Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: Say, who has forbidden the adornment of Allah
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Question:
This questioner says: Shaykh, what is the meaning of the noble verse in which Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He, said:[Al-A'raf 7:32]
Answer:
“Who has forbidden the adornment of Allah” is a response to those who seek nearness to Allah through nudity by circumambulating the House naked. This was among the practices of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah); they would circumambulate the House naked, believing that this brought them closer to Allah, and they forbade covering the private parts. Allah, Mighty and Majestic, says:[Al-A'raf 7:32] And He said before that: [Al-A'raf 7:28]. The indecency (fahisha) is that they circumambulate the House naked; exposing the private parts is an indecency. What has become, except for whom Allah has mercy, a sign of progress and refinement, especially among women, is dangerous and is part of Satan’s scheme against the children of Adam.
And as for His saying, the Exalted:[Al-A'raf 7:32] for those who [Al-A'raf 7:32], meaning the good things of provision, and the disbelievers share in them with them as followers, they are created for the believers, and the disbelievers share in them with them as followers, not as owners. Then on the Day of Resurrection, they will be exclusively for the believers, and the disbelievers will be forbidden from them. Yes.
This questioner says: Shaykh, what is the meaning of the noble verse in which Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He, said:
Say, "Who has forbidden the adornment of Allah which He has produced for His servants and the good [lawful] things of provision?" Say, "They are for those who believe during the worldly life
قُلْ مَنْ حَرَّمَ زِينَةَ اللَّهِ الَّتِي أَخْرَجَ لِعِبَادِهِ وَالطَّيِّبَاتِ مِنَ الرِّزْقِ قُلْ هِيَ لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَاAnswer:
“Who has forbidden the adornment of Allah” is a response to those who seek nearness to Allah through nudity by circumambulating the House naked. This was among the practices of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah); they would circumambulate the House naked, believing that this brought them closer to Allah, and they forbade covering the private parts. Allah, Mighty and Majestic, says:
Say, "Who has forbidden the adornment of Allah which He has produced for His servants
قُلْ مَنْ حَرَّمَ زِينَةَ اللَّهِ الَّتِي أَخْرَجَ لِعِبَادِهِAnd when they commit an immorality, they say, "We found our fathers doing it, and Allah has ordered us to do it."
وَإِذَا فَعَلُوا فَاحِشَةً قَالُوا وَجَدْنَا عَلَيْهَا آبَاءَنَا وَاللَّهُ أَمَرَنَا بِهَاAnd as for His saying, the Exalted:
and the good [lawful] things of provision?" Say, "They
وَالطَّيِّبَاتِ مِنَ الرِّزْقِ قُلْ هِيَfor those who believe during the worldly life
لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/072 — archive.org (9:59)
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