Combining the verse “Do not make excuses” with the verse of despair
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, how do we reconcile Allah’s saying (Glorified and Exalted is He)[At-Tawbah 9:66] with His saying [Al-Hijr 15:56]?
Answer:
Yes, there is no despair in “Do not make excuses.” Write it down: they turned back after their faith. There is no despair in this. In this [other verse], they had apostatized, but the door of repentance is open to them if they repent. The verse indicates that they apostatized through that statement, but they did not despair. It was said to them, “There is no repentance for you,” but if they had repented, Allah would have accepted their repentance. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, how do we reconcile Allah’s saying (Glorified and Exalted is He)
Make no excuse; you have disbelieved after your belief.
لَا تَعْتَذِرُوا قَدْ كَفَرْتُم بَعْدَ إِيمَانِكُمْAnd who despairs of the mercy of his Lord except for those astray?"
وَمَن يَقْنَطُ مِن رَّحْمَةِ رَبِّهِ إِلَّا الضَّالُّونَAnswer:
Yes, there is no despair in “Do not make excuses.” Write it down: they turned back after their faith. There is no despair in this. In this [other verse], they had apostatized, but the door of repentance is open to them if they repent. The verse indicates that they apostatized through that statement, but they did not despair. It was said to them, “There is no repentance for you,” but if they had repented, Allah would have accepted their repentance. Yes.
Source
شرح قرة عيون الموحدين في تحقيق دعوة الأنبياء والمرسلين، باب قول الله - تعالى - : { أَفَأَمِنُوا مَكْرَ اللَّهِ فَلا يَأْمَنُ مَكْرَ اللَّهِ إِلا الْقَوْمُ الْخَاسِرُونَ } — islamhouse.com (54:24)
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