How to reconcile the verses in which Allah honors the children of Adam with the verses in which Allah describes the disbelievers with the attributes of beasts?
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Question:
I seek forgiveness from Allah for you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: How do you reconcile the verses in which Allah the Exalted mentions that He has honored the children of Adam, such as His saying, the Exalted:[Al-Isra 17:70], and His saying: [At-Tin 95:4], with the verses in which Allah the Exalted describes the disbelievers with the descriptions of beasts, such as His saying, the Exalted: [Al-Furqan 25:44], and His saying: "like a donkey"?
Answer:
Yes. If you had completed the verse in which you came, at the end of Surat al-Tin, "Then We returned him to the lowest of the low." Indeed, We created man in the[At-Tin 95:4-6]. So he is, in his original state, honored. But it is he who humiliated himself. He is, in his original state, honored above the other creatures. If he had been grateful to Allah and done righteous deeds, his honor would have continued, but he lowered himself and humiliated himself, so he incurred humiliation, may Allah protect us from that.
I seek forgiveness from Allah for you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: How do you reconcile the verses in which Allah the Exalted mentions that He has honored the children of Adam, such as His saying, the Exalted:
And We have certainly honored the children of Adam
وَلَقَدْ كَرَّمْنَا بَنِي آدَمَWe have certainly created man in the best of stature;
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنسَانَ فِي أَحْسَنِ تَقْوِيمٍThey are not except like livestock. Rather, they are [even] more astray
إِنْ هُمْ إِلَّا كَالْأَنْعَامِ بَلْ هُمْ أَضَلُّAnswer:
Yes. If you had completed the verse in which you came, at the end of Surat al-Tin, "Then We returned him to the lowest of the low." Indeed, We created man in the
in the best of stature; (5) Then We return him to the lowest of the low, (6) Except for those who believe and do righteous deeds, for they will have a reward uninterrupted.
أَحْسَنِ تَقْوِيمٍ ثُمَّ رَدَدْنَاهُ أَسْفَلَ سَافِلِينَ إِلَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ فَلَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1828- 4717] كيف يجمع بين الآيات التي فيها تكريم الله لبني آدم وبين وصف الله للكفار بأوصاف البهائم؟ — youtube.com
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