Reconciling Allah’s statement about the polytheists: “These are our intercessors with Allah” with His statement: “Nothing destroys us except time”
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Question:
The questioner: How do you reconcile Allah's statement about the polytheists,[Yunus 10:18], with His statement, [Al-Jathiyah 45:24]?
Answer:
The polytheists are of different types. Some believe in Allah but associate partners with Him, as Allah the Exalted said:[Yusuf 12:106] They believe in Him regarding the oneness of lordship, but they associate partners with Him regarding the oneness of worship. Among them are the materialists who do not believe in Allah at all. The materialist is one of them, the materialist and the atheist, and he is the one about whom Allah mentioned that he says, “Nothing destroys us except time.” They are materialists, yes.
The questioner: How do you reconcile Allah's statement about the polytheists,
These are our intercessors with Allah
هَٰؤُلَاءِ شُفَعَاؤُنَا عِندَ اللَّهِand nothing destroys us except time
وَمَا يُهْلِكُنَا إِلَّا الدَّهْرُAnswer:
The polytheists are of different types. Some believe in Allah but associate partners with Him, as Allah the Exalted said:
And most of them believe not in Allah except while they associate others with Him.
وَمَا يُؤْمِنُ أَكْثَرُهُم بِاللَّهِ إِلَّا وَهُم مُّشْرِكُونَ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [526- 4717] الجمع بين قوله تعالى عن المشركين:﴿هؤلاء شفعاؤنا عند الله﴾ وقوله:﴿وما يهلكنا إلا الدهر﴾ — youtube.com
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