The Argument Using the Verse: “You Will Be Called to a People of Severe Wrath”
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Question:
Allah the Exalted said, “You will be called to a people of severe wrath.” This is the verse you cited as evidence for affirming speech for Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). And that was in the case of the People of the Truth, and their views were consistent with the Book. Is that His informing them of what they will say, or do the Muslims cite the People of the Truth?
Answer:
The evidence is not in this verse, but in the one before it, the one before that:[Al-Fath 48:15] “Close” [Al-Fath 48:15] “They want to change your words. If you follow them, they want to change the words of Allah.” This is the point of the evidence. We only mentioned the rest of the verses incidentally because they are connected to one another. Yes. And His saying, “You will be called,” is in the category of informing about the future; it is information from Allah about what will happen in the future, and that the trial for them remains and they will continue to be tested. Yes.
Allah the Exalted said, “You will be called to a people of severe wrath.” This is the verse you cited as evidence for affirming speech for Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). And that was in the case of the People of the Truth, and their views were consistent with the Book. Is that His informing them of what they will say, or do the Muslims cite the People of the Truth?
Answer:
The evidence is not in this verse, but in the one before it, the one before that:
Say, "Never will you follow us. Thus did Allah say
قُل لَّن تَتَّبِعُونَا كَذَٰلِكُمْ قَالَ اللَّهُ مِنThus did Allah say before." So they will say, "Rather, you envy us.
قَالَ اللَّهُ مِن قَبْلُ فَسَيَقُولُونَ بَلْ تَحْسُدُونَنَا
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 17 من 36/شرح العقيدة الواسطية (مع الأسئلة)/ومن أصدق من الله حديثا/صالح الفوزان/العقيدة/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (55:02)
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