Is it correct to say that the punishment of the previous nations was spiritual?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: Is the punishment tangible, as it was for the people of 'Ad and Thamud, or is it spiritual?
Answer:
Glory be to Allah. It is spiritual, and when you read that Allah destroyed them, and that they were like the dry stalks of a dying plant, and that they were like hollow palm trees, you say this is spiritual punishment. This is both physical and spiritual punishment. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: Is the punishment tangible, as it was for the people of 'Ad and Thamud, or is it spiritual?
Answer:
Glory be to Allah. It is spiritual, and when you read that Allah destroyed them, and that they were like the dry stalks of a dying plant, and that they were like hollow palm trees, you say this is spiritual punishment. This is both physical and spiritual punishment. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [683- 4717] هل يصح القول بأن عذاب الأمم السابقة كان معنويًا؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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