03:07,680 --> 00:03:10,680 The same applies to grasping the meaning of speech. 53 00:03:10,680 --> 00:03:12,680 For Allah, the Almighty and Exalted, says: 54 00:03:12,680 --> 00:03:18,680 “Lo! We have revealed it, a Lecture in Arabic, that ye may understand.” (12:2) 55 00:03:18,680 --> 00:03:22,680 And grasping the meaning of speech necessarily includes understanding it. 56 00:03:22,680 --> 00:03:25,840 As for the inimitability (i'jaz) of the Noble Qur'an, 57 00:03:25,840 --> 00:03:29,840 It does not mean that it cannot be understood or that its meanings cannot be grasped. 58 00:03:29,840 --> 00:03:32,840 Rather, it means silencing the eloquent, 59 00:03:32,840 --> 00:03:36,840 And rendering the masters of rhetoric unable to produce anything like it, 60 00:03:36,840 --> 00:03:40,840 Despite it being consistent with the styles of Arabic speech, 61 00:03:40,840 --> 00:03:44,840 And made easy for understanding, perception, and reflection. 62 00:03:44,840 --> 00:03:49,580 A summary of the concepts held by the Ahl al-Sunnah.