Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: “Abiding therein as long as the heavens and the earth remain, except as your Lord wills”
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The questioner:
The questioner says: My question concerns the exegesis of the verse from Surat al-Qadr. Allah the Exalted said:[Hud 11:108] The verse required is the one whose exegesis is sought, namely the saying of Allah the Exalted: “as long as the heavens and the earth remain” and “except as [He] wills.”
The Shaykh:
Yes, “as long as the heavens and the earth remain” indicates permanence and continuity in Paradise and permanence and continuity in the Fire. Even the people of the Fire, regarding whom it is said:[Hud 11:107], they said: “in it, except as your Lord wills.”
That some of the sinners among the people of Paradise may be punished in the Fire before entering Paradise. The phrase “except as your Lord wills” refers to this; it means that Allah, if He wills, will punish the believers who commit major sins with the Fire, and they will spend a time in the Fire, and if He wills, He will pardon them and admit them into Paradise. So this returns to the will of[An-Nisa 4:47-48]. Yes.
The questioner:
I seek refuge in Allah.
The Shaykh:
“Abiding” and the Fire[Hud 11:107] means, in the case of the sinners among the monotheists who enter it, that they are excluded; they are excluded in that they will be brought out of it into Paradise, even if their punishment is prolonged, but their return is to Paradise. So their abiding in the Fire is not eternal. Yes.
The questioner says: My question concerns the exegesis of the verse from Surat al-Qadr. Allah the Exalted said:
And as for those who were [destined to be] prosperous, they will be in Paradise, abiding therein as long as the heavens and the earth endure, except what
وَأَمَّا الَّذِينَ سُعِدُوا فَفِي الْجَنَّةِ خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا مَا دَامَتِ السَّمَاوَاتُ وَالْأَرْضُ إِلَّا مَا شَاءَThe Shaykh:
Yes, “as long as the heavens and the earth remain” indicates permanence and continuity in Paradise and permanence and continuity in the Fire. Even the people of the Fire, regarding whom it is said:
abiding therein as long as the heavens and the earth endure, except what your Lord should will
خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا مَا دَامَتِ السَّمَاوَاتُ وَالْأَرْضُ إِلَّا مَا شَاءَ رَبُّكَThat some of the sinners among the people of Paradise may be punished in the Fire before entering Paradise. The phrase “except as your Lord wills” refers to this; it means that Allah, if He wills, will punish the believers who commit major sins with the Fire, and they will spend a time in the Fire, and if He wills, He will pardon them and admit them into Paradise. So this returns to the will of
(47) O you who were given the Scripture, believe in what We have sent down [to Muhammad], confirming that which is with you, before We obliterate faces and turn them toward their backs or curse them as We cursed the sabbath-breakers. And ever is the decree of Allah accomplished. (48) Indeed, Allah does not forgive association with Him, but He forgives what is less than that for whom He wills. And he who associates others with Allah has certainly fabricated a tremendous sin.
اللَّهِ مَفْعُولًا إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَغْفِرُ أَن يُشْرَكَ بِهِ وَيَغْفِرُ مَا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ لِمَن يَشَاءُThe questioner:
I seek refuge in Allah.
The Shaykh:
“Abiding” and the Fire
abiding therein as long as the heavens and the earth endure, except what your Lord should will
خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا مَا دَامَتِ السَّمَاوَاتُ وَالْأَرْضُ إِلَّا مَا شَاءَ رَبُّكَ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 09 من 15 / شرح أصول الإيمان / حقوق النبي / صالح الفوزان / العقيدة/ كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:06:23)
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