Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: “Except that their hearts be cut out”
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Question:
What type of interrogation is in His saying, the Exalted: "except that their hearts be cut off"?
Answer:
Yes, this Shaykh, this is not this Shaykh. Yes, he means the interrogative of exception. This is a case of commenting on the impossible. It is the case that the doubt will not leave their hearts unless their hearts are removed; as long as their hearts remain, the doubt exists in them, may Allah protect us from that.
The doubt exists in them[At-Tawbah 9:110] meaning that this doubt will remain as long as their hearts are in their chests. This is an announcement from Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) regarding their fate, and may Allah protect us from it, and that they will continue in this doubt. And this is due to deviation. Allah the Exalted says: [As-Saf 61:5]. And He (Exalted and Majestic is He) says: [Al-An'am 6:110] If one knows the truth and leaves it out of disdain for it and lack of desire for it, then he is punished with deviation. If he rejects the truth out of disdain for it and lack of desire for it, then he is punished with deviation. But if he leaves it out of laziness, and he has no doubt in it and no [disdain], but leaves it out of laziness only, then this is lighter. Yes.
What type of interrogation is in His saying, the Exalted: "except that their hearts be cut off"?
Answer:
Yes, this Shaykh, this is not this Shaykh. Yes, he means the interrogative of exception. This is a case of commenting on the impossible. It is the case that the doubt will not leave their hearts unless their hearts are removed; as long as their hearts remain, the doubt exists in them, may Allah protect us from that.
The doubt exists in them
Their building which they built will not cease to be a [cause of] skepticism in their hearts until their hearts are stopped.
لَا يَزَالُ بُنْيَانُهُمُ الَّذِي بَنَوْا رِيبَةً فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ إِلَّا أَن تَقَطَّعَ قُلُوبُهُمْAnd when they deviated, Allah caused their hearts to deviate.
فَلَمَّا زَاغُوا أَزَاغَ اللَّهُ قُلُوبَهُمْAnd We will turn away their hearts and their eyes just as they refused to believe in it the first time
وَنُقَلِّبُ أَفْئِدَتَهُمْ وَأَبْصَارَهُمْ كَمَا لَمْ يُؤْمِنُوا بِهِ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ
Source
الفوزان -أشرطة- أسئلة وأجوبة من دروس التوحيد - الفوزان - أسئلة وأ،جوبة - 07 — archive.org (41:39)
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