Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: "And We have certainly known those who precede you and those who follow you"
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Question:
Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Hijr 15:24] What is the interpretation of this verse? May Allah reward you.
Answer:
He knows the first and the last. "Those who precede" means the first ones, and "those who follow" means the last ones. Allah knows them all, Glorified and Exalted is He, the first of creation and the last of creation. Yes.[Maryam 19:94-95] Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Allah the Exalted said:
And We have already known the preceding [generations] among you, and We have already known the later [ones to come].
وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْنَا الْمُسْتَقْدِمِينَ مِنكُمْ وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْنَا الْمُسْتَأْخِرِينَAnswer:
He knows the first and the last. "Those who precede" means the first ones, and "those who follow" means the last ones. Allah knows them all, Glorified and Exalted is He, the first of creation and the last of creation. Yes.
(94) He has enumerated them and counted them a [full] counting. (95) And all of them are coming to Him on the Day of Resurrection alone.
لَّقَدْ أَحْصَاهُمْ وَعَدَّهُمْ عَدًّا وَكُلُّهُمْ آتِيهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فَرْدًاThe presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 25 من 26/تعليق على كتاب تفسير آيات من القرآن الكريم/النفي والإثبات/صالح الفوزان/التفسير/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (55:39)
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