Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: "So he did not scale the difficult pass"
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the meaning of the interpretation of the saying of His Majesty[Al-Balad 90:11]
Answer:
"So he did not scale the difficult pass" means: Is this a good deed from Allah[Al-Balad 90:11-13], that is, freeing it? This is a difficult pass; few are those who free a slave seeking the Face of Allah.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the meaning of the interpretation of the saying of His Majesty
But he has not broken through the difficult pass.
فَلَا اقْتَحَمَ الْعَقَبَةَAnswer:
"So he did not scale the difficult pass" means: Is this a good deed from Allah
the difficult pass. (12) And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass? (13) It is the freeing of a slave
الْعَقَبَةَ وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْعَقَبَةُ فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، أول كتاب العتق — islamhouse.com (47:22)
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