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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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What is Erased and What is Preserved, and Its Relationship to the Preserved Tablet

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Question:
Peace be upon you, and Allah’s mercy and blessings. The sighted ones mentioned that you should strike [the text is garbled here]. May Allah the Exalted grant you what benefits you and preserves it, for it is the Mother of the Book, as was narrated from 'Umar ibn al-Khattab: “O Allah, if You have decreed me as wretched, then make me wretched, and my eyes smiled.” We mentioned this, and it was only narrated from 'Umar, and we returned to it in response to our change, that it is the blind one.

Answer:
There is a point to consider here, but the Preserved Tablet is not changed. As for the saying of Allah the Exalted:
Allah eliminates what He willsيَمْحُو اللَّهُ مَا يَشَاءُ
[Ar-Ra'd 13:39]
, and this is associated with the Presence (al-Hudrah). The Presence records the deeds that issue from the children of Adam and raises them to Allah. Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, erases from them what He wills and preserves from them what He wills. As for the Preserved Tablet, it is neither erased nor changed.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 14/6 شرح العقيدة الطحاوية/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (16:09)

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