Combining the affirmation of the name al-Rahman and its denial in the two verses
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: How do you reconcile the statement of the Exalted, "And they disbelieve in the Most Merciful," with His statement,[Az-Zukhruf 43:20]? So these people affirmed the name al-Rahman, while those denied it?
Answer:
Because they are different groups; one group denies the name al-Rahman, and another affirms it. And all the disbelievers deny the name al-Rahman. Yes. Ah, ah.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: How do you reconcile the statement of the Exalted, "And they disbelieve in the Most Merciful," with His statement,
And they said, "If the Most Merciful had willed, we would not have worshipped them."
وَقَالُوا لَوْ شَاءَ الرَّحْمَٰنُ مَا عَبَدْنَاهُمAnswer:
Because they are different groups; one group denies the name al-Rahman, and another affirms it. And all the disbelievers deny the name al-Rahman. Yes. Ah, ah.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل قال - تعالى - { فإذا قرأت القرآن فاستعذ بالله من الشيطان الرجيم } — islamhouse.com (56:33)
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