Allah is Rich in respect of His servants, and they are poor in respect of Him
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Question:
We conclude our session with what this verse concluded with, namely that Allah the Exalted is absolutely Rich in respect of all His creation, and that they are the ones who are poor in respect of Him, in need of worshipping Him, Glorified and Exalted is He.
Answer:
As you have mentioned, Allah is Rich in respect of our worship and our deeds. Rather, our worship and our deeds are for us, we who are in need of them, out of His mercy, for He commanded us to do them and legislated them for us as a mercy to us. Otherwise, Allah is Rich in respect of us and our worship. Allah the Exalted said:[Ibrahim 14:8] Rich in respect of all the worlds. And in the hadith: Sahih Muslim 2577a Yes.
We conclude our session with what this verse concluded with, namely that Allah the Exalted is absolutely Rich in respect of all His creation, and that they are the ones who are poor in respect of Him, in need of worshipping Him, Glorified and Exalted is He.
Answer:
As you have mentioned, Allah is Rich in respect of our worship and our deeds. Rather, our worship and our deeds are for us, we who are in need of them, out of His mercy, for He commanded us to do them and legislated them for us as a mercy to us. Otherwise, Allah is Rich in respect of us and our worship. Allah the Exalted said:
If you should disbelieve, you and whoever is on the earth entirely - indeed, Allah
إِن تَكْفُرُوا أَنتُمْ وَمَن فِي الْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا فَإِنَّ اللَّهَO My servants, were the first of you and the last of you, the human of you and the jinn of you to be as pious as the most pious heart of any one man of you, that would not increase My dominion in anything. O My servants, were the first of you and the last of you, the human of you and the jinn of you to be as wicked as the most wicked heart of any one man of you, that would not decrease My dominion in anything.
يا عبادي لو أن أولكم وآخركم وإنسكم وجنكم كانوا على أتقى قلب رجل واحد منكم ما زاد ذلك في ملكي شيئا ولو أن أولكم وآخركم وإنسكم وجنكم كانوا على أفجر قلب رجل واحد منكم ما نقص ذلك من ملكي شيئا.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 08 من 12/الحج في القرآن/ملة إبراهيم/صالح الفوزان/الفقه/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (12:13)
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