Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: "And they said, 'The Most Merciful has taken a son'"
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Question:
Your Excellency the Shaykh, the questioner asks about the saying of the Exalted and Majestic in Surat Maryam.[Maryam 19:88-90].
Answer:
[Al-Fatihah 1:1-2], and may Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. And they, the Christians, said: [Maryam 19:88]. They claim, may Allah disfigure them, that 'Isa ibn Maryam is the son of Allah the Exalted and Majestic. They say the Messiah is the son of Allah. Far is He above what they say.
And this statement is a false statement. And a statement that causes punishments.[Maryam 19:90] the mountains collapse. Behold, they have attributed a son to the Most Merciful. These inanimate beings deny that the Most Merciful has a son; they reject it, while these people affirm it for Allah. Far is He above what they say. [At-Tawbah 9:30]. Yes.
Your Excellency the Shaykh, the questioner asks about the saying of the Exalted and Majestic in Surat Maryam.
(88) And they say, "The Most Merciful has taken [for Himself] a son." (89) You have done an atrocious thing. (90) The heavens almost rupture therefrom and the earth splits open and the mountains collapse in devastation
وَقَالُوا اتَّخَذَ الرَّحْمَٰنُ وَلَدًا لَّقَدْ جِئْتُمْ شَيْئًا إِدًّا تَكَادُ السَّمَاوَاتُ يَتَفَطَّرْنَ مِنْهُ وَتَنشَقُّ الْأَرْضُ وَتَخِرُّ الْجِبَالُ هَدًّاAnswer:
(1) In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful. (2) [All] praise is [due] to Allah, Lord of the worlds -
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَThe Most Merciful has taken [for Himself] a son."
اتَّخَذَ الرَّحْمَٰنُ وَلَدًاAnd this statement is a false statement. And a statement that causes punishments.
The heavens almost rupture therefrom and the earth splits open and the mountains collapse in devastation
تَكَادُ السَّمَاوَاتُ يَتَفَطَّرْنَ مِنْهُ وَتَنشَقُّ الْأَرْضُ وَتَخِرُّ الْجِبَالُThe Jews say, "Ezra is the son of Allah "; and the Christians say, "The Messiah is the son of Allah."
وَقَالَتِ الْيَهُودُ عُزَيْرٌ ابْنُ اللَّهِ وَقَالَتِ النَّصَارَى الْمَسِيحُ ابْنُ اللَّهِ
Source
قناة «السعودية»، برنامج فتاوى مع معالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (1:13)
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