Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: Alif, Lam, Mim. That is the Book
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The Shaykh:
May Allah greet you and bless you.
The questioner:
The questioner says: I hope you, Honorable Shaykh, will explain the beginning of Surat al-Baqarah in the saying of Allah the Exalted: I seek refuge[An-Nahl 16:98] [Al-Fatihah 1:1] Alif, Lam, Mim. That is the Book, in which there is no doubt, a guidance for the righteous.
The Shaykh:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. Alif, Lam, Mim are disjointed letters; they are Alif, Lam, and Mim. Disjointed letters are used to begin some of the surahs of the Qur'an. Some scholars say that Allah knows best what He intends by them. As for Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, he says that this is a reference to the inimitability (i'jaz) of the Qur'an. The Qur'an is composed of these letters and these Arabic words that you pronounce, and yet you are unable to produce a single verse like it, even though your language, its letters, and its words are from your own language. This is a reference to the inimitability of the Noble Qur'an. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh
May Allah greet you and bless you.
The questioner:
The questioner says: I hope you, Honorable Shaykh, will explain the beginning of Surat al-Baqarah in the saying of Allah the Exalted: I seek refuge
in Allah from Satan, the expelled [from His mercy].
بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِIn the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِThe Shaykh:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. Alif, Lam, Mim are disjointed letters; they are Alif, Lam, and Mim. Disjointed letters are used to begin some of the surahs of the Qur'an. Some scholars say that Allah knows best what He intends by them. As for Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, he says that this is a reference to the inimitability (i'jaz) of the Qur'an. The Qur'an is composed of these letters and these Arabic words that you pronounce, and yet you are unable to produce a single verse like it, even though your language, its letters, and its words are from your own language. This is a reference to the inimitability of the Noble Qur'an. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/085 — archive.org (0:52)
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