Minhaj as-Sunnah - Ibn Taimiya - (3/256)

Minhaj as-SunnahIbn Taimiya

[Section: The Rāfidi’s argument from scripture for volitional acts, and the response to it]

Chapter.

The Rāfidi (1) said: As for scripture, the Quran (2) is replete with the attribution (3) of human actions to human beings themselves, (4) as in His words, Exalted is He: (5)

“And Abraham, who fulfilled his obligations.”
[Surah al-Najm 37] (6)

[“So woe to those who disbelieve.”
[Surah Maryam 37]

“No bearer of burdens shall bear the burden of another.”
[Surah al-An‘ām 164] (7)

“Enter Paradise because of what you used to do.”
[Surah al-Nahl 32]

“Today every soul will be recompensed for what it earned.”
[Surah Ghāfir 17]

“Today you will be recompensed for what you used to do.”
[Surah al-Jāthiya 28]

“So that every soul may be recompensed for what it strives for.”
[Surah Tā Hā 15]

“Will you be recompensed for anything other than what you used to do?”
[Surah al-Naml 90]] (8)

“Whoever comes with a good deed shall have ten times its like, and whoever comes with an evil deed shall be recompensed only with its like.”
[Surah al-An‘ām 160]

“So that He may pay them their rewards in full.”
[Surah Fātir: 30] (9)

“It shall have what it has earned, and it shall bear what it has incurred.”

(1) (A) and (B) read: “The Imāmī said.” The following passage appears in (K), p. [0–9] 0 (M), 91 (M). (2) (K) reads: “For indeed, the Quran…” (3) (B) alone reads: *isnād* (attribution). (4) (ʿAyn) reads: “the act to human beings.” (5) “Exalted is He” is absent from (N), (M), and (ʿAyn). (6) (A), (B), and (ʿAyn) read: “who fulfilled his obligations”—to the end of the verse. (7) The passage enclosed in square brackets appears in (B) and (K) but is absent from the other manuscripts. (8) The passage enclosed in square brackets is an addition found only in (K). (9) The verse from Surah Fātir appears only in (K) and (B).

[فصل كلام الرافضي على دلالة النقل على الأفعال الاختيارية والرد عليه] فَصْلٌ. قَالَ الرَّافِضِيُّ (١) : وَأَمَّا الْمَنْقُولُ فَالْقُرْآنُ (٢) مَمْلُوءٌ مِنِ اسْتِنَادِ (٣) أَفْعَالِ الْبَشَرِ إِلَيْهِمْ (٤) كَقَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى: (٥) . {وَإِبْرَاهِيمَ الَّذِي وَفَّى} [سُورَةُ النَّجْمِ ٣٧] (٦) [ {فَوَيْلٌ لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا} [سُورَةُ مَرْيَمَ ٣٧] {وَلَا تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٌ وِزْرَ أُخْرَى} [سُورَةُ الْأَنْعَامِ ١٦٤] (٧) {ادْخُلُوا الْجَنَّةَ بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ} [سُورَةُ النَّحْلِ ٣٢] {الْيَوْمَ تُجْزَى كُلُّ نَفْسٍ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ} [سُورَةُ غَافِرٍ ١٧] {الْيَوْمَ تُجْزَوْنَ مَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ} [سُورَةُ الْجَاثِيَةِ ٢٨] {لِتُجْزَى كُلُّ نَفْسٍ بِمَا تَسْعَى} [سُورَةُ طه ١٥] {هَلْ تُجْزَوْنَ إِلَّا مَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ} [سُورَةُ النَّمْلِ ٩٠] ] (٨) {مَنْ جَاءَ بِالْحَسَنَةِ فَلَهُ عَشْرُ أَمْثَالِهَا وَمَنْ جَاءَ بِالسَّيِّئَةِ فَلَا يُجْزَى إِلَّا مِثْلَهَا} [سُورَةُ الْأَنْعَامِ ١٦٠] {لِيُوَفِّيَهُمْ أُجُورَهُمْ} [سُورَةُ فَاطِرٍ: ٣٠] (٩) {لَهَا مَا كَسَبَتْ وَعَلَيْهَا مَا اكْتَسَبَتْ}

(١) أ، ب: قَالَ الْإِمَامِيُّ وَالْكَلَامُ التَّالِي فِي (ك) ، ص [٠ - ٩] ٠ (م) ، ٩١ (م) . (٢) ك: فَإِنَّ الْقُرْآنَ. (٣) ب فَقَطْ: إِسْنَادِ. (٤) ع: الْفِعْلِ إِلَى الْبَشَرِ. (٥) تَعَالَى: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (ن) ، (م) ، (ع) . (٦) أ، ب، ع: الَّذِي وَفَّى. . الْآيَةَ. (٧) مَا بَيْنَ الْمَعْقُوفَتَيْنِ فِي (ب) ، (ك) وَسَقَطَ مِنَ النُّسَخِ الْأُخْرَى. (٨) مَا بَيْنَ الْمَعْقُوفَتَيْنِ زِيَادَةٌ فِي (ك) فَقَطْ. (٩) آيَةُ سُورَةِ فَاطِرٍ فِي (ك) ، (ب) فَقَطْ.