What is meant by “good deeds” in the saying of Allah the Exalted: “So race toward the good deeds”?
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Question:
May Allah reward you with good, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner asks about the noble verse in the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Al-Baqarah 2:148] What is meant by “good deeds” here?
Answer:
The general scope of acts of obedience. What is meant by “good deeds” is the general scope of acts of obedience, both obligatory and recommended. Allah the Exalted said: “So race toward the good deeds”[Al-Hadid 57:21] [Ali 'Imran 3:133] All of this is an exhortation to hasten in acts of obedience, because they may be lost to a person. So when a person is able to perform an act of obedience, he hastens to it and does not delay it, because he may not be able to do so later.
May Allah reward you with good, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner asks about the noble verse in the saying of Allah the Exalted:
So race to [all that is] good. Wherever you may be
فَاسْتَبِقُوا الْخَيْرَاتِ أَيْنَ مَاAnswer:
The general scope of acts of obedience. What is meant by “good deeds” is the general scope of acts of obedience, both obligatory and recommended. Allah the Exalted said: “So race toward the good deeds”
Race toward forgiveness from your Lord
سَابِقُوا إِلَىٰ مَغْفِرَةٍ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْAnd hasten to forgiveness from your Lord
وَسَارِعُوا إِلَىٰ مَغْفِرَةٍ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 6529- ما المقصود بالخيرات في قوله تعالى ــ فاستبقوا الخيرات ــ؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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