Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: “And worship your Lord until certainty comes to you”
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: I heard some students interpreting the saying of the Exalted,[Al-Hijr 15:99]
Answer:
This interpretation is invalid, because the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) interpreted certainty as death,[Al-Hijr 15:99] meaning death. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: I heard some students interpreting the saying of the Exalted,
And worship your Lord until there comes to you the certainty (death).
وَاعْبُدْ رَبَّكَ حَتَّىٰ يَأْتِيَكَ الْيَقِينُAnswer:
This interpretation is invalid, because the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) interpreted certainty as death,
until there comes to you the certainty (death).
حَتَّىٰ يَأْتِيَكَ الْيَقِينُ
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب نهي المسافر أن يطرق أهله بقدومه ليلا — islamhouse.com (1:08:02)
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