Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: “And We raised some of them above others in degrees, so that some of them may take others as objects of mockery”
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The questioner:
This questioner says: He says: Allah the Exalted said:[Az-Zukhruf 43:32]
The Shaykh:
May He benefit us with what is in some of you. Yes.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you, so that some of you
The Shaykh:
No, no, no.
The questioner:
[Az-Zukhruf 43:32].
The Shaykh:
[Az-Zukhruf 43:32] A third-person pronoun. [Az-Zukhruf 43:32] Yes.
This questioner says: He says: Allah the Exalted said:
and have raised some of them above others in degrees [of rank] that they may make use of one another for service
وَرَفَعْنَا بَعْضَهُمْ فَوْقَ بَعْضٍ دَرَجَاتٍ لِّيَتَّخِذَ بَعْضُهُم بَعْضًا سُخْرِيًّاThe Shaykh:
May He benefit us with what is in some of you. Yes.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you, so that some of you
The Shaykh:
No, no, no.
The questioner:
that they may make use of one another for service
لِّيَتَّخِذَ بَعْضُهُم بَعْضًا سُخْرِيًّاThe Shaykh:
It is We who have apportioned among them their livelihood
نَحْنُ قَسَمْنَا بَيْنَهُم مَّعِيشَتَهُمْin the life of this world and have raised some of them above others in degrees [of rank] that they may make use of one another for service
فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَرَفَعْنَا بَعْضَهُمْ فَوْقَ بَعْضٍ دَرَجَاتٍ لِّيَتَّخِذَ بَعْضُهُم بَعْضًا سُخْرِيًّا
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 17 من 76/شرح فتح المجيد لشرح كتاب التوحيد/عمق علم السلف/صالح الفوزان/العقيدة/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:08:58)
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