Allah the Exalted said, "So they have no power to remove harm from you." Is the harm here illness?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Is the specification of illness in the interpretation of harm in the saying of Allah the Exalted,[Al-Isra 17:56], specific to illness?
Answer:
It is a type of harm; illness is a type of harm. Sometimes specific instances are mentioned merely for illustration, even if the meaning is broader.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Is the specification of illness in the interpretation of harm in the saying of Allah the Exalted,
for they do not possess the [ability for] removal of adversity from you
فَلَا يَمْلِكُونَ كَشْفَ الضُّرِّ عَنكُمْAnswer:
It is a type of harm; illness is a type of harm. Sometimes specific instances are mentioned merely for illustration, even if the meaning is broader.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [836 /1350] قال تعالى "فلا يملكون كشف الضر عنكم" هل الضر هنا المرض؟ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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