Living Links: The Precious Pearl, 11 of 21

Content Outline:
0:0:14 Du’a/Asalaamu Alaikum (Faraz Khan)
0:01:52 The Names of Allah
0:03:49 The Pre-Eternal Names and Attributes
0:06:01 Regarding the Pre-Eternality of the Names
0:08:19 Assigning Names
0:08:49 Quote: “Assigning a name to someone is based off of [a type of authority]...and we do not have the authority to assign names to Allah.”
0:11:32 Assigning Names With Permission
0:14:22 Assigning Names Without Permission (I)
0:17:42 Assigning Names Without Permission (II)
0:21:32 Creating Names for Allah in Context (I)
0:24:00 Creating Names for Allah in Context (II)
0:25:46 Interpreting Comparison’s to Allah (I)
0:30:51 Interpreting Comparison’s to Allah (II)
0:33:02 Quranic Verses Regarding Comparison
0:36:59 Examples of Comparison in Quran and Hadith
0:41:41 Regarding All Comparison
0:42:17 Quote: “What’s the basis of understanding the ambiguous…[that] there is nothing that is like [Allah].”
0:43:35 Quote: “Anthropomorphism is the door to every problem in theology.”
The Son of God
*IN 0:43:35 “Anthropomorphism is the door to every...it’s the door polytheism…”
*OUT 0:45:42 “There’s a profound reason why this door must be kept closed.”
0:45:43 Regarding Allah’s “Ascending the Throne”
0:50:40 Regarding Parts and Locations
0:54:58 Summarizing Comparison and Kalaam

Comments, Question and Answers

01:01:21 Question 1: When did the anthropomorphic tendencies start in this religion?
01:03:19 Question 2: When the transition was happening away from the salaf was anything done to prevent argumentation among the masses?
01:05:12 Question 3: In terms of names of Allah, what about translations into non-Arabic?

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