Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: "Of those who divided their religion and became sects"
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: What is the interpretation of this noble verse:[Ar-Rum 30:32]
The Shaykh:
[Ar-Rum 30:31-32] Their gods are numerous and uncountable. They divided their religion, yet the God is One and the religion is One; there is no division. What Allah has prescribed is that the one worshipped is Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He), and the Muslims are one group and one community. “Indeed, this is your community, one community, and I am your Lord, so fear Me.” The other verse is: [Al-Mu'minun 23:52-53] “They divided” [Al-Mu'minun 23:53] “One [God] has a method and a book, scrolls, meaning books” [Al-Mu'minun 23:53] “They rejoice in what is with them and do not see that the truth is only with them. They restrict themselves to what is with them and do not accept the truth that is with others. This is not permissible. The truth is wherever the believer finds it, he takes it. All the believers have one path.”
They do not adopt for themselves divided methodologies. Each one says, "I am not on the methodology of the such-and-such sect, nor do I act according to the books they have. I act according to the truth." If the truth is with them, they accept the truth. If the truth is with you, they come and take the truth with you. This is the methodology of the Muslims: one methodology. Yes.
The presenter:
Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
They are not rejoicing in what they have; they hope that they will return. But if they are rejoicing, they are not returning. Each one sees that what he has is the correct one. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: What is the interpretation of this noble verse:
[Or] of those who have divided their religion and become sects, every faction rejoicing in what it has.
مِنَ الَّذِينَ فَرَّقُوا دِينَهُمْ وَكَانُوا شِيَعًا كُلُّ حِزْبٍ بِمَا لَدَيْهِمْ فَرِحُونَThe Shaykh:
and do not be of those who associate others with Allah (32) [Or] of those who have divided their religion
وَلَا تَكُونُوا مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ فَرَّقُوا دِينَهُمْ(52) And indeed this, your religion, is one religion, and I am your Lord, so fear Me." (53) But the people divided their religion among them into sects - each faction, in what it has, rejoicing.
وَإِنَّ هَٰذِهِ أُمَّتُكُمْ أُمَّةً وَاحِدَةً وَأَنَا رَبُّكُمْ فَاتَّقُونِ فَتَقَطَّعُوا أَمْرَهُم بَيْنَهُمْ زُبُرًاBut the people divided their religion among them into sects - each faction, in what it has, rejoicing.
كُلُّeach faction, in what it has, rejoicing.
كُلُّ حِزْبٍ بِمَا لَدَيْهِمْ فَرِحُونَThey do not adopt for themselves divided methodologies. Each one says, "I am not on the methodology of the such-and-such sect, nor do I act according to the books they have. I act according to the truth." If the truth is with them, they accept the truth. If the truth is with you, they come and take the truth with you. This is the methodology of the Muslims: one methodology. Yes.
The presenter:
Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
They are not rejoicing in what they have; they hope that they will return. But if they are rejoicing, they are not returning. Each one sees that what he has is the correct one. 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 (1:06:39)
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