A Response to Those Who Claim That the Second 'Ad Is One of the Contemporary States of Disbelief
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, the father. The questioner says: There are those who interpret the saying of Allah the Exalted,[An-Najm 53:50], to mean that the second 'Ad is one of the disbelieving states in our day. Is this interpretation correct?
Answer:
Interpretation is not something to be played with like this. Interpretation has its rules and its evidence. The disbelieving nations today that Allah did not destroy are still present; they are still alive. But the first 'Ad and the second 'Ad did not remain; Allah destroyed them. And Thamud, He did not let them remain. And the people of Noah before them, for they were the most wrongdoers and the most transgressors.
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, the father. The questioner says: There are those who interpret the saying of Allah the Exalted,
And that He destroyed the first [people of] 'Aad
وَأَنَّهُ أَهْلَكَ عَادًا الْأُولَىٰAnswer:
Interpretation is not something to be played with like this. Interpretation has its rules and its evidence. The disbelieving nations today that Allah did not destroy are still present; they are still alive. But the first 'Ad and the second 'Ad did not remain; Allah destroyed them. And Thamud, He did not let them remain. And the people of Noah before them, for they were the most wrongdoers and the most transgressors.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [600- 4717] الرد على من أن عادا الثانية هي إحدى دول الكفر المعاصرة - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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