Question
Salafis claim not to resort to ta'weel (interpretation) of the Qur'aanic verses which pertain to the Attributes of Allah Ta'ala. They accuse us of shirk for interpreting verses referring to Allah Ta'ala being on the Arsh (Istiwaa'), His Omnipresence, His Hands, etc. What is the response?
Answer
Salafis are anthropomorphist's and liars. They ascribe physical body to Allah Ta'ala – Nauthubillah! They confine Him to created space with their belief that Allah Ta'ala is only on the Arsh and not everywhere as the Ahlus Sunnah believes.
They subtly deny all the Qur'aanic Aayaat which explicitly state the Omnipresence of Allah Ta'ala. As for their claim of not making ta'weel, they are confounded liars. They are the worst in the art of ta'weel.
The Qur'aan states:
"He is the Ilaah (Allah, the Deity) in the heavens and the Ilaah in the earth."
"The east and the west belong to Allah. Whichever way you face, there will be the Face of Allah."
"In any secret gathering of three, He is the Fourth; in a gathering of four, He is the Fifth; in a gathering of five, He is the Sixth...."
Salafis resort to ta'weel to explain these Aayaat. They do not accept the literal meaning of these Verses. However, as far as Istiwaa alal Arsh (Established of the Throne) is concerned, they unequivocally believe that Allah Ta'ala is physically sitting on the Throne, and that He is cordoned off in the space in which the Throne is – in the space created by Allah Ta'ala. Thus, in terms of the corrupt convoluted beliefs of these anthropomorphist liars, Allah Ta'ala is confined to the Arsh and He is no where else while the Qur'aan explicitly negates this baseless concept.
They claim not to make ta'weel, yet they brazenly resort to ta'weel to explain away and deny the literal meaning of Allah's Presence on earth and all over the heaven as mentioned with clarity in the Qur'aan.
Their narrative is based on lies and stupidities. While they are at pains and painfully and abortively labour to explain that they do not believe in physical dimensions for Allah Ta'ala, they are in reality anthropomorphist and aggravating this is the fact that they are liars.
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- themajlis.co.za
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- The Majlis Vol 28 No 05
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