Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: "Allah erases what He wills and establishes"
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Question:
And there is no [text] in His saying, may He be exalted, "and He forbade every thing," then He followed it with the takbir. And His saying, may He be exalted, that it should be in the prostration. This means that Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, writes every thing, and it is greater, and that it is [unclear], so only [unclear] remains. His saying, may He be exalted, that Allah, Mighty and Majestic, gave it such that it should be in the prostration. Or that it should be in the commanded house, so whatever Allah commands and [unclear], then [unclear] forever, so only what Allah commands [unclear].
Answer:
[Ar-Ra'd 13:39] and He associates [partners], it was said that this is in the scrolls of the recording angels. The recording angels write down the deeds of the children of Adam, then they raise them to Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. So Allah erases what He wills from them and establishes what He wills from them, meaning from what is in the scrolls of the recording angels. This is one opinion. And it is not intended from what is written in the Preserved Tablet, but rather from what is in the scrolls of the recorders.
Because the recording angels write down everything that issues from the children of Adam, then when it reaches Allah, Exalted and Majestic is He, He erases what He wills and establishes what He wills.
And it was said that the intended meaning is what is written in the Preserved Tablet. But of what is written in the Preserved Tablet, some is based on a cause, decreed upon causes. If the causes exist, the effect exists; and if the causes do not exist, the effect does not exist. So of the decrees in the Preserved Tablet, there are things that Allah decreed upon causes: if you do them, the decreed thing happens, and if you do not do them, it does not happen. And Allah is capable of all things. So there is no contradiction between the speech of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He; rather, the speech of Allah confirms one another.
And there is no [text] in His saying, may He be exalted, "and He forbade every thing," then He followed it with the takbir. And His saying, may He be exalted, that it should be in the prostration. This means that Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, writes every thing, and it is greater, and that it is [unclear], so only [unclear] remains. His saying, may He be exalted, that Allah, Mighty and Majestic, gave it such that it should be in the prostration. Or that it should be in the commanded house, so whatever Allah commands and [unclear], then [unclear] forever, so only what Allah commands [unclear].
Answer:
Allah eliminates what He wills
يَمْحُو اللَّهُ مَا يَشَاءُBecause the recording angels write down everything that issues from the children of Adam, then when it reaches Allah, Exalted and Majestic is He, He erases what He wills and establishes what He wills.
And it was said that the intended meaning is what is written in the Preserved Tablet. But of what is written in the Preserved Tablet, some is based on a cause, decreed upon causes. If the causes exist, the effect exists; and if the causes do not exist, the effect does not exist. So of the decrees in the Preserved Tablet, there are things that Allah decreed upon causes: if you do them, the decreed thing happens, and if you do not do them, it does not happen. And Allah is capable of all things. So there is no contradiction between the speech of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He; rather, the speech of Allah confirms one another.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 141/24 شرح زاد المستقنع/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (1:23:42)
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