Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: "That is because when Allah is invoked alone, you disbelieve"
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Question:
The Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, says regarding the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Ghafir 40:12].
Answer:
Yes, these people are repelled by tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and deny it, and they rejoice in shirk (associating partners with Allah). When Allah is mentioned along with other deities, they rejoice in that.[Az-Zumar 39:45]. This is the custom of the polytheists. This is the custom of the polytheists.
They rejoice in shirk and hate tawhid and the mention of tawhid, may Allah protect us from it.[Al-Hajj 22:72] If the Qur'an contradicts their school of thought and their creed, then they hate the recitation of the Qur'an and they become angry at the one who recites the Qur'an that contradicts what they are upon.
This is a sign of the polytheists, and even some of those who claim to be calling to Islam now say: Do not mention tawhid at all. Do not mention tawhid. Call them to prayer, fasting, charity, and noble character. As for tawhid, do not repel it. Do not mention it. This is a problem.
The Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, says regarding the saying of Allah the Exalted:
[They will be told], "That is because, when Allah was called upon alone, you disbelieved; but if others were associated with Him, you believed. So the judgement is with Allah, the Most High, the Grand."
ذَٰلِكُم بِأَنَّهُ إِذَا دُعِيَ اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ كَفَرْتُمْ وَإِن يُشْرَكْ بِهِ تُؤْمِنُوا فَالْحُكْمُ لِلَّهِ الْعَلِيِّ الْكَبِيرِAnswer:
Yes, these people are repelled by tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and deny it, and they rejoice in shirk (associating partners with Allah). When Allah is mentioned along with other deities, they rejoice in that.
And when Allah is mentioned alone, the hearts of those who do not believe in the Hereafter shrink with aversion, but when those [worshipped] other than Him are mentioned, immediately they rejoice.
وَإِذَا ذُكِرَ اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ اشْمَأَزَّتْ قُلُوبُ الَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْآخِرَةِ وَإِذَا ذُكِرَ الَّذِينَ مِن دُونِهِ إِذَا هُمْ يَسْتَبْشِرُونَThey rejoice in shirk and hate tawhid and the mention of tawhid, may Allah protect us from it.
And when Our verses are recited to them as clear evidences, you recognize in the faces of those who disbelieve disapproval. They are almost on the verge of assaulting those who recite to them Our verses.
وَإِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ آيَاتُنَا بَيِّنَاتٍ تَعْرِفُ فِي وُجُوهِ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا الْمُنكَرَ يَكَادُونَ يَسْطُونَ بِالَّذِينَ يَتْلُونَ عَلَيْهِمْ آيَاتِنَاThis is a sign of the polytheists, and even some of those who claim to be calling to Islam now say: Do not mention tawhid at all. Do not mention tawhid. Call them to prayer, fasting, charity, and noble character. As for tawhid, do not repel it. Do not mention it. This is a problem.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين [37] — alfawzan.live (1:19:33)
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