The Meaning of Amanah in the Saying of Allah the Exalted: “Indeed, We Offered the Amanah”
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Question:
The questioner says: Shaykh, from the perspective of amanah, what does amanah encompass? And the noble verse is[Al-Ahzab 33:72]
Answer:
The meaning of amanah in the verse is the religious obligations, the divine commands and prohibitions. This is the amanah that Allah placed upon man. As for deposits, these are a type of amanah, but they are not the amanah intended in the verse. Yes.
The questioner says: Shaykh, from the perspective of amanah, what does amanah encompass? And the noble verse is
Indeed, we offered the Trust to the heavens and the earth
إِنَّا عَرَضْنَا الْأَمَانَةَ عَلَى السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِAnswer:
The meaning of amanah in the verse is the religious obligations, the divine commands and prohibitions. This is the amanah that Allah placed upon man. As for deposits, these are a type of amanah, but they are not the amanah intended in the verse. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [4564] ما المراد بالأمانة في قوله تعالى: ﴿إنا عرضنا الأمانة على السماوات...﴾؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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