How to reconcile the fact that Surat al-Muzzammil contains the statement of Allah the Exalted:
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This surah was revealed in Makkah, but fighting was legislated in Madinah. And it is mentioned in this surah that "others are fighting in the cause of Allah." How is that?
Answer:
It is in the future. I mean, this is in the future, because Allah says "He knows," He says:[Al-Muzzammil 73:20] among you will be, meaning in the future, [Al-Muzzammil 73:20] this is in the future. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This surah was revealed in Makkah, but fighting was legislated in Madinah. And it is mentioned in this surah that "others are fighting in the cause of Allah." How is that?
Answer:
It is in the future. I mean, this is in the future, because Allah says "He knows," He says:
He has known that
عَلِمَ أَن سَيَكُونُthere will be among you those who are ill and others traveling throughout the land seeking [something] of the bounty of Allah and others fighting for the cause of Allah
مِنكُم مَّرْضَىٰ وَآخَرُونَ يَضْرِبُونَ فِي الْأَرْضِ يَبْتَغُونَ مِن فَضْلِ اللَّهِ وَآخَرُونَ يُقَاتِلُونَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3014- 4717] كيف الجمع بين كون سورة المزمل وفيها قوله تعالى:﴿وآخرون يقاتلون في سبيل الله﴾؟ — youtube.com
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.