The Repentance of the People of the Garden and the Meaning of: “And the Punishment of the Hereafter is Greater”
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: Did the people of the garden that Allah the Exalted burned at night repent by saying[Al-Qalam 68:29]?
The Shaykh:
That is the apparent view, yes, that is the apparent view. And I have seen a statement by Shaykh Ibn Sa’di in his tafsir (exegesis) saying that this is considered a repentance from them.
The questioner:
Then he says, may Allah preserve you, and what is the meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Az-Zumar 39:26]
The Shaykh:
The punishment in the Hereafter is greater than the destruction of the garden and the burning of the garden, yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: Did the people of the garden that Allah the Exalted burned at night repent by saying
Exalted is our Lord! Indeed, we were wrongdoers."
سُبْحَانَ رَبِّنَا إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَالِمِينَThe Shaykh:
That is the apparent view, yes, that is the apparent view. And I have seen a statement by Shaykh Ibn Sa’di in his tafsir (exegesis) saying that this is considered a repentance from them.
The questioner:
Then he says, may Allah preserve you, and what is the meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted:
But the punishment of the Hereafter is greater, if they only knew.
وَلَعَذَابُ الْآخِرَةِ أَكْبَرُ لَوْ كَانُوا يَعْلَمُونَThe Shaykh:
The punishment in the Hereafter is greater than the destruction of the garden and the burning of the garden, yes.
Source
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