WEBVTT 00:00:00.180 --> 00:00:09.150 A summary of the concepts held by the Ahl al-Sunnah. 00:00:09.150 --> 00:00:14.339 The innovation of tafwid (delegation) and the refutation thereof. 00:00:14.339 --> 00:00:18.339 The Ash'aris resort to interpreting the divine attributes, as we have previously mentioned. 00:00:18.339 --> 00:00:21.339 Under the pretext of declaring Allah, the Almighty and Exalted, transcendent, 00:00:21.339 --> 00:00:24.339 Above resembling any of His creation. 00:00:24.339 --> 00:00:27.339 Yet, when they are unable to interpret an attribute, 00:00:27.339 --> 00:00:29.339 They resort to tafwid. 00:00:29.339 --> 00:00:30.339 This means they say: 00:00:30.339 --> 00:00:34.340 "We delegate the matter of what is intended by this description to Allah, the Exalted." 00:00:34.340 --> 00:00:37.340 "For He is most knowing of what He intends by it." 00:00:37.340 --> 00:00:41.340 They do this, too, under the pretext of declaring Him transcendent. 00:00:41.340 --> 00:00:44.369 The author of the book al-Jawharah says, 00:00:44.369 --> 00:00:46.369 And he is of the Ash'ari school: 00:00:46.369 --> 00:00:49.530 "Every text that suggests a resemblance, 00:00:49.530 --> 00:00:53.530 Interpret it, or delegate it, and aim for transcendence." 00:00:53.530 --> 00:00:55.659 They claim that this tafwid 00:00:55.659 --> 00:00:57.659 Is the creed of the salaf. 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. 00:01:02.659 --> 00:01:05.659 This is why they say: 00:01:05.659 --> 00:01:07.659 "The way of the salaf is safer, 00:01:07.659 --> 00:01:10.659 While the way of the khalaf (later generations) is more knowledgeable and wiser." 00:01:10.659 --> 00:01:15.780 By saying this, they have fallen into two major errors. 00:01:15.780 --> 00:01:16.780 First: 00:01:16.780 --> 00:01:18.780 They have harbored ill thoughts toward the salaf, 00:01:18.780 --> 00:01:22.780 And have deemed themselves more knowledgeable and wiser than them. 00:01:22.780 --> 00:01:28.780 Can one whose intellect and understanding have been polluted by the ideas of philosophers and logicians 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, 00:01:32.780 --> 00:01:37.780 And who received its meanings from the Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 00:01:37.780 --> 00:01:40.780 The one who conveyed the message from the Lord of the worlds? 00:01:40.780 --> 00:01:41.980 Second: 00:01:41.980 --> 00:01:45.980 This tafwid, falsely attributed to the salaf, 00:01:45.980 --> 00:01:48.980 Is in reality a sign of incapacity and helplessness. 00:01:48.980 --> 00:01:53.980 It involves harboring ill thoughts toward Allah, the Almighty, the All-Wise, the All-Aware, 00:01:53.980 --> 00:01:57.980 And accusing Him, Glory be to Him, of trifling with His creation, 00:01:57.980 --> 00:02:01.980 By addressing them with speech that is difficult and incomprehensible, 00:02:01.980 --> 00:02:04.980 Which they cannot contemplate or grasp the meaning of. 00:02:04.980 --> 00:02:07.980 Yet Allah, the Almighty and Exalted, says: 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?﴿ 00:02:12.979 --> 00:02:18.099 Making the Qur'an easy for remembrance includes making its words easy to memorize, 00:02:18.099 --> 00:02:21.099 And making its meanings easy to understand, 00:02:21.099 --> 00:02:25.099 Not addressing people in a way that necessitates helplessness and delegation. 00:02:25.099 --> 00:02:29.099 It also includes making its commands and prohibitions easy to follow. 00:02:29.099 --> 00:02:33.300 Whoever intends that those he addresses should not understand his speech, 00:02:33.300 --> 00:02:38.300 Or should understand it in a way that contradicts its true meaning through alleged interpretation, 00:02:38.300 --> 00:02:41.300 Has treated them with the utmost difficulty, 00:02:41.300 --> 00:02:43.300 And has not made it easy. 00:02:43.300 --> 00:02:46.550 Allah, the Almighty and Exalted, also says: 00:02:47.550 --> 00:02:52.550 ﴾A blessed Book which We have revealed to you, that they might reflect upon its verses,﴿ 00:02:52.550 --> 00:02:55.550 ﴾And that those of understanding would be reminded.﴿ 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?﴿ 00:03:02.550 --> 00:03:07.680 Reflecting upon speech without understanding its meanings is impossible. 00:03:07.680 --> 00:03:10.680 The same applies to grasping the meaning of speech. 00:03:10.680 --> 00:03:12.680 For Allah, the Almighty and Exalted, says: 00:03:12.680 --> 00:03:18.680 “Lo! We have revealed it, a Lecture in Arabic, that ye may understand.” (12:2) 00:03:18.680 --> 00:03:22.680 And grasping the meaning of speech necessarily includes understanding it. 00:03:22.680 --> 00:03:25.840 As for the inimitability (i'jaz) of the Noble Qur'an, 00:03:25.840 --> 00:03:29.840 It does not mean that it cannot be understood or that its meanings cannot be grasped. 00:03:29.840 --> 00:03:32.840 Rather, it means silencing the eloquent, 00:03:32.840 --> 00:03:36.840 And rendering the masters of rhetoric unable to produce anything like it, 00:03:36.840 --> 00:03:40.840 Despite it being consistent with the styles of Arabic speech, 00:03:40.840 --> 00:03:44.840 And made easy for understanding, perception, and reflection. 00:03:44.840 --> 00:03:49.580 A summary of the concepts held by the Ahl al-Sunnah.