Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: "Who begins creation and then restores it?"
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: What is the interpretation of the saying of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He:[An-Naml 27:64]
The Shaykh:
What is the question?
The questioner:
What is the interpretation of the saying of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He:[An-Naml 27:64]?
The Shaykh:
Yes, indeed. Who begins creation, brings it into existence first, then causes it to die, and then restores it? Who is it that does this? It is Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. No one is capable of this except Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, and He is the one who deserves worship. Yes.
The questioner:
[An-Naml 27:64].
The Shaykh:
Likewise, provision from the sky through rain and from the earth through vegetation. Who does this? It is Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. Therefore, He is the one who deserves worship. These are proofs in tawhid (the oneness of Allah).
The questioner:
[An-Naml 27:64].
The Shaykh:
Is there a god worshipped alongside Allah who is equal to Allah, Mighty and Majestic? This is a denial; this is a rhetorical question of denial. Yes.
The questioner:
[Al-Baqarah 2:111].
The Shaykh:
Bring your proof, your evidence. Proof is evidence. Bring your proof for the truth of what you are upon, which is worshipping other than Allah. There is no proof for shirk (associating partners with Allah); rather, proof is against shirk.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: What is the interpretation of the saying of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He:
Is He [not best] who begins creation and then repeats it and who provides for you from the heaven and earth? Is there a deity with Allah? Say, "Produce your proof, if you should be truthful."
أَمَّن يَبْدَأُ الْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُ وَمَن يَرْزُقُكُم مِّنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالْأَرْضِ أَإِلَٰهٌ مَّعَ اللَّهِ قُلْ هَاتُوا بُرْهَانَكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَادِقِينَThe Shaykh:
What is the question?
The questioner:
What is the interpretation of the saying of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He:
Is He [not best] who begins creation and then repeats it
أَمَّن يَبْدَأُ الْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُThe Shaykh:
Yes, indeed. Who begins creation, brings it into existence first, then causes it to die, and then restores it? Who is it that does this? It is Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. No one is capable of this except Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, and He is the one who deserves worship. Yes.
The questioner:
and who provides for you from the heaven and earth
وَمَن يَرْزُقُكُم مِّنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالْأَرْضِThe Shaykh:
Likewise, provision from the sky through rain and from the earth through vegetation. Who does this? It is Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. Therefore, He is the one who deserves worship. These are proofs in tawhid (the oneness of Allah).
The questioner:
Is there a deity with Allah? Say, "Produce your proof, if you should be truthful."
أَإِلَٰهٌ مَّعَ اللَّهِ قُلْ هَاتُوا بُرْهَانَكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَادِقِينَThe Shaykh:
Is there a god worshipped alongside Allah who is equal to Allah, Mighty and Majestic? This is a denial; this is a rhetorical question of denial. Yes.
The questioner:
Say, "Produce your proof, if you should be truthful."
قُلْ هَاتُوا بُرْهَانَكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَادِقِينَThe Shaykh:
Bring your proof, your evidence. Proof is evidence. Bring your proof for the truth of what you are upon, which is worshipping other than Allah. There is no proof for shirk (associating partners with Allah); rather, proof is against shirk.
Source
إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان-12-02-1440هـ — alfawzan.live (48:49)
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