Allah the Exalted said: “And I do not desire that they feed Me.” Some of the exegetes said: I do not desire that they feed My servants!
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: What is the basis for the interpretation (ta'wil) of some exegetes regarding the saying of Allah the Exalted,[Adh-Dhariyat 51:57]
Answer:
I do not know, by Allah, I do not know. So, “or that they feed” — its meaning is that they feed My servants — except in the sense that it came in the hadith that whoever visits a sick person, then Allah, Mighty and Majestic, says:Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 517 “I visited you and found you with Me. You were thirsty and did not give me drink, such and such.” Then it clarifies that if he had given drink or fed the servants of Allah, he would have found that with Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. So there is no harm. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: What is the basis for the interpretation (ta'wil) of some exegetes regarding the saying of Allah the Exalted,
I do not want from them any provision, nor do I want them to feed Me.
مَا أُرِيدُ مِنْهُم مِّن رِّزْقٍ وَمَا أُرِيدُ أَن يُطْعِمُونِAnswer:
I do not know, by Allah, I do not know. So, “or that they feed” — its meaning is that they feed My servants — except in the sense that it came in the hadith that whoever visits a sick person, then Allah, Mighty and Majestic, says:
I was ill and you did not visit Me.' He will say, 'O Lord, how could I visit You when You are the Lord of the universe?' He will say, 'Do you not know that My slave so-and-so was ill
مرضت فلم تعدني قال كيف اعودك وانت رب العالمين؟ قال لو زرت ان عبدي فلانا مرض فلو
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قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [361- 4717] قال تعالى: ﴿وما أريد أن يطعمون﴾ قال بعض المفسرين: ما أريد منهم أن يطعموا عبادي!! — youtube.com
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