What is the difference between the verses at the beginning of Surat al-Isra and those at the end?
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The questioner : The end of the surah. It seems he is asking about the end of the surah. "We will bring you together in a crowd." Israel. [Al-Isra 17:104].
The Shaykh : All of this, Professor, is mentioned in the first book; this entire address is in the first book, at the beginning of the surah.
The questioner : "We will bring you together in a crowd" means you will gather in these lands, when it says "We will bring you together in a crowd."
The Shaykh : Excuse me, where are you reading this from?
The questioner : In al-Isra.
The Shaykh : No problem, no problem, we are done with this.
The questioner : Yes, very well.
The Shaykh : Go ahead, what do they say?
The questioner : And the second, meaning the first corruption and the second corruption, we have heard it.
The Shaykh : Very good, excellent.
The questioner : And we said, for example, regarding the second one: when the promise of the Hereafter, meaning the second, comes[Al-Isra 17:7].
The Shaykh : Yes, these are the ones who enter; the Jews, the enemies of the Jews; this is an address directed to the Jews.
The questioner : "To make your faces sad," yes.
The Shaykh : Clear. Very well, let us see what is here.
The questioner :[Al-Isra 17:104].
The Shaykh : Where?
The questioner :[Al-Isra 17:104].
The Shaykh : Here.
The questioner : And We sent it down in truth, and in truth.
The Shaykh : There is nothing, there is nothing.
The questioner : Our Professor. My master. It is al-Shawkani's tafsir. In al-Shawkani's tafsir, Professor. "In a crowd." He indicated that the gathering is their gathering. May Allah keep you safe.
The Shaykh : A gathering, but we do not interpret the verse at the beginning of the surah as we understand it now.
The questioner: I am telling you.
The Shaykh : As for this verse, there is no objection to interpreting it, because these hadiths, as we mentioned just now, the Prophetic hadiths explicitly state this. Yes.
The questioner : Yes. The coming and their gathering here is evidence from the noble Prophetic hadith that says, "You will not fight the Jews." We mentioned it, Professor. No, I understand, I know, but I am saying this means "came," meaning it is almost perfectly consistent with the coming in a crowd and the fighting with this verse. As for when, ah, as you said. Ah, he was
The Shaykh : that, but I repeat, with this verse, as for those verses, it is not permissible to cite them on this occasion.
The questioner : How many? Come on, let's finish.
The Shaykh : As for the verses, likewise.
The questioner : The Hereafter, is it the end of the worldly life or the end of the worldly life?
The Shaykh : No, we say this verse aligns with the hadiths.
The questioner : Specifying everything.
The Shaykh : As for the first verses mentioned at the beginning of the surah, they have no relation to the one standing now.
The questioner : Clear, but
and when there comes the promise of the Hereafter, We will bring you forth in [one] gathering."
فَإِذَا جَاءَ وَعْدُ الْآخِرَةِ جِئْنَا بِكُمْ لَفِيفًاThe Shaykh : All of this, Professor, is mentioned in the first book; this entire address is in the first book, at the beginning of the surah.
The questioner : "We will bring you together in a crowd" means you will gather in these lands, when it says "We will bring you together in a crowd."
The Shaykh : Excuse me, where are you reading this from?
The questioner : In al-Isra.
The Shaykh : No problem, no problem, we are done with this.
The questioner : Yes, very well.
The Shaykh : Go ahead, what do they say?
The questioner : And the second, meaning the first corruption and the second corruption, we have heard it.
The Shaykh : Very good, excellent.
The questioner : And we said, for example, regarding the second one: when the promise of the Hereafter, meaning the second, comes
to sadden your faces and to enter the temple in Jerusalem, as they entered it the first time, and to destroy what they had taken over with [total] destruction.
لِيَسُوءُوا وُجُوهَكُمْ وَلِيَدْخُلُوا الْمَسْجِدَ كَمَا دَخَلُوهُ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ وَلِيُتَبِّرُوا مَا عَلَوْا تَتْبِيرًاThe Shaykh : Yes, these are the ones who enter; the Jews, the enemies of the Jews; this is an address directed to the Jews.
The questioner : "To make your faces sad," yes.
The Shaykh : Clear. Very well, let us see what is here.
The questioner :
And We said after Pharaoh to the Children of Israel
وَقُلْنَا مِن بَعْدِهِ لِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَThe Shaykh : Where?
The questioner :
Dwell in the land, and when there comes the promise of the Hereafter, We will bring you forth in [one] gathering."
اسْكُنُوا الْأَرْضَ فَإِذَا جَاءَ وَعْدُ الْآخِرَةِ جِئْنَا بِكُمْ لَفِيفًاThe Shaykh : Here.
The questioner : And We sent it down in truth, and in truth.
The Shaykh : There is nothing, there is nothing.
The questioner : Our Professor. My master. It is al-Shawkani's tafsir. In al-Shawkani's tafsir, Professor. "In a crowd." He indicated that the gathering is their gathering. May Allah keep you safe.
The Shaykh : A gathering, but we do not interpret the verse at the beginning of the surah as we understand it now.
The questioner: I am telling you.
The Shaykh : As for this verse, there is no objection to interpreting it, because these hadiths, as we mentioned just now, the Prophetic hadiths explicitly state this. Yes.
The questioner : Yes. The coming and their gathering here is evidence from the noble Prophetic hadith that says, "You will not fight the Jews." We mentioned it, Professor. No, I understand, I know, but I am saying this means "came," meaning it is almost perfectly consistent with the coming in a crowd and the fighting with this verse. As for when, ah, as you said. Ah, he was
The Shaykh : that, but I repeat, with this verse, as for those verses, it is not permissible to cite them on this occasion.
The questioner : How many? Come on, let's finish.
The Shaykh : As for the verses, likewise.
The questioner : The Hereafter, is it the end of the worldly life or the end of the worldly life?
The Shaykh : No, we say this verse aligns with the hadiths.
The questioner : Specifying everything.
The Shaykh : As for the first verses mentioned at the beginning of the surah, they have no relation to the one standing now.
The questioner : Clear, but
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سلسلة الهدى والنور، المجلس 1897 — d3watuna.com (16:37)
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