Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: "And be patient with yourself along with those who call upon their Lord in the morning and the evening"
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The questioner:
May Allah bless you. This questioner asks: What is the meaning of the noble verse? What is intended by it[Al-Kahf 18:28], and what is the context?
The Shaykh:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds. May Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. As for this verse, Allah knows best the reason for its revelation. A group of the major polytheists of the people of Makkah asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to clear the gathering for them of the poor Companions, such as Ibn Umm Maktum and others. They said, "We will not sit with you unless these people are absent from us."
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), out of his eagerness to guide people, his desire for their good, and his wish to win over those he called, wanted to set up a separate gathering for the poor and branch off for them, so Allah forbade him from doing that. He said: "Do not drive away those who call upon their Lord in the morning[Al-Kahf 18:28] no [Al-Kahf 18:28-29] until He, the Exalted, said: [Al-Kahf 18:30] Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, distinguished between the two groups.
And He forbade His Messenger from preventing the poor Companions from sitting with him and answering their questions. He commanded him to be patient with himself in their company, meaning to restrain himself with them, along with the righteous Companions and their poor ones, to restrain himself with them. "And be patient with yourself"—here, patience means restraint. This is the reason for the revelation of the verse, and this is its meaning. Yes.
May Allah bless you. This questioner asks: What is the meaning of the noble verse? What is intended by it
And keep yourself patient [by being] with those who call upon their Lord in the morning and the evening, seeking His countenance
وَاصْبِرْ نَفْسَكَ مَعَ الَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ رَبَّهُم بِالْغَدَاةِ وَالْعَشِيِّ يُرِيدُونَ وَجْهَهُThe Shaykh:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds. May Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. As for this verse, Allah knows best the reason for its revelation. A group of the major polytheists of the people of Makkah asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to clear the gathering for them of the poor Companions, such as Ibn Umm Maktum and others. They said, "We will not sit with you unless these people are absent from us."
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), out of his eagerness to guide people, his desire for their good, and his wish to win over those he called, wanted to set up a separate gathering for the poor and branch off for them, so Allah forbade him from doing that. He said: "Do not drive away those who call upon their Lord in the morning
and the evening, seeking His countenance. And let not your eyes pass beyond them, desiring adornments of the worldly life, and
وَالْعَشِيِّ يُرِيدُونَ وَجْهَهُ وَلَا تَعْدُ عَيْنَاكَ عَنْهُمْ تُرِيدُ زِينَةَ الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَلَاdo not obey one whose heart We have made heedless of Our remembrance and who follows his desire and whose affair is ever [in] neglect. (29) And say, "The truth is from your Lord, so whoever wills - let him believe; and whoever wills - let him disbelieve." Indeed, We have prepared for the wrongdoers a fire whose walls will surround them
تُطِعْ مَنْ أَغْفَلْنَا قَلْبَهُ عَن ذِكْرِنَا وَاتَّبَعَ هَوَاهُ وَكَانَ أَمْرُهُ فُرُطًا وَقُلِ الْحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّكُمْ فَمَن شَاءَ فَلْيُؤْمِن وَمَن شَاءَ فَلْيَكْفُرْ إِنَّا أَعْتَدْنَا لِلظَّالِمِينَ نَارًا أَحَاطَ بِهِمْ سُرَادِقُهَاIndeed, those who have believed and done righteous deeds - indeed, We will not allow to be lost the reward of any who did well in deeds.
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ إِنَّا لَا نُضِيعُ أَجْرَ مَنْ أَحْسَنَ عَمَلًاAnd He forbade His Messenger from preventing the poor Companions from sitting with him and answering their questions. He commanded him to be patient with himself in their company, meaning to restrain himself with them, along with the righteous Companions and their poor ones, to restrain himself with them. "And be patient with yourself"—here, patience means restraint. This is the reason for the revelation of the verse, and this is its meaning. Yes.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/035 — archive.org (0:49)
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