Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: "Have they not seen that We come to the earth and diminish it from its edges?"
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Question:
This brother Abu Malik says: O Shaykh, what is the exegesis of the noble verse in His saying, Blessed and Exalted is He:[Ar-Ra'd 13:41]?
Answer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. His saying, the Exalted:[Ar-Ra'd 13:41]. This address is a rebuke from Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, directed at the servants who do not reflect upon the verses of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, whether they are the verses of creation or the verses of the Qur'an. Among these verses is that they do not see what Allah, Mighty and Majestic, brings about on earth, in the form of a diminution of its extremities, [Ar-Ra'd 13:41]. It has been said that this refers to the death of scholars, for their death is a diminution on earth, because the community loses them while it is in need of them.
It was also said that "We diminish it from its edges" means through the conquests, which occur through jihad in the cause of Allah, Mighty and Majestic. For this religion spread to the east and west of the earth through the conquests that arose from jihad in the cause of Allah, Mighty and Majestic. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you and bless you.
This brother Abu Malik says: O Shaykh, what is the exegesis of the noble verse in His saying, Blessed and Exalted is He:
Have they not seen that We set upon the land, reducing it from its borders?
أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا أَنَّا نَأْتِي الْأَرْضَ نَنقُصُهَا مِنْ أَطْرَافِهَاAnswer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. His saying, the Exalted:
Have they not seen that We set upon the land, reducing it from its borders?
أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا أَنَّا نَأْتِي الْأَرْضَ نَنقُصُهَا مِنْ أَطْرَافِهَاHave they not seen that We set upon the land, reducing it from its borders?
أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا أَنَّا نَأْتِي الْأَرْضَ نَنقُصُهَا مِنْ أَطْرَافِهَاIt was also said that "We diminish it from its edges" means through the conquests, which occur through jihad in the cause of Allah, Mighty and Majestic. For this religion spread to the east and west of the earth through the conquests that arose from jihad in the cause of Allah, Mighty and Majestic. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you and bless you.
Source
قناة «مكة و المدينة»، 04 فتاوى على الهواء - 10 / 02 / 1433هـ _ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (0:48)
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