Al-Qawl al-Mufid ala Kitab al-Tawhid — Volume 2 (القول المفيد على كتاب التوحيد) — Page 94

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وَهَذَا نَوْعٌ مِنَ الْإِشْرَاكِ مَعَ اللَّهِ إِمَّا فِي التَّشْرِيعِ إِنْ كَانَ هَذَا السَّبَبُ شَرْعِيًّا، وَإِمَّا فِي التَّقْدِيرِ إِنْ كَانَ هَذَا السَّبَبُ كَوْنِيًّا، لَكِنْ لَوْ اعْتَقَدَ هَذَا الْمُتَشَائِمُ الْمُتَطَيِّرُ أَنَّ هَذَا فَاعِلٌ بِنَفْسِهِ دُونَ اللَّهِ فَهُوَ مُشْرِكٌ شِرْكًا أَكْبَرَ؛ لِأَنَّهُ جَعَلَ اللَّهَ شَرِيكًا فِي الْخَلْقِ وَالْإِيجَادِ.

This is a type of associating partners with Allah, either in legislation if this cause is religious, or in predestination if this cause is universal; however, if this pessimistic person who practices augury believes that this thing acts by itself without Allah, then he is committing major polytheism, because he has made Allah a partner in creation and bringing into existence.

قَوْلُهُ: «وَمَا مِنَّا» مِنَّا جَارٌ وَمَجْرُورٌ خَبَرٌ لِمُبْتَدَأٍ مَحْذُوفٍ وَهَذَا الْمُبْتَدَأُ إِمَّا أَنْ يَكُونَ قَبْلَ (إِلَّا) إِنْ قَدَّرْتَ مَا بَعْدَ إِلَّا فِعْلًا أَيْ: وَمَا مِنَّا أَحَدٌ إِلَّا تَطَيَّرَ، أَوْ يَكُونَ الْمُبْتَدَأُ مَحْذُوفًا بَعْدَ (إِلَّا) أَيْ وَمَا مِنَّا إِلَّا مُتَطَيِّرٌ.

His saying: 'And there is none of us'—'minna' (of us) is a preposition and a noun in the genitive case acting as a predicate for an omitted subject, and this subject is either before 'illa' (except) if you interpret what comes after 'illa' as a verb, meaning: 'And there is no one among us who has not practiced augury,' or the subject is omitted after 'illa,' meaning: 'And there is none among us but is an augurer.'

وَالْمَعْنَى: مَا مِنَّا إِنْسَانٌ يَسْلَمُ مِنَ التَّطَيُّرِ، فَالْإِنْسَانُ يَسْمَعُ شَيْئًا فَيَتَشَاءَمُ، أَوْ يَبْدَأُ فِي فِعْلٍ فَيَجِدُ أَوَّلَهُ لَيْسَ بِالسَّهْلِ فَيَتَشَاءَمُ وَيَتْرُكُهُ، وَلَكِنَّ اللَّهَ يُذْهِبُهُ بِالتَّوَكُّلِ.

The meaning is: There is no human among us who is safe from augury; for a person might hear something and become pessimistic, or begin an action and find its beginning not easy, so he becomes pessimistic and abandons it, but Allah removes it through reliance upon Him (tawakkul).

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Vocabulary · المفردات (21 verbs · 43 nouns)

• كَانَ — to be
• اعْتَقَدَ — to believe
• جَعَلَ — to make
• نَوْعٌ — type
• إِشْرَاكٌ — polytheism
• تَشْرِيعٌ — legislation