Clarification that people are innately disposed to the oneness of lordship
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. How is the knowledge of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) attained? Is it said that people are innately disposed to the oneness of lordship, whereas the oneness of worship must be learned? How so? He says: How is the knowledge of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) attained, and is it said that people are innately disposed to the oneness of lordship, whereas the oneness of worship must be learned?
Answer:
Yes. As for tawhid al-rububiyyah (oneness of lordship), people are naturally disposed to it and they acknowledge it; no one denies tawhid al-rububiyyah except those who feign it, like Pharaoh and Nimrod, and this is mere rebellion. They do not know, or rather, we know that there is not[Al-An'am 6:33]. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. How is the knowledge of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) attained? Is it said that people are innately disposed to the oneness of lordship, whereas the oneness of worship must be learned? How so? He says: How is the knowledge of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) attained, and is it said that people are innately disposed to the oneness of lordship, whereas the oneness of worship must be learned?
Answer:
Yes. As for tawhid al-rububiyyah (oneness of lordship), people are naturally disposed to it and they acknowledge it; no one denies tawhid al-rububiyyah except those who feign it, like Pharaoh and Nimrod, and this is mere rebellion. They do not know, or rather, we know that there is not
you, [O Muhammad], are saddened by what they say. And indeed, they do not call you untruthful, but it is the verses of Allah that the wrongdoers reject.
لَيَحْزُنُكَ الَّذِي يَقُولُونَ فَإِنَّهُمْ لَا يُكَذِّبُونَكَ وَلَٰكِنَّ الظَّالِمِينَ بِآيَاتِ اللَّهِ يَجْحَدُونَ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 308- بيان أن الناس مفطورون على توحيد الربوبية - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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