The Meaning of “And Make Him the Inheritor of Us” in the Supplication of Qunut
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: In the supplication of qunut, one says, “O Allah, grant us pleasure in our hearing, our sight, and our strength,” and then says, “And make Him the inheritor of us.” He asks: What is meant by this phrase, “And make Him the inheritor of us”?
Answer:
It means that this strength continues until death; this is the meaning of “the inheritor of us.” The strength referred to here is the teeth, they say.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: In the supplication of qunut, one says, “O Allah, grant us pleasure in our hearing, our sight, and our strength,” and then says, “And make Him the inheritor of us.” He asks: What is meant by this phrase, “And make Him the inheritor of us”?
Answer:
It means that this strength continues until death; this is the meaning of “the inheritor of us.” The strength referred to here is the teeth, they say.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 07-07-1439هـ — alfawzan.live (1:03:09)
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