If Allah loves the servant, the servant loves Him. Is there any harm in this inversion?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Al-Qurtubi (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned in his tafsir that Abu Zayd al-Nahwi said that he used to think that if the servant loves Allah, Allah loves him. But when he read the Qur'an, it became clear to him that if Allah loves the servant, the servant loves Him. He asks: Is there any harm in this inversion? What does he say? He says: Al-Qurtubi mentioned in his tafsir that Abu Zayd al-Nahwi said that he used to think that if the servant loves Allah, Allah loves him. But when he read the Qur'an, it became clear to him that if Allah loves the servant, the servant loves Him. He asks: Is there any harm in this inversion?
Answer:
There is no harm in it; it is correct. If Allah loves the servant, He guides him to love Him. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Al-Qurtubi (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned in his tafsir that Abu Zayd al-Nahwi said that he used to think that if the servant loves Allah, Allah loves him. But when he read the Qur'an, it became clear to him that if Allah loves the servant, the servant loves Him. He asks: Is there any harm in this inversion? What does he say? He says: Al-Qurtubi mentioned in his tafsir that Abu Zayd al-Nahwi said that he used to think that if the servant loves Allah, Allah loves him. But when he read the Qur'an, it became clear to him that if Allah loves the servant, the servant loves Him. He asks: Is there any harm in this inversion?
Answer:
There is no harm in it; it is correct. If Allah loves the servant, He guides him to love Him. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [360 /641] إذا أحب الله العبد أحبه العبد، هل في هذا التقديم والتأخير بأس؟ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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