The Difference Between Allah’s Saying “And What Was Sent Down to Us” and His Saying “And What Was Given”
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Question : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The questioner says: Allah the Exalted said: [Al-Baqarah 2:136] The question is: What is the difference between Allah's saying "and what was revealed" and His saying "and what was given"?
Answer : Yes, the difference between them is that “what was sent down” refers to the revelation that came down, while “what was given” refers to the knowledge that resulted from this revelation. For what is sent down is the revelation, and what is given is the knowledge obtained through the sending down of this revelation. There is no doubt that what Allah revealed to His messengers is undoubtedly great knowledge and much good. The best of people are those who understand what the messengers brought, as it is established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he said: And he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Sahih Muslim 1037a Yes.
Say, [O believers], "We have believed in Allah and what has been revealed to us and what has been revealed to Abraham and Ishmael and Isaac and Jacob and the Descendants and what was given to Moses and Jesus
قُولُوا آمَنَّا بِاللَّهِ وَمَا أُنزِلَ إِلَيْنَا وَمَا أُنزِلَ إِلَىٰ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْمَاعِيلَ وَإِسْحَاقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ وَالْأَسْبَاطِ وَمَا أُوتِيَ مُوسَىٰ وَعِيسَىٰAnswer : Yes, the difference between them is that “what was sent down” refers to the revelation that came down, while “what was given” refers to the knowledge that resulted from this revelation. For what is sent down is the revelation, and what is given is the knowledge obtained through the sending down of this revelation. There is no doubt that what Allah revealed to His messengers is undoubtedly great knowledge and much good. The best of people are those who understand what the messengers brought, as it is established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he said:
The best of you is the one who
قال خيركم منlearns the Qur’an and teaches it,
تعلم القرآن وعلمه،He upon whom Allah intends to bestow goodness, He confers upon him an insight in religion
من يرد الله به خيرا يفقهه في الدين
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قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، لقاء[218من219]الفرق بين قوله تعالى وما أنزل على وبين قوله وما أوتي - ابن عثيمين -مشروع كبار العلماء — youtube.com
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