What is the interpretation of Allah’s saying: “Allah erases what He wills and establishes”?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. In the saying of Allah[Ar-Ra'd 13:39], what is the intended meaning and the interpretation of this verse?
Answer:
They said: “Allah erases what He wills and establishes” from what the recording angels have written for the son of Adam. The recording angels raise to Allah, Mighty and Majestic, what they have written regarding the son of Adam’s actions. So Allah, Mighty and Majestic, erases from it what He wills and establishes in the Preserved Tablet what He wills. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. In the saying of Allah
Allah eliminates what He wills or confirms
يَمْحُو اللَّهُ مَا يَشَاءُ وَيُثْبِتُAnswer:
They said: “Allah erases what He wills and establishes” from what the recording angels have written for the son of Adam. The recording angels raise to Allah, Mighty and Majestic, what they have written regarding the son of Adam’s actions. So Allah, Mighty and Majestic, erases from it what He wills and establishes in the Preserved Tablet what He wills. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 407- ما تفسير قوله تعالى «يمحو الله ما يشاء ويثبت»؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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