How to reconcile Allah’s saying, “Everything will perish except His Face,” with the exception in the verse from Surah al-Zumar
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. How do you reconcile the saying of Allah the Exalted,[Al-Qasas 28:88], with the exception in the verse from Surat al-Zumar, “except what Allah wills”?
Answer:
[Al-Qasas 28:88] Exalted is He. Allah, as He the Exalted and Majestic is He said [Ar-Rahman 55:26-27], and Allah remains, Exalted is He, having no beginning and no end. As for the question, what is it? And between His saying, Exalted is He, in the verse from al-Zumar [Al-A'raf 7:188] It was said that the intended meaning is the houris, and it was said that the intended meaning is the angels, and Allah knows best. Allah willed their permanence. Allah willed. Allah willed their permanence, so they remained. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. How do you reconcile the saying of Allah the Exalted,
Everything will be destroyed except His Face
كُلُّ شَيْءٍ هَالِكٌ إِلَّا وَجْهَهُAnswer:
Everything will be destroyed except His Face
كُلُّ شَيْءٍ هَالِكٌ إِلَّا وَجْهَهُ(26) Everyone upon the earth will perish, (27) And there will remain the Face of your Lord, Owner of Majesty and Honor.
كُلُّ مَنْ عَلَيْهَا فَانٍ وَيَبْقَىٰ وَجْهُ رَبِّكَ ذُو الْجَلَالِ وَالْإِكْرَامِexcept what Allah has willed
إِلَّا مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما الجمع بين قوله تعالى ﴿كل شيء هالك إلا وجهه﴾ وبين الاستثناء في آية الزمر للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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