Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: "And fear a Day when you will be returned to Allah"
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The Shaykh:
May Allah greet you and bless you.
The questioner:
This questioner says: I hope you will look at the noble verse in which He, Blessed and Exalted is He, said:[Al-Baqarah 2:281]
The Shaykh:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be 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. Allah, Mighty and Majestic, says at the end of Surat al-Baqarah:[Al-Baqarah 2:281]. It is said that this is the last verse revealed to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) from the Qur'an, and it is a great verse. In it, Allah, Mighty and Majestic, says: "And fear a Day," "fear a Day," meaning: take precautions that protect you from what will occur on this Day of terrors and difficult situations before Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He: the standing for the Reckoning, the presentation, and the recompense. So it is a great Day.
On that Day, you return to Allah; on that Day, you are brought back to Allah. All of creation stand before Allah on that Day, and He recompenses every worker for his deed. Fearing this Day is achieved through righteous deeds, correct creed, sticking to the congregation of the Muslims, increasing in obedience to Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, maintaining the obligatory duties, and increasing in voluntary acts. Thus, whoever comes to this Day prepared...
...with righteous deeds, he will be saved. But as for whoever is negligent and lets things go, he will lose on this great Day. Yes.
May Allah greet you and bless you.
The questioner:
This questioner says: I hope you will look at the noble verse in which He, Blessed and Exalted is He, said:
And fear a Day when you will be returned to Allah
وَاتَّقُوا يَوْمًا تُرْجَعُونَ فِيهِ إِلَى اللَّهِThe Shaykh:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be 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. Allah, Mighty and Majestic, says at the end of Surat al-Baqarah:
And fear a Day when you will be returned to Allah. Then every soul will be compensated for what it earned, and they will not be treated unjustly.
وَاتَّقُوا يَوْمًا تُرْجَعُونَ فِيهِ إِلَى اللَّهِ ثُمَّ تُوَفَّىٰ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ مَّا كَسَبَتْ وَهُمْ لَا يُظْلَمُونَOn that Day, you return to Allah; on that Day, you are brought back to Allah. All of creation stand before Allah on that Day, and He recompenses every worker for his deed. Fearing this Day is achieved through righteous deeds, correct creed, sticking to the congregation of the Muslims, increasing in obedience to Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, maintaining the obligatory duties, and increasing in voluntary acts. Thus, whoever comes to this Day prepared...
...with righteous deeds, he will be saved. But as for whoever is negligent and lets things go, he will lose on this great Day. Yes.
Source
قناة «إذاعة القرآن الكريم»، نور على الدرب مع فضيلة الشيخ صالح الفوزان ح7461 — youtube.com (1:01)
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