Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: "But we are deprived"
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The questioner:
This questioner says: What is the interpretation of this verse in the saying of Allah the Exalted[Al-Waqi'ah 56:67]? Does "we" refer to Allah?
The Shaykh:
No, this is the statement of the owners of the garden. The owners of the garden means an orchard whose father, during his lifetime, used to give one-third of its produce in charity, sell one-third, and keep one-third for his own sustenance and that of his family.
When his sons came of age, he used to open the gate during the harvest, allowing people and the poor to enter and eat from it, and blessing would descend upon it. So when their father died, they agreed to harvest the dates at night so that no poor person would come to them. So that no poor person would come to them. Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, sent a bolt of lightning upon their garden or their date palms, burning it when they harbored this intention of depriving the poor of entering and eating from it. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
[Al-Qalam 68:24-25] They thought they would harvest it in the last part of the night and thought they would not be with you. So Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, burned it at night on a day of severe frost. It was burned based on their intention, and may Allah protect us from that, when they harbored the evil intention. Allah burned their garden because they wanted to deprive the poor of entering and eating during the harvest. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh:
[Al-Qalam 68:17] meaning the garden [Al-Qalam 68:17-18] they did not say, "If Allah wills," [Al-Qalam 68:19-20] it was burned. Yes. When they came, they said, "This is not our garden. We are lost." Then they reconsidered and said, "No, this is it. Yes. But we made a mistake, but regret does not benefit them after the thing has happened. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh,
This questioner says: What is the interpretation of this verse in the saying of Allah the Exalted
Rather, we have been deprived."
بَلْ نَحْنُ مَحْرُومُونَThe Shaykh:
No, this is the statement of the owners of the garden. The owners of the garden means an orchard whose father, during his lifetime, used to give one-third of its produce in charity, sell one-third, and keep one-third for his own sustenance and that of his family.
When his sons came of age, he used to open the gate during the harvest, allowing people and the poor to enter and eat from it, and blessing would descend upon it. So when their father died, they agreed to harvest the dates at night so that no poor person would come to them. So that no poor person would come to them. Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, sent a bolt of lightning upon their garden or their date palms, burning it when they harbored this intention of depriving the poor of entering and eating from it. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
today upon you [any] poor person." (25) And they went early in determination, [assuming themselves] able.
الْيَوْمَ عَلَيْكُم مِّسْكِينٌ وَغَدَوْا عَلَىٰ حَرْدٍ قَادِرِينَThe presenter:
May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh:
Indeed, We have tried them as We tried the companions of the garden
إِنَّا بَلَوْنَاهُمْ كَمَا بَلَوْنَا أَصْحَابَ الْجَنَّةِwhen they swore to cut its fruit in the [early] morning (18) Without making exception.
إِذْ أَقْسَمُوا لَيَصْرِمُنَّهَا مُصْبِحِينَ وَلَا يَسْتَثْنُونَ(19) So there came upon the garden an affliction from your Lord while they were asleep. (20) And it became as though reaped.
فَطَافَ عَلَيْهَا طَائِفٌ مِّن رَّبِّكَ وَهُمْ نَائِمُونَ فَأَصْبَحَتْ كَالصَّرِيمِThe presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh,
Source
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