Allah the Exalted said: (And those firmly grounded in knowledge say: "We believe in it, all of it is from our Lord"). Did they refer the knowledge of that to Allah?
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, does not the statement[Ali 'Imran 3:7] indicate that the intended meaning of ta'wil (figurative interpretation) is what matters ultimately lead to, since they attributed the knowledge of that to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He)?
The Shaykh:
No, my brother, they referred the ambiguous to the clear. They did not refer the knowledge of the meaning to Allah. They referred the ambiguous to the clear, and they said, "All of it is from our Lord." The ambiguous and the clear are all from Allah; some of it explains some of the other. That is its meaning.
The presenter:
We say: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
If they had referred it to Allah, what would be the meaning of "all of it is from our Lord"? That does not make sense. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, does not the statement
Allah. But those firm in knowledge say, "We believe in it. All [of it] is from our Lord."
اللَّهُ وَالرَّاسِخُونَ فِي الْعِلْمِ يَقُولُونَ آمَنَّا بِهِ كُلٌّ مِّنْ عِندِ رَبِّنَاThe Shaykh:
No, my brother, they referred the ambiguous to the clear. They did not refer the knowledge of the meaning to Allah. They referred the ambiguous to the clear, and they said, "All of it is from our Lord." The ambiguous and the clear are all from Allah; some of it explains some of the other. That is its meaning.
The presenter:
We say: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
If they had referred it to Allah, what would be the meaning of "all of it is from our Lord"? That does not make sense. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [281 -1024] قال تعالى (والراسخون في العلم يقولون آمنا به كل من عند ربنا) هل ردوا علم ذلك إلى الله؟ — youtube.com
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.