Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: “O you who believe, believe in Allah and His Messenger and the Book that He sent down to His Messenger…” the verse
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Question:
The questioner says: Regarding the saying of Allah the Exalted[An-Nisa 4:136], he asks about the exegesis of this verse. May Allah bless you?
Answer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds. May Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. Allah the Exalted says:[An-Nisa 4:136] Allah commands the believers to believe, meaning to persist in faith and to increase in faith through righteous deeds. Believe in Allah and His Messenger, Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). This is the meaning of the two testimonies: the testimony that there is no god but Allah and the testimony that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. [An-Nisa 4:136] which is the Noble Qur'an. [An-Nisa 4:136] meaning the previous books, such as the Torah, the Gospel, and the Psalms, and the scrolls of Ibrahim and Musa.
It is obligatory to believe in all the messengers, from the first to the last, and it is obligatory to believe in all the books that were sent down to the messengers, from the first to the last.
So whoever disbelieves in a messenger, he is a disbeliever in all the messengers. And whoever disbelieves in one of the heavenly books, he is a disbeliever in all the books?
And this is one of the pillars ofSahih Muslim 8a. Yes.
The questioner says: Regarding the saying of Allah the Exalted
O you who have believed, believe in Allah and His Messenger and the Book that He sent down upon His Messenger and the Scripture which He sent down before. And whoever disbelieves in Allah, His angels, His books, His messengers, and the Last Day has certainly gone far astray.
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا آمِنُوا بِاللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ وَالْكِتَابِ الَّذِي نَزَّلَ عَلَىٰ رَسُولِهِ وَالْكِتَابِ الَّذِي أَنزَلَ مِن قَبْلُ وَمَن يَكْفُرْ بِاللَّهِ وَمَلَائِكَتِهِ وَكُتُبِهِ وَرُسُلِهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ فَقَدْ ضَلَّ ضَلَالًا بَعِيدًاAnswer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds. May Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. Allah the Exalted says:
O you who have believed, believe in Allah
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا آمِنُوا بِاللَّهِbelieve in Allah and His Messenger and the Book that He sent down upon His Messenger
آمِنُوا بِاللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ وَالْكِتَابِ الَّذِي نَزَّلَ عَلَىٰ رَسُولِهِand the Scripture which He sent down before
وَالْكِتَابِ الَّذِي أَنزَلَ مِن قَبْلُIt is obligatory to believe in all the messengers, from the first to the last, and it is obligatory to believe in all the books that were sent down to the messengers, from the first to the last.
So whoever disbelieves in a messenger, he is a disbeliever in all the messengers. And whoever disbelieves in one of the heavenly books, he is a disbeliever in all the books?
And this is one of the pillars of
That you affirm your faith in Allah, in His angels, in His Books, in His Apostles, in the Day of Judgment, and you affirm your faith in the Divine Decree about good and evil.
الإيمان، أن تؤمن بالله وملائكته وكتبه ورسله واليوم الآخر، وتؤمن بالقدر خيره وشره
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، تفسير قوله تعالى: (يا أيها الذين آمنوا آمنوا بالله ورسوله والكتاب الذي نزل على رسوله..) الآية — youtube.com (0:09)
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