How to reconcile the statement: “And none of you but will pass over it” with the seventy thousand who will not be reckoned with nor punished?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: The words of the Exalted and Majestic,[Maryam 19:71] in Surat al-Baqarah, and the seventy thousand who will not be reckoned with and will not be punished, are confusing to me.
Answer:
There is no contradiction between them. Passing over the Sirat means that “none of you but will pass over it,” i.e., everyone will pass over the Sirat. Some will pass like lightning, like a flash of lightning, while the last of them will crawl along, crawling over the Sirat and falling into Hellfire according to their deeds. They pass according to their deeds; their deeds are what pass them through. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: The words of the Exalted and Majestic,
And there is none of you except he will come to it
وَإِن مِّنكُمْ إِلَّا وَارِدُهَاAnswer:
There is no contradiction between them. Passing over the Sirat means that “none of you but will pass over it,” i.e., everyone will pass over the Sirat. Some will pass like lightning, like a flash of lightning, while the last of them will crawl along, crawling over the Sirat and falling into Hellfire according to their deeds. They pass according to their deeds; their deeds are what pass them through. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3821- 4717] كيف الجمع بين قوله:(وإن منكم إلا واردها) وبين السبعين ألفا الذين لا يحاسبون ولا يعذبون؟ — youtube.com
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