A Response to Those Who Cite the Verse of Allah the Exalted: “So whoever wills, let him believe, and whoever wills, let him disbelieve”

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Question:
The questioner from outside this country says: Some of our fathers and grandfathers fell into the exaltation of…

Answer:
The one who cites the verse

so whoever wills - let him believe; and whoever wills - let him disbelieve

فَمَن شَاءَ فَلْيُؤْمِن وَمَن شَاءَ فَلْيَكْفُرْ

[Al-Kahf 18:29]

now says this is a choice, but he does not read the end of the verses.
And he does not recite the last of the verses, so whoever wills, let him believe

And say, "The truth is from your Lord, so whoever wills - let him believe; and whoever wills - let him disbelieve." Indeed, We have prepared

وَقُلِ الْحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّكُمْ فَمَن شَاءَ فَلْيُؤْمِن وَمَن شَاءَ فَلْيَكْفُرْ إِنَّا أَعْتَدْنَا

[Al-Kahf 18:29]

Look,

for the wrongdoers a fire whose walls will surround them. And if they call for relief, they will be relieved with water like murky oil, which scalds [their] faces. Wretched is the drink, and evil is the resting place.

لِلظَّالِمِينَ نَارًا أَحَاطَ بِهِمْ سُرَادِقُهَا وَإِن يَسْتَغِيثُوا يُغَاثُوا بِمَاءٍ كَالْمُهْلِ يَشْوِي الْوُجُوهَ بِئْسَ الشَّرَابُ وَسَاءَتْ مُرْتَفَقًا

[Al-Kahf 18:29]

those who believed, look,

⁽³⁰⁾ Indeed, those who have believed and done righteous deeds - indeed, We will not allow to be lost the reward of any who did well in deeds. ⁽³¹⁾ Those will have gardens of perpetual residence; beneath them rivers will flow. They will be adorned therein with bracelets of gold and will wear green garments of fine silk and brocade, reclining therein on adorned couches. Excellent is the reward, and good is the resting place.

وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ إِنَّا لَا نُضِيعُ أَجْرَ مَنْ أَحْسَنَ عَمَلًا أُولَٰئِكَ لَهُمْ جَنَّاتُ عَدْنٍ تَجْرِي مِن تَحْتِهِمُ الْأَنْهَارُ يُحَلَّوْنَ فِيهَا مِنْ أَسَاوِرَ مِن ذَهَبٍ وَيَلْبَسُونَ ثِيَابًا خُضْرًا مِّن سُندُسٍ وَإِسْتَبْرَقٍ مُّتَّكِئِينَ فِيهَا عَلَى الْأَرَائِكِ نِعْمَ الثَّوَابُ وَحَسُنَتْ مُرْتَفَقًا

[Al-Kahf 18:30-31]

meaning he gives one verse and leaves the remaining verses. Is this from misguidance or from ignorance? Yes.

Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم من يحتج بقوله تعالى ﴿لكم دينكم ولي دين﴾ على عدم إنكار البدع؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (0:32)

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