What is meant by the question in the statement of Allah the Exalted: “And ask those whom We sent before you of Our messengers”?
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Question:
He says: What is meant by the command to ask in the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Az-Zukhruf 43:45]
Answer:
Ask them, meaning look, look at their biographies and their methods. Look at their biographies and their methods; follow them, and you will find nothing in them but the call to “There is no god but Allah,” tawhid al-uluhiyyah (oneness of worship). Yes.
He says: What is meant by the command to ask in the saying of Allah the Exalted:
And ask those We sent before you of Our messengers
وَاسْأَلْ مَنْ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ مِن رُّسُلِنَاAnswer:
Ask them, meaning look, look at their biographies and their methods. Look at their biographies and their methods; follow them, and you will find nothing in them but the call to “There is no god but Allah,” tawhid al-uluhiyyah (oneness of worship). Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما المراد بالسؤال في قوله تعالى ﴿واسأل من أرسلنا من قبلك من رسلنا﴾؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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