What is the meaning of Ibn al-Qayyim's statement: "Allah's repentance is of two types: permission and guidance, and acceptance and reckoning"?
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The questioner:
The Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, says: I read in your explanation of al-Wasitiyyah, quoting from Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him), and I found it difficult to understand this quotation. It is the statement of Ibn al-Qayyim regarding His saying, the Exalted:[Al-Baqarah 2:222] He said, may Allah have mercy on him: "The servant is one who repents, and Allah is the One who accepts repentance. The servant's repentance is his return to his Lord." Then he said: "Allah's repentance is of two types: permission and guidance, and acceptance and reckoning." What is meant by these two types? May Allah bless you.
The Shaykh:
Permission, because Allah has permitted His servants to repent. Permission and...
The questioner:
...and guidance.
The Shaykh:
And He guided them to repentance. If He had not guided them, they would not have repented. Yes.
The questioner:
And acceptance and reckoning.
The Shaykh:
And acceptance is clear, and it is that He accepts repentance from His servants. And reckoning means that He, the Exalted, takes it into account for them and it is not lost for them. Yes.
The Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, says: I read in your explanation of al-Wasitiyyah, quoting from Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him), and I found it difficult to understand this quotation. It is the statement of Ibn al-Qayyim regarding His saying, the Exalted:
Indeed, Allah loves those who are constantly repentant and loves those who purify themselves."
إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُحِبُّ التَّوَّابِينَ وَيُحِبُّ الْمُتَطَهِّرِينَThe Shaykh:
Permission, because Allah has permitted His servants to repent. Permission and...
The questioner:
...and guidance.
The Shaykh:
And He guided them to repentance. If He had not guided them, they would not have repented. Yes.
The questioner:
And acceptance and reckoning.
The Shaykh:
And acceptance is clear, and it is that He accepts repentance from His servants. And reckoning means that He, the Exalted, takes it into account for them and it is not lost for them. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [229 -1024] ما معنى قول ابن القيم: توبة الله نوعان: إذن وتوفيق، وقبول واعتداد؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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