Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: Nay, when it reaches the throat
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The Shaykh:
May Allah greet you and bless you.
The questioner:
This person is asking about the noble verse in His saying, Blessed and Exalted is He:[Al-Qiyamah 75:26-30].
The Shaykh:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. This concerns the state of dying and the descent of death upon a person. He, Exalted and Majestic is He, says: "Nay," meaning the matter is not as you claimed, that there is no resurrection and no reckoning. "Nay, when it reaches the throat," meaning the soul reaches the throat, the place of the windpipe. When the soul reaches the windpipe, it reaches the throat. It is said that "who is the one who will recite over it" has two interpretations. Some say that people say to one another, "Who will recite over him?" referring to ruqyah, which is reciting over him seeking healing. Ruqyah is prescribed, as is well known, and Allah benefits through it, Glorified and Exalted is He, if He wills. So they say, "Who will recite over this sick person?" It is also said that its meaning is that the angels say to one another, "Who is the one who will recite over it," meaning over his soul, so that it may ascend to Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. The soul ascends with it; the soul of the believer ascends to Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. Then Allah, Exalted and Majestic is He, returns it to the earth, and He says:[Taha 20:55]. As for the soul of the disbeliever, the doors of the sky are closed against it, and it is cast to the earth, thrown to the earth in humiliation for it. So Allah, Exalted and Majestic is He: [Al-A'raf 7:40]. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh
May Allah greet you and bless you.
The questioner:
This person is asking about the noble verse in His saying, Blessed and Exalted is He:
(26) No! When the soul has reached the collar bones (27) And it is said, "Who will cure [him]?" (28) And the dying one is certain that it is the [time of] separation (29) And the leg is wound about the leg, (30) To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.
كَلَّا إِذَا بَلَغَتِ التَّرَاقِيَ وَقِيلَ مَنْ رَاقٍ وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ الْفِرَاقُ وَالْتَفَّتِ السَّاقُ بِالسَّاقِ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ الْمَسَاقُThe Shaykh:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. This concerns the state of dying and the descent of death upon a person. He, Exalted and Majestic is He, says: "Nay," meaning the matter is not as you claimed, that there is no resurrection and no reckoning. "Nay, when it reaches the throat," meaning the soul reaches the throat, the place of the windpipe. When the soul reaches the windpipe, it reaches the throat. It is said that "who is the one who will recite over it" has two interpretations. Some say that people say to one another, "Who will recite over him?" referring to ruqyah, which is reciting over him seeking healing. Ruqyah is prescribed, as is well known, and Allah benefits through it, Glorified and Exalted is He, if He wills. So they say, "Who will recite over this sick person?" It is also said that its meaning is that the angels say to one another, "Who is the one who will recite over it," meaning over his soul, so that it may ascend to Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. The soul ascends with it; the soul of the believer ascends to Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. Then Allah, Exalted and Majestic is He, returns it to the earth, and He says:
From the earth We created you, and into it We will return you, and from it We will extract you another time.
مِنْهَا خَلَقْنَاكُمْ وَفِيهَا نُعِيدُكُمْ وَمِنْهَا نُخْرِجُكُمْ تَارَةً أُخْرَىٰthe gates of Heaven will not be opened for them, nor will they enter Paradise
لَا تُفَتَّحُ لَهُمْ أَبْوَابُ السَّمَاءِ وَلَا يَدْخُلُونَ الْجَنَّةَThe presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/117 — archive.org (0:52)
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