Al-Qawl al-Mufid ala Kitab al-Tawhid — Volume 1 (القول المفيد على كتاب التوحيد) — Page 365

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

الثَّانِيَةَ عَشْرَةَ: التَّأَمُّلُ فِي كِبَرِ هَذِهِ الشُّبْهَةِ فِي قُلُوبِ الضَّالِّينَ لِأَنَّ فِي الْقِصَّةِ أَنَّهُمْ لَمْ يُجَادِلُوهُ إِلَّا بِهَا مَعَ مُبَالَغَتِهِ وَتَكْرِيرِهِ فَلِأَجْلِ عَظَمَتِهَا وَوُضُوحِهَا عِنْدَهُمْ اقْتَصَرُوا عَلَيْهَا.

Twelfth: Consider the weight this misconception carries in the hearts of the misguided. Since the narrative shows they relied solely upon it in their argument—despite his repeated and emphatic refutations—they clearly clung to it because they found it so compelling and self-evident.

وَهَذَا مَبْنِيٌّ عَلَى الْقَوْلِ بِأَنَّ مَعْنَى حَضَرَتْهُ الْوَفَاةُ أَيْ ظَهَرَتْ عَلَيْهِ عَلَامَاتُهَا وَلَمْ تَحْضُرْهُ الْوَفَاةُ.

This interpretation rests on the understanding that when it is said death approached someone, it means the signs of death were visible upon them, rather than death having arrived in its finality.

الثَّانِيَةَ عَشْرَةَ: التَّأَمُّلُ فِي كِبَرِ هَذِهِ الشُّبْهَةِ فِي قُلُوبِ الضَّالِّينَ.. إِلَخْ وَهَذِهِ الشُّبْهَةُ هِيَ تَعْظِيمُ الْأَسْلَافِ وَالْأَكَابِرِ.

Twelfth: Consider the weight this misconception carries in the hearts of the misguided, and so on. This misconception is the blind veneration of ancestors and elders.

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Vocabulary · المفردات (4 verbs · 19 nouns)

• جَادَلَ — to argue
• اِقْتَصَرَ — to limit oneself
• حَضَرَ — to be present
• تَأَمُّلٌ — contemplation
• كِبَرٌ — greatness
• شُبْهَةٌ — suspicion