يَكُنbeلاnotعَلَىtoمِثَالexampleسَبَقَprevious
It does not follow a previous example.
قَالَhe said::(وَحُكْمُهُ(And His judgmentعِلمُهُ)His knowledge)أَقُولُI sayهُمَاتthemصِفَتَانtwo attributesأَزَلِيَّتَانeternalلِذَاتِهِto His essenceتَعَالَىexaltedوَandتَقَدَّسَsacred
He said: (And His judgment is His knowledge). I say they are two eternal attributes to His essence, exalted and sacred.
قَالَhe said::( وَتَوْفِيقَهُ(And His successأَقُولُI sayالتَّوْفِيقُsuccess..هُوَIt isجَعَلَmakingالأَسْبَابَthe causesمُوَافِقَةًcongruentلِلْسَّعَادَةِto happinessوَالْخَيْرِand goodكَمَاasفِيinشَرْحِthe explanationالفِقْهِof jurisprudenceالأَكْبَرِthe greaterلِأَبِيof Abuالْمُنْتَهَىof Al-Muntaha
He said: (And His success). I say success is making the causes congruent to happiness and good as found in the explanation of the greater jurisprudence by Abu Al-Muntaha.
وَقِيلَAnd it is saidالتَّوْفِيقُ:success:هُوَIt isفَتْحٌopeningبَابُthe doorالطَّاعَةِof obedienceوَغَلَقَand closingبَابَthe doorالمَعْصِيَةِof disobedienceقَالَhe said::( وَكِتَابَتَهُ(And His writingفِيinاللَّوْحِthe tabletالمَحْفُوظِ)the preserved)أَقُولُI say::بِأَنَّthatالْعَبْدَthe servantمَعَwithأَعْمَالِهِhis worksوَإِقْرَارِهِand his confessionوَحِرْفَتِهِand his craftمَخْلُوقٌcreated،,فَلَمَّاso whenكَانَit wasالْفَاعِلُthe doerمَخْلُوقًاcreatedفَأَفْعَالُهُthen his actionsأَوْلَىare ratherأَنْtoتَكُونَbeمَخْلُوقَةًcreated
And it is said: (And His writing in the preserved tablet). I say: that the servant with his works, confession, and craft is created, so when the doer is created, then his actions are rather to be created.
قَالَhe said::( وَالمَعْصِيَةُ(And sinلَيْسَتْis notبِأَمْرٍan orderاللَّهِof AllahتَعَالَىExaltedوَلَكِنَbutبِمَشِيئَتِهِby His willلَاnotبِمَحَبَّتِهِby His loveوَبِقَضَائِهِand by His decreeلَاnotبِرَضَاهِهِby His satisfactionوَبِتَقْدِيرِهِand by His estimationوَتَخْلِيقِهِand His creationلَاnotبِتَوْفِيقِهِby His successأَقُولُI sayقَدْhasسَبَقَprecededتَفْسِيرَهَاits interpretation
He said: (And sin is not by the order of Allah, exalted is He, but by His will, not by His love, and by His decree, not by His satisfaction, and by His estimation and creation, not by His success. I say it has preceded its interpretation.
والمَعْصِيَةُand sinلَيْسَتْis notبِأَمْرٍan orderاللَّهِof AllahتَعَالَىExaltedوَلَكِنَّbutبِمَشِيئَتِهِby His will
And sin is not by the order of Allah, exalted is He, but by His will.
قَالَhe said::(وَبِخَذْلَانِهِ(And his forsakingأَقُولُI sayالْخَذْلَانُforsakingضِدُّagainstالتَّوْفِيقِsuccessقَالَhe said::( وَعِلْمِهِ(And His knowledgeلَاnotبِمَعْرِفَتِهِby His knowledgeوَبِكِتَابَتِهِand by His writingفِيinاللَّوْحِthe tabletالمَحْفُوظِ)the preserved)أَقُولُI sayاِخْتَلَفُواthey differفِيinاللَّوْحِthe tabletالمَحْفُوظِthe preservedمِنْfromدُرَّةٍa pearlبَيْضَاءَwhiteطُولِهَاits lengthمَاwhatبَيْنَbetweenالسَّمَاءِthe skyوَالْأَرْضِand the earthمَرَّاتٍtimesوَعَلَّقَهَاand he hung itبِالْعَرْشِto the throneمَكْتُوبٌwrittenفِيهِin itمَاwhatهُوَisكَائِنٌexistingإِلَىtoيَوْمِdayالْقِيَامَةِ)of resurrection)
He said: (And His forsaking. I say: forsaking is against success. He said: (And His knowledge is not by His knowledge, and by His writing in the preserved tablet). I say they differ in the preserved tablet from a white pearl, its length is what is between the sky and the earth, times, and he hung it to the throne. It is written in it what is existing to the day of resurrection.
وَعَنْAnd aboutابْنِIbnمَسْعُودٍMas'udرَضِيَmay Allah be pleasedاللَّهُAllahعَنْهُwith him::مَاwhatبَيْنَbetweenالسَّمَاءِthe skyوَالْأَرْضِand the earthمَسِيرَةٌa distanceخَمْسُمِائَةٍfive hundredعَامٍyearsكَمَاasفِيinتَفْسِيرِexegesisالْخَازِنِAl-Khazinوَسِعَةِand the breadthالأَرْضِthe earthمَسِيرَةٌa distanceخَمْسُمِائَةٍfive hundredسَنَةٍyearsالْبِحَارِthe seasثَلاَثُمِائَةٍthree hundredوَمِائَةٍand a hundredخَرَابٌruinsوَمِائَةٍand a hundredعُمُرٌprosperityوَامْتِهَامُهُand its completionفِيinالدُّرِّthe pearlالْمَنْثُورِthe scattered
And about Ibn Mas'ud, may Allah be pleased with him: what is between the sky and the earth is a distance of five hundred years, as in the exegesis of Al-Khazin, and the breadth of the earth is a distance of five hundred years. The seas are three hundred and a hundred ruins and a hundred prosperity, and its completion in the scattered pearl.
وَذَكَرَAnd he mentionedالشَّارِحُthe commentatorعَنْaboutابْنِIbnعَبَّاسٍAbbasرَضِيَmay Allah be pleasedاللَّهُAllahعَنْهُمَاwith both of them::أَوَّلُThe firstمَاwhat٦١61
And he mentioned the commentator, about Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with them both: The first of what 61