Al-Qawl al-Mufid ala Kitab al-Tawhid — Volume 3 (القول المفيد على كتاب التوحيد) — Page 149

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وَأَنْ يُظْهِرَهُ عَلَى الدِّينِ كُلِّهِ وَهَذَا هُوَ ظَنُّ السَّوْءِ، الَّذِي ظَنَّ الْمُنَافِقُونَ وَالْمُشْرِكُونَ فِي سُورَةِ الْفَتْحِ، وَإِنَّمَا كَانَ هَذَا ظَنُّ السَّوْءِ لِأَنَّهُ ظَنُّ غَيْرِ مَا يَلِيقُ بِهِ سُبْحَانَهُ وَمَا يَلِيقُ بِحِكْمَتِهِ وَحَمْدِهِ وَوَعْدِهِ الصَّادِقِ.

And that He would make it prevail over all religion, and this is the evil assumption that the hypocrites and the polytheists assumed in Surat al-Fath, and this was only an evil assumption because it is an assumption of what does not befit Him, Glory be to Him, and what does not befit His wisdom, His praise, and His truthful promise.

فَمَنْ ظَنَّ أَنَّهُ يُدِيلُ الْبَاطِلَ عَلَى الْحَقِّ إِدَالَةً مُسْتَقِرَّةً يَضْمَحِلُّ مَعَهَا الْحَقُّ، أَوْ أَنْكَرَ أَنْ يَكُونَ مَا جَرَى بِقَضَائِهِ وَقَدَرِهِ، أَوْ أَنْكَرَ أَنْ يَكُونَ قَدَرَهُ لِحِكْمَةٍ بَالِغَةٍ يَسْتَحِقُّ عَلَيْهَا الْحَمْدَ، بَلْ زَعَمَ أَنَّ ذَلِكَ لِمَشِيئَةٍ مُجَرَّدَةٍ، فَذَلِكَ ظَنُّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا فَوَيْلٌ لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا مِنَ النَّارِ.

So whoever assumes that He would cause falsehood to prevail over the truth in a lasting manner with which the truth vanishes, or denies that what occurred was by His decree and predestination, or denies that He ordained it for a profound wisdom for which He deserves praise, but rather claims that it was by mere will, then that is the assumption of those who disbelieved, so woe to those who disbelieved from the Fire.

فِي الْمَعْنَى التَّوَافُقُ فِي الْمِثْلِيَّةِ وَالْكَيْفِيَّةِ.

In meaning, it is agreement in likeness and modality.

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Vocabulary · المفردات (22 verbs · 40 nouns)

• أَظْهَرَ — to cause to prevail
• ظَنَّ — to think
• لَاقَ — to befit
• ظَنٌّ — suspicion
• سَوْءٌ — evil
• مُنَافِقٌ — hypocrite