Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: "They were closed up"
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The Shaykh:
May Allah greet you and bless you.
The questioner:
We seek your permission, our Shaykh, to address the first question that reached us in this episode. One of the brothers is asking about the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Al-Anbya 21:30] He is asking about the meaning of "ratqan" (closed up)?
The Shaykh:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds. May Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. "They were closed up, so We opened them." Yes, this means opening the earth with vegetation and opening the sky by sending down rain. Yes.
May Allah greet you and bless you.
The questioner:
We seek your permission, our Shaykh, to address the first question that reached us in this episode. One of the brothers is asking about the saying of Allah the Exalted:
Have those who disbelieved not considered that the heavens and the earth were a joined entity
أَوَلَمْ يَرَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا أَنَّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ كَانَتَا رَتْقًاThe Shaykh:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds. May Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. "They were closed up, so We opened them." Yes, this means opening the earth with vegetation and opening the sky by sending down rain. Yes.
Source
قناة «إذاعة القرآن الكريم»، نورعلى الدرب مع معالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان ح7514 — youtube.com (0:54)
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