Tafsir of the saying of Allah the Exalted: “And if they had remained steadfast upon the path”
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Question:
This questioner says: Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Jinn 72:16-17] So how can uprightness be a cause of fitnah (trial, discord or temptation)?
Answer:
There are two opinions among the scholars regarding the interpretation of the verse:[Al-Jinn 72:16] meaning the correct path and faith. Allah gave them rain, and He only withholds rain from them because of their sins. This is one opinion. The second opinion is: [Al-Jinn 72:16] meaning the path of kufr (disbelief). The context is regarding the disbelievers. If they had remained steadfast upon the path of kufr, then Allah would have been drawing them in. Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, would have been drawing them in and giving them rain while they were in their kufr, as a form of drawing them in, so that they would increase in sins, and their sin would increase, may Allah protect us from that. Yes.
This questioner says: Allah the Exalted said:
(16) And [Allah revealed] that if they had remained straight on the way, We would have given them abundant provision (17) So We might test them therein. And whoever turns away from the remembrance of his Lord He will put into arduous punishment.
وَأَن لَّوِ اسْتَقَامُوا عَلَى الطَّرِيقَةِ لَأَسْقَيْنَاهُم مَّاءً غَدَقًا لِّنَفْتِنَهُمْ فِيهِAnswer:
There are two opinions among the scholars regarding the interpretation of the verse:
And [Allah revealed] that if they had remained straight on the way
وَأَن لَّوِ اسْتَقَامُوا عَلَى الطَّرِيقَةِAnd [Allah revealed] that if they had remained straight on the way
وَأَن لَّوِ اسْتَقَامُوا عَلَى الطَّرِيقَةِ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-03-التوبة آداب وأحكام|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:06:09)
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