وَكَثِيرٌAnd manyمِنْofأَهْلِthe peopleالْكَلَامِof speechفِيinكَثِيرٍmanyمِمَّاof whatيَنْصُرُهُhe supportsلَاnotيَكُونُisعَارِفًاawareبِحَاقِقَةِof the realityدِينِof the religionالإِسْلَامِIslam.
And many of the people of speech, in many of what they support, are not aware of the reality of the religion of Islam.
فِيInذَٰلِكَ،that,وَلَاnorمَاwhatجَاءَتْhas comeبِهِِwith itالسُّنَّةُ،the Sunnah,وَلَاnorمَاwhatكَانَwasعَلَيْهِuponالسَّلَفِ.the predecessors.
In that, nor what has come with it from the Sunnah, nor what was upon the predecessors.
فَيَنْصُرُHe supportsمَاwhatظَهَرَhas appearedمِنْofقَوْلِهِمْtheir sayingبِغَيْرِwithoutالْمَآخِذِthe sourcesالَّتِيthatكَانَتْwereمَآخِذَهُمْtheir sourcesفِيinالْحَقِيقَةِrealityبَلْbutبِمَآخِذَby sourcesأُخْرَىotherقَدْthat haveتَلَقَّوهَاreceived itعَنْfromغَيْرِهِمْothersمِنَofأَهْلِthe peopleالْبِدَعِof innovations.
He supports what has appeared from their saying without the sources that were their sources in reality, but by other sources that they have received from others of the people of innovations.
فَيَقَعُSo it occursفِيinكَلَامِthe speechهَـٰؤُلَـٰئِكَof theseمِنْofالتَّنَاقُضِcontradictionوَالْاضْطِرَابِand confusionوَالْخَطَأِand errorمَاwhatذُمَّis condemnedبِهِby itالسَّلَفُthe predecessorsمِثْلَlikeهَـٰذَاthisالْكَلَامِspeechوَأَهْلِهِand its people.
So it occurs in the speech of these a contradiction, confusion, and error that is condemned by the predecessors like this speech and its people.
فَإِنَّFor indeedكَلَامَهُمْtheir speechفِيinذَمِّcondemningمِثْلَlikeهَـٰذَاthisالْكَلَامِspeechكَثِيرٌis muchوَالْكَلَامُand the speechالْمَذْمُومُthat is condemnedهُوَisالْمُخَالِفُthe contraryلِلْكِتَابِto the Bookوَالسُّنَّةِ،and the Sunnah,وَكُلُّand everythingمَاthatخَالَفَcontradictsالْكِتَابَthe Bookوَالسُّنَّةِ،and the Sunnah,فَهُوَit isبَاطِلٌ،void,وَكَذِبٌ،and a lie,فَهُوَit isمُخَالِفٌcontraryلِلشَّرْعِto the Shariahوَالْعَقْلِ،and the intellect,وَتَمَّتْand the Word has been fulfilledكَلِمَةُthe word ofرَبِّكَyour Lordصِدْقًاwith truthوَعَدْلًا)and justice.)
For indeed their speech in condemning such speech is much, and the condemned speech is that which contradicts the Book and the Sunnah; and everything that contradicts the Book and the Sunnah is void and a lie; it is contrary to the Shariah and the intellect; and the Word of your Lord has been fulfilled with truth and justice.
فَهَـٰؤُلَـٰئِكَSo theseلَمَّاwhenاشْتَهَرَit became famousعِندَهُمْwith themعَنْaboutأَهْلِthe peopleالسُّنَّةِof the Sunnahأَنَّهُمْthat theyيَسْتَثْنُونَexcludeفِيinالإِيمَانِfaithوَرَأَوْاand they sawأَنَّ هَذَاthat thisلَاis notيُمكِنُpossibleإِلَّاexceptإِذَاifجَعَلَmadeالإِيمَانَthe faithهُوَisمَاwhatيَمُوتُa person diesعَلَيْهِupon itوَهُوَand it isمَاwhatيُوَافِيmeetsبِهِwith itالْعَبْدُthe servantرَبَّهُhis Lordظَنُّواthey thoughtأَنَّ الإِيمَانَthat the faithعِندَ السَّلَفِwith the predecessorsهُوَisهَذَا،this,
So these, when it became famous among them about the people of the Sunnah that they exclude in faith and they saw that this cannot be except if faith is what the servant dies upon and it is what the servant meets with his Lord; they thought that the faith with the predecessors is this.
فَصَارُواSo they becameيَحْكُونَrelatingهَذَاthisعَنْ السَّلَفِ،from the predecessors,وَهَذَاand thisالْقَوْلُsayingلَمdid notيَقُلْsayبِهِby itأَحَدٌanyoneمِنَofالسَّلَفِ،the predecessors,وَلَكِنْbutهَـٰؤُلَـٰئِكَtheseحَكَوْهُrelated itعَنْهُمْ،about them,بِحَسَبِaccording toظَنِّهِمtheir assumptionلَمَّاwhenرَأَوْاthey sawأَنَّthatقَوْلَهُمْtheir sayingلَاdoes notيَتَوَجَّهُdirectإِلَّاexceptعَلَىonهَذَاthisالأَصْلِ،principle,
So they became relating this from the predecessors, and this saying was not said by anyone from the predecessors, but these related it about them, according to their assumption, when they saw that their saying does not direct except on this principle.
