Is there a difference between the near ones and the people of the right, even though they receive their book with their right hands?
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Question:
The questioner: As we understood from your exegesis, the foremost are of a higher rank than the people of the right. My question is: Are the foremost the people of the right, meaning that they receive their book with their right hand, their state being like the state of the people of the right? So why are these people called the people of the right, despite the similarity of their state to that of the foremost?
Answer:
Allah has distinguished between them, and even though they receive their book with their right hands, Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) has distinguished between them. And Paradise has levels; they are not all on the same level.
The questioner: As we understood from your exegesis, the foremost are of a higher rank than the people of the right. My question is: Are the foremost the people of the right, meaning that they receive their book with their right hand, their state being like the state of the people of the right? So why are these people called the people of the right, despite the similarity of their state to that of the foremost?
Answer:
Allah has distinguished between them, and even though they receive their book with their right hands, Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) has distinguished between them. And Paradise has levels; they are not all on the same level.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [961- 4717] هل هناك فرق بين المقربين وأصحاب اليمين وإن كانوا يأخذون كتابهم بأيمانهم؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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