Subul al-Salam — Sharh Nawaqid al-Islam by Ibn Baz (شرح نواقض الإسلام) — Page 30

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

الْأُمُورُ

The matters.

سُبُلُ السَّلَامِ شَرْحُ نَوَاقِضِ الْإِسْلَامِ

Subul al-Salam: An Explanation of the Nullifiers of Islam.

مُورٌ وَمُصَرِّفُهَا، يُعْطِي وَيَمْنَعُ وَيَخْفِضُ، وَيَرْفَعُ، وَيُعِزُّ وَيُذِلُّ، وَيُحْيِي وَيُمِيتُ وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ، وَهَذَا فِي الْجُمْلَةِ أَقَرَّ بِهِ الْمُشْرِكُونَ (١)، كَمَا قَالَ - سُبْحَانَهُ -: ﴿وَلَئِن سَأَلْتَهُم مَّنْ خَلَقَهُمْ لَيَقُولُنَّ اللَّهُ﴾ [(٨٧) سُورَةُ الزُّخْرُفِ]، وَقَالَ - سُبْحَانَهُ -: ﴿وَلَئِن سَأَلْتَهُم مَّنْ خَلَقَ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ لَيَقُولُنَّ اللَّهُ﴾ [(٢٥) سُورَةُ لُقْمَانَ، (٣٨) سُورَةُ الزُّمَرِ]، وَقَالَ تَعَالَى: ﴿وَقُلْ مَن يَرْزُقُكُم مِّنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالْأَرْضِ أَمَّن يَمْلِكُ السَّمْعَ وَالْأَبْصَارَ وَمَن يُخْرِجُ الْحَيَّ مِنَ الْمَيِّتِ وَيُخْرِجُ الْمَيِّتَ مِنَ الْحَيِّ وَمَن يُدَبِّرُ الْأَمْرَ فَسَيَقُولُونَ اللَّهُ فَقُلْ أَفَلَا تَتَّقُونَ﴾ [(٣١) سُورَةُ يُونُسَ]، فَهُمْ مُعْتَرِفُونَ بِهَذِهِ الْأُمُورِ؛ لَكِنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَسْتَفِيدُوا مِنْ هَذَا الْإِقْرَارِ فِي تَوْحِيدِ اللَّهِ بِالْعِبَادَةِ وَإِخْلَاصِهَا لَهُ - سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى - بَلِ اتَّخَذُوا مَعَهُ وَسَائِطَ وَزَعَمُوا أَنَّهَا شُفَعَاءُ وَأَنَّهَا تُقَرِّبُهُمْ إِلَى اللَّهِ زُلْفَى...

The matters and their disposer; He gives and withholds, lowers and raises, honors and humiliates, gives life and causes death, and He is capable of all things. In general, the polytheists acknowledged this (1), just as He - Glory be to Him - said: 'And if you ask them who created them, they will surely say, Allah' [Surah Az-Zukhruf: 87], and He - Glory be to Him - said: 'And if you ask them who created the heavens and the earth, they will surely say, Allah' [Surah Luqman: 25, Surah Az-Zumar: 38]. The Exalted also said: 'Say, who provides for you from the heaven and the earth? Or who controls hearing and sight? And who brings the living out of the dead and brings the dead out of the living? And who arranges [every] matter? They will say, Allah. So say, will you not then fear Him?' [Surah Yunus: 31]. They were acknowledging these matters, but they did not benefit from this acknowledgment in terms of unifying Allah in worship and dedicating it solely to Him - Glory be to Him and Exalted is He. Rather, they took intermediaries alongside Him and claimed that they were intercessors and that they would bring them closer to Allah in status...

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Vocabulary · المفردات (29 verbs · 32 nouns)

• صَرَّفَ — to manage
• أَعْطَى — to give
• مَنَعَ — to prevent
• أَمْر — matter
• شَيْء — thing
• قَدِير — capable