Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: "And the dawn, and the ten nights"
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The Shaykh:
May Allah greet you and bless you.
The questioner:
This person is asking about the noble verse at the beginning of Surat al-Fajr: I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Shaytan,[An-Nahl 16:98] [Al-Fajr 89:1-3], what is the meaning of "rewarded" by that?
The Shaykh:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, and may peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah. The meaning is that Allah swears by these things because of their greatness and to draw attention to their benefit; for He, Glorified and Exalted is He, swears by whatever He wills of His creation, and He does not swear except by something that has significance. As for the created being, he does not swear except by Allah, and he does not take an oath except by Allah, as he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "IfSahih al-Bukhari 2679 He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Riyad as-Salihin 1711 As for Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, He swears by whatever He wills of His creations, and He does not swear except by something that has significance to which attention is drawn. Here He swore by the dawn. The dawn is the appearance of the first part of the day at the end of the night, because this is a great sign among the signs of Allah, [Fussilat 41:37]. Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, made these successive great signs a proof of His power and His oneness, and He legislated the acts of worship He legislated in connection with them. "And the dawn, and the ten nights": the ten nights are the ten nights of Ramadan, while the ten days are the ten days of Dhul-Hijjah. Yes.
May Allah greet you and bless you.
The questioner:
This person is asking about the noble verse at the beginning of Surat al-Fajr: I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Shaytan,
in Allah from Satan, the expelled [from His mercy].
بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ(1) By the dawn (2) And [by] ten nights (3) And [by] the even [number] and the odd
وَالْفَجْرِ وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ وَالشَّفْعِ وَالْوَتْرِThe Shaykh:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, and may peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah. The meaning is that Allah swears by these things because of their greatness and to draw attention to their benefit; for He, Glorified and Exalted is He, swears by whatever He wills of His creation, and He does not swear except by something that has significance. As for the created being, he does not swear except by Allah, and he does not take an oath except by Allah, as he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If
Whoever has to take an oath should swear by Allah or remain silent
كان حالفا فليحلف بالله أو ليصمت،He who swears by anyone or anything other than Allah, has indeed committed an act of Kufr or Shirk
من حلف بغير الله فقد كفر أو أشرك،And of His signs are the night and day and the sun and moon
وَمِنْ آيَاتِهِ اللَّيْلُ وَالنَّهَارُ وَالشَّمْسُ وَالْقَمَرُ
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/123 — archive.org (0:56)
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