Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: “Indeed, man was created anxious”
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says regarding the noble verse:[Al-Ma'arij 70:19-22]
Answer:
Yes, this is an announcement from Allah (Exalted and Majestic) that the default state of man is that he is anxious; he has panic and weakness that he cannot bear. So when good touches him, he withholds and does not give charity from it; he is stingy with it. And when evil touches him, he panics, and so on. And it is obligatory for the Muslim to thank Allah when good comes to him and to give charity from it, and when a calamity befalls him, he should be patient with it.[Luqman 31:17] [Al-Baqarah 2:155-156]. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says regarding the noble verse:
(19) Indeed, mankind was created anxious: (20) When evil touches him, impatient, (21) And when good touches him, withholding [of it], (22) Except the observers of prayer -
إِنَّ الْإِنسَانَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا إِذَا مَسَّهُ الشَّرُّ جَزُوعًا وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ الْخَيْرُ مَنُوعًا إِلَّا الْمُصَلِّينَAnswer:
Yes, this is an announcement from Allah (Exalted and Majestic) that the default state of man is that he is anxious; he has panic and weakness that he cannot bear. So when good touches him, he withholds and does not give charity from it; he is stingy with it. And when evil touches him, he panics, and so on. And it is obligatory for the Muslim to thank Allah when good comes to him and to give charity from it, and when a calamity befalls him, he should be patient with it.
and be patient over what befalls you. Indeed, [all] that is of the matters [requiring] determination.
وَاصْبِرْ عَلَىٰ مَا أَصَابَكَ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ مِنْ عَزْمِ الْأُمُورِbut give good tidings to the patient, (156) Who, when disaster strikes them, say, "Indeed we belong to Allah, and indeed to Him we will return."
وَبَشِّرِ الصَّابِرِينَ الَّذِينَ إِذَا أَصَابَتْهُم مُّصِيبَةٌ قَالُوا إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، برنامج (فتاوى) (189) لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان بتاريخ [1440-08-20] - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (12:57)
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