Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: "And We assigned to them companions"
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Question:
The brother questioner stands and inquires about the saying of Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He: "I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Shaytan"[Fussilat 41:25]
Answer:
Yes, Allah has assigned companions from the jinn, from the Shayatins, to the mushrikin (those who associate partners with Allah)[Fussilat 41:25] regarding matters of shirk (associating partners with Allah) and matters of the jahiliyyah (the pre-Islamic age of ignorance). What is before them means what they are facing, and what is behind them means what has come before. So these companions made their acts of kufr (disbelief) and shirk (associating partners with Allah) attractive to the mushrikin, and may Allah protect us, they persisted in them. Yes.
The brother questioner stands and inquires about the saying of Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He: "I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Shaytan"
And We appointed for them companions who made attractive to them what was before them and what was behind them
وَقَيَّضْنَا لَهُمْ قُرَنَاءَ فَزَيَّنُوا لَهُم مَّا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْAnswer:
Yes, Allah has assigned companions from the jinn, from the Shayatins, to the mushrikin (those who associate partners with Allah)
who made attractive to them what was before them
فَزَيَّنُوا لَهُم مَّا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ
Source
قناة «إذاعة القرآن الكريم»، نور على الدرب مع فضيلة الشيخ صالح الفوزان ح7462 — youtube.com (6:39)
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