Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: (If He wills, He can remove you and bring a new creation)
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Question:
May Allah reward you. Among his questions, he says: Honorable Shaykh Salih, may Allah preserve you. He says: In the noble verse, in many places in the Noble Qur'an,[Fatir 35:16], and the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said in the hadith, the meaning of which is: if you did not sin, Sahih Muslim 2749, does that mean if Allah the Mighty and Majestic removes us, we will not be resurrected on the Day of Resurrection and not be held to account? Or how is the interpretation of these verses and this hadith? These verses are a warning against. Against laxity in. In obedience to Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He.
Answer:
The Shaykh : Regarding leniency in its practice. The prohibitions. You observe in the work. Enjoining what is right. Forbidding what is wrong. For he warned the servants that if they do not fulfill what Allah has made obligatory upon them, then Allah is able to seize them and bring a people better than them. O you who believe, and[Al-Ma'idah 5:54]. Allah the Exalted said: [Muhammad 47:38] or from [Muhammad 47:38].
As for the hadithSahih Muslim 2749 with this condition, and they seek forgiveness, and that is to manifest the favor of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, and to manifest the effect of His name al-Ghafur (the All-Forgiving) and al-Ghaffar (the Perpetual Forgiver). This contains an explanation of the favor of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, upon His servants, and that He loves for them to repent to Him and seek His forgiveness. If no sins had occurred, would this great favor and this distinction have occurred?
From Allah, the effects of His names and attributes appear. The effects of retribution from the disobedient appear, and the effects of forgiveness for the repentant appear, and the effects of response for the supplicants appear, and so on.
May Allah reward you. Among his questions, he says: Honorable Shaykh Salih, may Allah preserve you. He says: In the noble verse, in many places in the Noble Qur'an,
If He wills, He can do away with you and bring forth a new creation.
إِن يَشَأْ يُذْهِبْكُمْ وَيَأْتِ بِخَلْقٍ جَدِيدٍif you were not to commit sin, Allah would sweep you out of existence and He would replace (you by) those people who would commit sin and seek forgiveness from Allah, and He would have pardoned them.
لم تذنبوا لذهب الله بكم، ولجاء بقوم يذنبون فيستغفرون فيغفر الله لهمAnswer:
The Shaykh : Regarding leniency in its practice. The prohibitions. You observe in the work. Enjoining what is right. Forbidding what is wrong. For he warned the servants that if they do not fulfill what Allah has made obligatory upon them, then Allah is able to seize them and bring a people better than them. O you who believe, and
whoever of you should revert from his religion - Allah will bring forth [in place of them] a people He will love and who will love Him
يَرْتَدَّ مِنكُمْ عَن دِينِهِ فَسَوْفَ يَأْتِي اللَّهُ بِقَوْمٍ يُحِبُّهُمْ وَيُحِبُّونَهُAnd if you turn away, He will replace
وَإِن تَتَوَلَّوْا يَسْتَبْدِلْanother people; then they will not be the likes of you.
غَيْرَكُمْ ثُمَّ لَا يَكُونُوا أَمْثَالَكُمAs for the hadith
if you were not to commit sin, Allah would sweep you out of existence and He would replace (you by) those people who would commit sin and seek forgiveness from Allah, and He would have pardoned them.
لو لم تذنبوا لذهب الله بكم ولجاء بقوم يذنبون ويستغفرون فيغفر لهمFrom Allah, the effects of His names and attributes appear. The effects of retribution from the disobedient appear, and the effects of forgiveness for the repentant appear, and the effects of response for the supplicants appear, and so on.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 5967- تفسير قوله تعالى: (إن يشأ يذهبكم ويأت بخلق جديد) - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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