The Difference Between Guidance of Indication and Guidance of Success
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh! Regarding the guidance of success and inspiration, I would like you to speak about it, may Allah reward you?
Answer:
Guidance is of two types: guidance of indication and direction. Allah the Exalted said:[Fussilat 41:17] We guided them, meaning We indicated the truth to them and made it clear to them, but they did not accept it. And there is guidance of success and inspiration, as in His saying: [Al-Fatihah 1:6-7] Indication means We directed us, guided us, granted us success, and kept us firm upon the straight path. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh! Regarding the guidance of success and inspiration, I would like you to speak about it, may Allah reward you?
Answer:
Guidance is of two types: guidance of indication and direction. Allah the Exalted said:
And as for Thamud, We guided them, but they preferred blindness over guidance
وَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَهَدَيْنَاهُمْ فَاسْتَحَبُّوا الْعَمَىٰ عَلَى الْهُدَىٰ(6) Guide us to the straight path - (7) The path of those upon whom You have bestowed favor, not of those who have evoked [Your] anger or of those who are astray.
اهْدِنَا الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ صِرَاطَ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/120 — archive.org (6:40)
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