The Meaning of Allah the Exalted’s Saying: “Our Lord, do not make us a trial for those who disbelieve”
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Some preachers, in their interpretation of the saying of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He,[Al-Mumtahanah 60:5], said that the intended meaning is the behavior of some Muslims, such as harshness, failure to adhere to the religion, and the like. Is this correct, and can a person be a cause of the misguidance and fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) of the people?
The Shaykh:
I do not know what I know about this. What is most likely in my opinion is that the meaning is that Allah does not allow the disbelievers to dominate the Muslims, so that the disbelievers are tried and their evil increases.
The questioner:
Their evil and disbelief increase. Thus, it becomes a trial by which Allah tries the disbelievers by increasing their disbelief.
The Shaykh:
[By] their domination over the Muslims. This is what appears to us.
The questioner:
Allah knows best.
The Shaykh:
Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Some preachers, in their interpretation of the saying of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He,
Our Lord, make us not [objects of] torment for the disbelievers
رَبَّنَا لَا تَجْعَلْنَا فِتْنَةً لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواThe Shaykh:
I do not know what I know about this. What is most likely in my opinion is that the meaning is that Allah does not allow the disbelievers to dominate the Muslims, so that the disbelievers are tried and their evil increases.
The questioner:
Their evil and disbelief increase. Thus, it becomes a trial by which Allah tries the disbelievers by increasing their disbelief.
The Shaykh:
[By] their domination over the Muslims. This is what appears to us.
The questioner:
Allah knows best.
The Shaykh:
Yes.
Source
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