The Meaning of Allah’s Saying: “But it was Allah who threw”
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Question:
The Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, asks regarding the saying[Al-Anfal 8:17]: What is the correct interpretation of the phrase “but it was Allah who threw”?
Answer:
The correct interpretation, and the only one with no other alternative, is that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) took a handful of earth and threw it at the polytheists. No disbeliever and no disbeliever’s mouth remained but that it entered them, and their defeat was a result of this handful. Allah (Mighty and Majestic) says, “And you did not throw, but Allah threw,” meaning the handful; you threw the earth at them, but it was Allah who caused this thing to reach the polytheists and defeated them with it. This clarifies that one does not rely on the cause, but rather one performs the cause and relies on Allah for the outcome. Yes.
The Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, asks regarding the saying
Allah who killed them. And you threw not, [O Muhammad], when you threw, but it was Allah who threw
اللَّهَ قَتَلَهُمْ وَمَا رَمَيْتَ إِذْ رَمَيْتَ وَلَٰكِنَّ اللَّهَ رَمَىٰAnswer:
The correct interpretation, and the only one with no other alternative, is that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) took a handful of earth and threw it at the polytheists. No disbeliever and no disbeliever’s mouth remained but that it entered them, and their defeat was a result of this handful. Allah (Mighty and Majestic) says, “And you did not throw, but Allah threw,” meaning the handful; you threw the earth at them, but it was Allah who caused this thing to reach the polytheists and defeated them with it. This clarifies that one does not rely on the cause, but rather one performs the cause and relies on Allah for the outcome. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1319 -2802] معنى قوله تعالى ﴿وَلَكِنَّ اللَّهَ رَمَى﴾ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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