Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: “He directs the affair from the heaven to the earth”
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: What is the interpretation of this verse?[As-Sajdah 32:5]
The Shaykh:
It means that Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, sends the affair down with the angel to the earth, and then it ascends to Him from the earth; it ascends to Him, it rises to Him, meaning it ascends to Him, the Exalted. The affair descends from Him and ascends to Him as well, Blessed and Exalted is He. What is the distance between the heaven and the earth? The measure of a thousand years, you do not count it.
The presenter:
Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
It is the same as the distance between you and Him, except for meters. Between you and Him is a far expanse. Yes.
The presenter:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
Between every heaven and heaven is five hundred years, between every heaven and heaven is five hundred years, and between the heaven and the earth is a thousand years, yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: What is the interpretation of this verse?
He arranges [each] matter from the heaven to the earth; then it will ascend to Him in a Day, the extent of which is a thousand years of those which you count.
يُدَبِّرُ الْأَمْرَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ ثُمَّ يَعْرُجُ إِلَيْهِ فِي يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ مِّمَّا تَعُدُّونَThe Shaykh:
It means that Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, sends the affair down with the angel to the earth, and then it ascends to Him from the earth; it ascends to Him, it rises to Him, meaning it ascends to Him, the Exalted. The affair descends from Him and ascends to Him as well, Blessed and Exalted is He. What is the distance between the heaven and the earth? The measure of a thousand years, you do not count it.
The presenter:
Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
It is the same as the distance between you and Him, except for meters. Between you and Him is a far expanse. Yes.
The presenter:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
Between every heaven and heaven is five hundred years, between every heaven and heaven is five hundred years, and between the heaven and the earth is a thousand years, yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 11 من 86 /شرح كتاب إغاثة اللهفان في مصائد الشيطان/لذة القلب/صالح الفوزان/العقيدة/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:02:19)
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