Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: “Have they not looked at the birds”

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The Shaykh:
May Allah greet you and bless you.

The questioner:
This questioner, Abu 'Abdullah, says: In the noble verse in the Surah of Tabarak, in His saying, Blessed and Exalted is He, I seek refuge...

in Allah from Satan, the expelled [from His mercy].

بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ

[An-Nahl 16:98]

Do they not see the birds above them with wings outspread and [sometimes] folded in? None holds them [aloft] except the Most Merciful. Indeed He is, of all things, Seeing.

أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا إِلَى الطَّيْرِ فَوْقَهُمْ صَافَّاتٍ وَيَقْبِضْنَ مَا يُمْسِكُهُنَّ إِلَّا الرَّحْمَٰنُ إِنَّهُ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ بَصِيرٌ

[Al-Mulk 67:19]

I hope you will explain the verse?

The Shaykh:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds. May Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. The saying of Allah the Exalted

Do they not see the birds

أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا إِلَى الطَّيْرِ

[Al-Mulk 67:19]

means the birds above them in the sky, spreading their wings, and in the other verse, folding them. And yet they do not fall. Who is it that holds them up? It is Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He,

None holds them [aloft] except the Most Merciful. Indeed He is, of all things, Seeing.

مَا يُمْسِكُهُنَّ إِلَّا الرَّحْمَٰنُ إِنَّهُ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ بَصِيرٌ

[Al-Mulk 67:19]

So in this is a sign: these birds in the sky, flying in the sky and not falling, because Allah holds them up by His power, Glorified and Exalted is He. So this is among His signs indicating His oneness, Glorified and Exalted is He, and His complete power. Yes.

Source قناة «إذاعة القرآن الكريم»، نور على الدرب مع فضيلة الشيخ صالح الفوزان ح7469 — youtube.com (0:57)

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