Combining the verse on the Reckoning with the hadith regarding Allah’s overlooking of fleeting thoughts
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Question:
May Allah reward you. One of the brothers asks: What is the meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Al-Baqarah 2:284]? And how do we reconcile this verse with the noble hadith, which means that Allah the Exalted overlooks for the Ummah of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) what their souls suggest to them, as long as they do not act upon it or speak it?
Answer:
Yes, there is no contradiction here. Allah has pardoned this. This was abrogated by[Al-Baqarah 2:286]. Yes. Yes.
May Allah reward you. One of the brothers asks: What is the meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted:
Whether you show what is within yourselves or conceal it, Allah will bring you to account for it
وَإِن تُبْدُوا مَا فِي أَنفُسِكُمْ أَوْ تُخْفُوهُ يُحَاسِبْكُم بِهِ اللَّهُAnswer:
Yes, there is no contradiction here. Allah has pardoned this. This was abrogated by
Our Lord, do not impose blame upon us if we have forgotten or erred.
رَبَّنَا لَا تُؤَاخِذْنَا إِن نَّسِينَا أَوْ أَخْطَأْنَا
Source
قناة «إذاعة القرآن الكريم»، نورعلى الدرب مع معالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان ح7524 — youtube.com (9:21)
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