The evidence that the coming of Allah in His saying: “So Allah came to them from where they did not expect” is restricted

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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, if a questioner asked why you turned the phrase away from its apparent meaning by saying that Allah the Exalted said

but [the decree of] Allah came upon them from where they had not expected

فَأَتَاهُمُ اللَّهُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَمْ يَحْتَسِبُوا

[Al-Hashr 59:2]

and you stated that it is a restricted coming, what is the evidence for that?

Answer:
It is a coming restricted to a specific group, namely the Jews; it is not a general coming.

but that Allah should come to them

إِلَّا أَن يَأْتِيَهُمُ اللَّهُ

[Al-Baqarah 2:210]

This is general, but as for

but [the decree of] Allah came upon them from where

فَأَتَاهُمُ اللَّهُ مِنْ حَيْثُ

[Al-Hashr 59:2]

, this refers specifically to the Jews, and it also applies to all the Jews. They are specifically the Children of al-Nazir; they are specifically the Children of al-Nazir. So it means that Allah came to them with His punishment and His soldiers

and He cast terror into their hearts [so] they destroyed their houses by their [own] hands and the hands of the believers

وَقَذَفَ فِي قُلُوبِهِمُ الرُّعْبَ يُخْرِبُونَ بُيُوتَهُم بِأَيْدِيهِمْ وَأَيْدِي الْمُؤْمِنِينَ

[Al-Hashr 59:2]

. So this is a specific coming, a specific coming to a particular group. Yes, so it is restricted. Yes, and there is a difference between absolute coming and restricted coming. The one who does not distinguish between them means he does not know. Yes, he knows the difference between the absolute and the restricted; it means he does not know, so he should learn first. Yes.

Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 10 من 36/شرح العقيدة الواسطية (مع الأسئلة)/وصف به نفسه في كتابه/صالح الفوزان/العقيدة/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (51:26)

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