Living Links: The Precious Pearl, 8 of 21

Content Outline:
0:0:14 Du’a/Asalaamu Alaikum (Faraz Khan)
0:0:57 Discussing the Attributes of Meaning
0:03:08 Responding to the Mu’tazilah Position on the Affirming Attributes
0:07:09 Attributes Are Not Allah Nor can They be Separated From Him
0:09:48 Rebuttal to the Mu’tazilah
0:16:22 What the Mu’tazilah Do Believe
0:19:00 The Attributes and Allah’s Will
0:24:33 The Reality of Things By Allah’s Will
0:27:27 The Association of Allah’s Will
0:31:43 Associating Divine Power
0:34:47 Potential Association and Actual Association
0:37:06 No Power or Might Except With Allah
0:41:48 Being Content With Self
0:45:52 Divine Knowledge
0:49:00 A Change in Allah’s Knowledge

Comments, Questions and Answers

0:53:29 Question 1: (Inaudible, regarding addiction)
0:54:50 Question 2: How do we reconcile logical impossibilities with the Divine?
0:58:51 Question 3: Why is it that we mention that Allah has Knowledge of all and that Allah could have chosen anything?
01:00:24 Question 4: (Inaudible, regarding the negating attributes)
01:01:06 Question 5: Why is it stated that Allah only has actualized Knowledge?
01:02:08 Question 6: Regarding Allah’s multiple attributes and names and the world of duality, how do we reconcile this with the Oness of Allah?
01:04:25 Question 7: What is the qadaa of Allah?
01:07:13 Question 8: Can or does Allah change His Mind, if that is fitting to say?
01:10:36 Question 9: Can you go over qadaa and qadr?

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