In Surat al-Ikhlas, what is the wisdom behind placing: “He begets not” before “Nor is He begotten”?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, in Surat al-Ikhlas, what is the wisdom of placing[Al-Ikhlas 112:3] before [Al-Ikhlas 112:3], even though birth comes before the child?
Answer:
Because they claimed He had a child, in response to the Christians and the polytheists, because they claimed He had a child. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, in Surat al-Ikhlas, what is the wisdom of placing
He neither begets
لَمْ يَلِدْnor is born,
وَلَمْ يُولَدْAnswer:
Because they claimed He had a child, in response to the Christians and the polytheists, because they claimed He had a child. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [227 -521] في سورة الإخلاص ما الحكمة من تقديم: ﴿ لَمْ يَلِدْ ﴾ على ﴿ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ ﴾؟ — youtube.com
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