Tafsir of the saying of Allah the Exalted: “And thus We have revealed to you a spirit from Our command,” and His saying: “Only those of His servants who have knowledge fear Allah”
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The questioner:
This questioner says: I hope you will pause and explain the meaning of these two noble verses in the saying of Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He:[Ash-Shuraa 42:52].
The Shaykh:
[Al-Fatihah 1:1-2] And blessings and peace be upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. Allah, Mighty and Majestic, said to His Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him): [Ash-Shuraa 42:52] meaning just as We revealed to the messengers before you, We have revealed to you. [Ash-Shuraa 42:52] And that is the Qur'an. It is called a spirit because hearts come to life through it. It is from Our command, the command of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He.
[Ash-Shuraa 42:52]. Before his mission (peace and blessings be upon him), he did not know anything about these rulings or these matters of the Shari'ah. Because he was unlettered, he could neither read nor write.
So Allah revealed to him this great revelation, the Qur'an and the Sunnah, and this is one of his miracles (peace and blessings be upon him). That he was unlettered, unable to read or write, yet he brought this miraculous Qur'an from Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, in which Allah said:[Al-Isra 17:88] This is proof that it is from Allah, Mighty and Majestic. And the Messenger received it from his Lord through Jibril (peace be upon him), and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) conveyed it to his Ummah. Yes.
The questioner:
The second verse:[Fatir 35:28].
The Shaykh:
Yes, this is where Allah restricted His fear to the scholars. Because they know and are aware of the greatness and power of Allah in ways that the general people do not know. Therefore, they are more deserving of fearing Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, as He the Exalted said:[Ali 'Imran 3:18] So He coupled the testimony of the scholars with His own testimony and the testimony of the angels. This is proof of the virtue of the scholars.
This questioner says: I hope you will pause and explain the meaning of these two noble verses in the saying of Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He:
And thus We have revealed to you an inspiration of Our command.
وَكَذَٰلِكَ أَوْحَيْنَا إِلَيْكَ رُوحًا مِّنْ أَمْرِنَاThe Shaykh:
(1) In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful. (2) [All] praise is [due] to Allah, Lord of the worlds -
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَAnd thus We have revealed to you an inspiration of Our command.
وَكَذَٰلِكَ أَوْحَيْنَا إِلَيْكَ رُوحًا مِّنْ أَمْرِنَاan inspiration of Our command
رُوحًا مِّنْ أَمْرِنَاAnd thus We have revealed to you an inspiration of Our command. You did not know what is the Book or [what is] faith
وَكَذَٰلِكَ أَوْحَيْنَا إِلَيْكَ رُوحًا مِّنْ أَمْرِنَا مَا كُنتَ تَدْرِي مَا الْكِتَابُ وَلَا الْإِيمَانُSo Allah revealed to him this great revelation, the Qur'an and the Sunnah, and this is one of his miracles (peace and blessings be upon him). That he was unlettered, unable to read or write, yet he brought this miraculous Qur'an from Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, in which Allah said:
Say, "If mankind and the jinn gathered in order to produce the like of this Qur'an, they could not produce the like of it, even if they were to each other assistants."
قُل لَّئِنِ اجْتَمَعَتِ الْإِنسُ وَالْجِنُّ عَلَىٰ أَن يَأْتُوا بِمِثْلِ هَٰذَا الْقُرْآنِ لَا يَأْتُونَ بِمِثْلِهِ وَلَوْ كَانَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ ظَهِيرًاThe questioner:
The second verse:
Only those fear Allah, from among His servants, who have knowledge.
إِنَّمَا يَخْشَى اللَّهَ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ الْعُلَمَاءُThe Shaykh:
Yes, this is where Allah restricted His fear to the scholars. Because they know and are aware of the greatness and power of Allah in ways that the general people do not know. Therefore, they are more deserving of fearing Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, as He the Exalted said:
Allah witnesses that there is no deity except Him, and [so do] the angels and those of knowledge - [that He is] maintaining [creation] in justice. There is no deity except Him, the Exalted in Might, the Wise.
شَهِدَ اللَّهُ أَنَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ وَالْمَلَائِكَةُ وَأُولُو الْعِلْمِ قَائِمًا بِالْقِسْطِ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، برنامج (فتاوى) (170) لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان بتاريخ [1440-02-02] - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (0:45)
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