Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: “Today We will forget you as you forgot the meeting of this Day of yours”
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Question:
Shaykh, he inquires about the noble verse in the saying of Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He:[Al-Jathiyah 45:34]
Answer:
This falls under the category of reciprocity.[At-Tawbah 9:79] [Al-Ahqaf 46:26] And He extends them, for indeed We were [Al-Baqarah 2:14] indeed [Al-Baqarah 2:14] Allah, Mighty and Majestic, said: [Al-Baqarah 2:15] This is a matter of retribution and reciprocity for their evil deeds. Otherwise, Allah does not forget, but the meaning of "forgetting" here is that He leaves them. He leaves them in the punishment as a penalty for them. Yes.
Shaykh, he inquires about the noble verse in the saying of Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He:
Today We will forget you as you forgot the meeting of this Day of yours
الْيَوْمَ نَنسَاكُمْ كَمَا نَسِيتُمْ لِقَاءَ يَوْمِكُمْ هَٰذَاAnswer:
This falls under the category of reciprocity.
so they ridicule them - Allah will ridicule them
فَيَسْخَرُونَ مِنْهُمْ سَخِرَ اللَّهُ مِنْهُمْAllah; and they were enveloped
اللَّهِ وَحَاقَ بِهِمIndeed, we are with you; we
إِنَّا مَعَكُمْ إِنَّمَاwe were only mockers."
نَحْنُ مُسْتَهْزِئُونَ[But] Allah mocks them
اللَّهُ يَسْتَهْزِئُ بِهِمْ
Source
فتاوى على الهواء 27-03-1436هـ — af.org.sa (31:14)
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