Some contemporary exegetes said regarding His saying (Exalted is He): “We sent against you Our servants… (the verse)”: Is it impossible that they were disbelievers?
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Question:
And the Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, completing the question, says: Some contemporary exegetes say it is impossible that they were a people of disbelief, given that Allah said “Our servants.”
Answer:
This is ignorance. This is general servitude, as you know. The disbeliever is a servant of Allah in the sense of general servitude, not specific servitude. Yes.
And the Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, completing the question, says: Some contemporary exegetes say it is impossible that they were a people of disbelief, given that Allah said “Our servants.”
Answer:
This is ignorance. This is general servitude, as you know. The disbeliever is a servant of Allah in the sense of general servitude, not specific servitude. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [228 /641] قال بعض المفسرين المعاصرين في قوله ﷻ (بعثنا عليكم عبادا..الآية) يستحيل أن يكونوا كفارا..؟ — youtube.com
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