Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: “And if Allah were to hasten for the people the evil…”
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Question:
May Allah reward you. Another question; this one says, may Allah preserve you:[Yunus 10:11] What is meant, may Allah bless you, by hastening the evil, and what is the meaning of “they are deluded”?
Answer:
It refers to the punishment. Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) is forbearing; He delays but does not neglect. He delays the sinner and the transgressor, hoping that he may repent and return to Allah (Mighty and Majestic). This is part of His mercy (Glorified and Exalted is He) toward His servants that He does not hasten the punishment for people when they sin; rather, He is patient with them (Glorified and Exalted is He) in the hope that they will repent. So Allah does not hasten the punishment for the sinners, hoping that they will turn back and repent to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). But the person hastens against himself and calls upon himself for evil, hastening for it[Al-Isra 17:11], [Yunus 10:11]. So Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) is forbearing and gentle with His servants. Yes.
May Allah reward you. Another question; this one says, may Allah preserve you:
And if Allah was to hasten for the people the evil [they invoke] as He hastens for them the good, their term would have been ended for them. But We leave the ones who do not expect the meeting with Us, in their transgression, wandering blindly
وَلَوْ يُعَجِّلُ اللَّهُ لِلنَّاسِ الشَّرَّ اسْتِعْجَالَهُم بِالْخَيْرِ لَقُضِيَ إِلَيْهِمْ أَجَلُهُمْ فَنَذَرُ الَّذِينَ لَا يَرْجُونَ لِقَاءَنَا فِي طُغْيَانِهِمْ يَعْمَهُونَAnswer:
It refers to the punishment. Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) is forbearing; He delays but does not neglect. He delays the sinner and the transgressor, hoping that he may repent and return to Allah (Mighty and Majestic). This is part of His mercy (Glorified and Exalted is He) toward His servants that He does not hasten the punishment for people when they sin; rather, He is patient with them (Glorified and Exalted is He) in the hope that they will repent. So Allah does not hasten the punishment for the sinners, hoping that they will turn back and repent to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). But the person hastens against himself and calls upon himself for evil, hastening for it
And man supplicates for evil as he supplicates for good, and man is ever hasty.
وَيَدْعُ الْإِنسَانُ بِالشَّرِّ دُعَاءَهُ بِالْخَيْرِ وَكَانَ الْإِنسَانُ عَجُولًاAnd if Allah was to hasten for the people the evil [they invoke] as He hastens for them the good, their term would have been ended for them
وَلَوْ يُعَجِّلُ اللَّهُ لِلنَّاسِ الشَّرَّ اسْتِعْجَالَهُم بِالْخَيْرِ لَقُضِيَ إِلَيْهِمْ أَجَلُهُمْ
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 02/256 — archive.org (8:16)
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