Abu Fauzi
Elite Member
- Messages
- 298
- Reaction score
- 34
- Gender
- Male
- Religion
- Islam
As-Salaam alaikum,
Part of ayat 44 of Surat 'Isra'i of the Holy Qur'an reads:--
"...There is not a thing but celebrates His Praise and
yet you understand not how they declare His Praise." (17:44)
As we learnt from Sheikh Ibn Arabi in his Futuhat Makkiyyah, every existential being is either a talking animal (hayawan nathiq) or a talking animate being (hayy-un nathiq-un).
'A thing' (shay) in this ayat refers to everything, and it would be impossible for it to praise Allah unless it is alive and intelligent, by which it knows how to glorify Allah Ta'ala.
Part of ayat 44 of Surat 'Isra'i of the Holy Qur'an reads:--
"...There is not a thing but celebrates His Praise and
yet you understand not how they declare His Praise." (17:44)
As we learnt from Sheikh Ibn Arabi in his Futuhat Makkiyyah, every existential being is either a talking animal (hayawan nathiq) or a talking animate being (hayy-un nathiq-un).
'A thing' (shay) in this ayat refers to everything, and it would be impossible for it to praise Allah unless it is alive and intelligent, by which it knows how to glorify Allah Ta'ala.