The Meaning of Amanah in the Saying of Allah the Exalted: “Indeed, We Offered the Amanah”
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Question:
The questioner says: I hope the Shaykh will address the blessed verses and explain what is meant by "trust" in the statement of Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He: I seek refuge in Allah...[An-Nahl 16:98] [Al-Ahzab 33:72].
Answer:
[Al-Fatihah 1:1-2] And blessings and peace be upon the Messenger of Allah. His saying, the Exalted: [Al-Ahzab 33:72] means the trust of obligations, commands, and prohibitions. So whoever fulfills it and obeys Allah in it, he has Paradise; and whoever disobeys Allah and contradicts it, he has the Fire. And this was an offer of choice. Therefore, He, the Exalted and Majestic, said: [Al-Ahzab 33:72] We preferred safety over the spoils. And man, meaning Adam and his descendants, bore it. They preferred the spoils over safety. [Al-Ahzab 33:72], meaning the human species; the human species is oppressive and ignorant. As for those whom Allah, Mighty and Majestic, chooses from among His prophets, messengers, and believers, they are free from this description. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
The questioner says: I hope the Shaykh will address the blessed verses and explain what is meant by "trust" in the statement of Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He: I seek refuge in Allah...
in Allah from Satan, the expelled [from His mercy].
بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِIndeed, we offered the Trust to the heavens and the earth and the mountains, and they declined to bear it and feared it; but man [undertook to] bear it. Indeed, he was unjust and ignorant.
إِنَّا عَرَضْنَا الْأَمَانَةَ عَلَى السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَالْجِبَالِ فَأَبَيْنَ أَن يَحْمِلْنَهَا وَأَشْفَقْنَ مِنْهَا وَحَمَلَهَا الْإِنسَانُ إِنَّهُ كَانَ ظَلُومًا جَهُولًاAnswer:
(1) In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful. (2) [All] praise is [due] to Allah, Lord of the worlds -
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِIndeed, we offered the Trust
إِنَّا عَرَضْنَا الْأَمَانَةَand they declined to bear it
فَأَبَيْنَ أَن يَحْمِلْنَهَاIndeed, he was unjust and ignorant.
إِنَّهُ كَانَ ظَلُومًا جَهُولًاThe presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، برنامج (فتاوى) (188) لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان بتاريخ [1440-07-28] - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (0:50)
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