Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: "So ask those who count"
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Question:
May Allah keep you safe, Your Excellency the Shaykh, and may He bless you and elevate your status. We seek your permission, Your Excellency, to take some questions. This questioner says: What is the meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted,[Al-Mu'minun 23:113] in Surat al-Nur?
Answer:
This is said, may Allah protect us from it, by the people of misguidance when Allah asks them on the Day of Resurrection,[Al-Mu'minun 23:112-113] They lived the life, saying, "We did not stay but a day or part of a day," and they passed through this entire life from its beginning to its end, and they say, "We did not stay but a day or part of a day." We ask Allah to gather us, the questioner, in
May Allah keep you safe, Your Excellency the Shaykh, and may He bless you and elevate your status. We seek your permission, Your Excellency, to take some questions. This questioner says: What is the meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted,
ask those who enumerate."
فَاسْأَلِ الْعَادِّينَAnswer:
This is said, may Allah protect us from it, by the people of misguidance when Allah asks them on the Day of Resurrection,
(112) [Allah] will say, "How long did you remain on earth in number of years?" (113) They will say, "We remained a day or part of a day; ask those who enumerate."
قَالَ كَمْ لَبِثْتُمْ فِي الْأَرْضِ عَدَدَ سِنِينَ قَالُوا لَبِثْنَا يَوْمًا أَوْ بَعْضَ يَوْمٍ فَاسْأَلِ الْعَادِّينَ
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لقاء الجمعة في جامع والدة خادم الحرمين الشريفين بمدينة الطائف 22-10-1439هـ — alfawzan.live (13:44)
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