 | Robert Durie Osborn - 1878 - 430 pages
...been consulted about the saying of the Prophet, that God descended to the lowest of the seven heavens, replied, " The descent is intelligible, the manner...therein is obligatory ; and the asking about it is a blameable innovation." In all this we find the same spirit at work as in the Law and the Traditions.... | |
 | 1880 - 818 pages
...about the statement of the Prophet that God had descended to the lowest of the seven heavens, said, " The descent is intelligible, the manner how is unknown....therein is obligatory, and the asking about it is a blame1 Tafiir-i-Faiz-ul-Karlm, p. 250. 2 Dabistan, p. 218. VOL. XXIX. — NO. CXTV. 3 D able innovation."... | |
 | Edward Sell - 1880 - 372 pages
...the statement of the Prophet that God had descended to the lowest of the ..seven heavens, said : " The descent is intelligible, the manner how is unknown ; the belief therein is obligatory ; aiid the asking about it is a blameable innovation." But all such attempts to restrain discussion... | |
 | Edward Sell - 1880 - 376 pages
...about the statement of the Prophet that God had descended to the lowest of the seven heavens, said : " The descent is intelligible, the manner how is unknown ; the belief therein 1. IJubjHt.au, p. 218. is obligatory ; and the asking about it is a blameable innovation." But all... | |
 | Edward Verrall Lucas - 1917 - 278 pages
...his desire to know how there could, in that case, be anything more exalted than the lowest heaven ? "At-Tirmidi replied: 'The descent is intelligible;...therein is obligatory; and the asking about it is a blameable innovation.' " The kadi Yahya Ibn Aktham, although famous for his licentiousness, was orthodox... | |
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The descent is intelligible ; the manner how is unknown ; the belief therein is obligatory, and the asking about it is a blamable innovation. 