وَهُمْAnd theyيَدَّعُونَclaimأَنَّ مَاthat whatنَصَرُوهُthey supportedمِنْofأَصْلِthe originجَهْمٍJahmفِيinالإِيمَانِ،faith,هُوَisقَوْلٌthe sayingالْمُحَدِّقِينَof the establishedوَالْنُّظَّارِand the scholarsمِنَofأَصْحَابِthe companionsالْحَدِيثِ،of hadith,وَمِثْلُand likeهَذَاthisيُوجَدُfoundكَثِيرًاmuchفِيinمَذَاهِبِthe doctrinesالسَّلَفِof the predecessorsالَّتِيthatخَالَفَهَاsome opposedبَعْضٌsomeالنُّظَّارِof the scholarsوَأَظْهَرَand showedحُجَّتَهُhis argumentفِيinذَٰلِكَthatوَلَمand did notيَعْرِفْknowحَاقِقَةَthe realityقَوْلِsayingالسَّلَفِ،of the predecessors,فَيَقُولُSo he saysمَنْwhoعَرَفَknowsحُجَّةَthe argumentهَـٰؤُلَـٰئِكَof theseدُونَwithoutالسَّلَفِthe predecessorsأَوْorمَنْwhoيُعَظِّمُهُمْ،venerates them,لَمَّاdue to whatيَرَاهُhe seesمِنَofتَمَيُّزِهِمtheir distinctionعَلَيْهِupon itهَذَاthisقَوْلٌsayingالْمُحَدِّقِينَof the establishedوَقَالَand saidالْمُحَدِّقُونَ.the established.
And they claim that what they supported of the origin of Jahm in faith is the saying of the established and the scholars of hadith, and like this is found much in the doctrines of the predecessors that some opposed from some scholars and showed his argument in that and did not know the reality of the saying of the predecessors. So he says who knows the argument of these without the predecessors or who venerates them, due to what he sees of their distinction upon it; this is the saying of the established.
وَيَكُونُAnd it isذَٰلِكَthatمِنَfromالْأَقْوَالِthe sayingsالْبَاطِلَةِ،void,الْمُخَالِفَةِcontraryلِلْعَقْلِto the intellectمَعَwithالشَّرْعِ،the Sharia,وَهَذَاand thisكَثِيرًmuchمَاthatيُوجَدُis foundفِيinكَلَامِthe speechبَعْضِsomeالْمُبْتَدِعِينَ،of innovators,وَبَعْضِand someالْمُلْحِدِينَ،of the atheists,وَمَنْand whoeverآتَاهُ اللهُGod has given himعِلْمًاknowledgeوَإِيمَانًا،and faith,عَلِمَhe knowsأَنَّهُthat itلَاdoes notيَكُونُbeعِندَwithالمُتَأَخِّرِينَthe later onesمِنَofالتَّحْقِيقِ،the verification,إِلَّاexceptمَاwhatهُوَisدُونَless thanتَحْقِيقِthe verificationالسَّلَفِ،of the predecessors,لَاnotفِيinالْعِلْمِknowledgeوَلَاnorفِيinالْعَمَلِ،the practice,وَمَنْand fromكَانَwasلَهُfor himخِبْرَةٌexperienceبِالنَّظَرِيَّاتِwith the theoriesوَالْعَقْلِيَّاتِ،and the intellects,وَبِالْعَمَلِيَّاتِ،and the practicalities,عَلِمَhe knowsأَنَّthatمَذْهَبَthe wayالصَّحَابَةِof the companionsدَائِمًاalwaysأَرْجَحُmore soundمِنْthanقَوْلِthe sayingمِنْofبَعْدِهِم،those after them,وَأَنَّand thatلَاnotيُبْتَدَعَinnovateأَحَدٌanyoneقَوْلًاa sayingفِيinالإِسْلَام،Islam,إِلَّاexceptكَانَit wasخَطَأً،a mistake,وَكَانَand it wasالصَّوَابُthe correctقَدْhasسَبَقَprecededإِلَيْهِto itمِنْ قَبْلِهِم.by those before it.
And it is that from the void sayings, contrary to the intellect and the Sharia, and this is much that is found in the speech of some innovators and some atheists, and whoever has been given by God knowledge and faith knows that what is at the later ones from the verification is only what is less than the verification of the predecessors, neither in knowledge nor in practice. And whoever had experience with the theories and intellects, and with the practicalities, knows that the way of the companions is always more sound than the saying of those after them, and that no one innovates a saying in Islam except that it was a mistake, and the correct has preceded to it by those before it.
قَالَHe saidأَبُوAbuالْقَاسِمِal-Qasimالْأَنْصَارِيُّthe Ansariفِيْمَاin whatحَكَىhe relatedعَنْfromأَبِيAbuإِسْحَاقَIshaqالإِسْفَرَايِينِيِّ،al-Isfarayini,لَمَّاwhenذَكَرَhe mentionedقَوْلَthe sayingأَبِيof Abuالْحَسَنِal-Hasanوَأَصْحَابِهِand his companionsفِيinالإِيمَانِ،faith,وَصَحَّحَand affirmedأَنَّهُthat itتَصْدِيقٌis affirmingالْقَلْبِthe heartقَالَ:he said:وَمَنْAnd who
He said Abu al-Qasim al-Ansari in what he related from Abu Ishaq al-Isfarayini when he mentioned the saying of Abu al-Hasan and his companions in faith, and affirmed that it is affirming the heart; he said: