Is the "sultan" in Allah's saying: "Then execute [the command]; you will not execute [it] except by a sultan" a sultan of knowledge?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: In Allah's saying[Ar-Rahman 55:33], he says: Some of those who teach us told us that the sultan is knowledge, and that people in our time have been able to ascend with rockets and space vehicles. Is this interpretation correct?
Answer:
No, it is not correct. The verse is about what is in the Hereafter, not the world. When Allah gathers the first and the last, He challenges them, saying: whoever is able to leave the gathering, let him leave. This is a challenge, and the sultan is not knowledge. The sultan is power and ability. This is the saying of the exegetes. As for one who is impressed by the information of the West and uses it to interpret the Qur'an, that is speaking about Allah without knowledge. And this is in the Hereafter, not in the world. Can rockets get out of the dimensions of the heavens and the earth? Glory be to Allah! Rockets that can get out of the dominion of Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He)? The heavens and the earth—no one can do this. Yes. And there are no rockets in the Hereafter. Rather, they will be unable [to do so]. On the Day of Resurrection, man is stripped bare, not even to the point that he is naked with no clothes on him, naked with nothing on him. He is not sitting making and building factories and producing rockets. This is among the myths and speaking about Allah without knowledge. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: In Allah's saying
O company of jinn and mankind, if you are able to pass beyond the regions of the heavens and the earth, then pass. You will not pass except by authority [from Allah].
يَا مَعْشَرَ الْجِنِّ وَالْإِنسِ إِنِ اسْتَطَعْتُمْ أَن تَنفُذُوا مِنْ أَقْطَارِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ فَانفُذُوا لَا تَنفُذُونَ إِلَّا بِسُلْطَانٍAnswer:
No, it is not correct. The verse is about what is in the Hereafter, not the world. When Allah gathers the first and the last, He challenges them, saying: whoever is able to leave the gathering, let him leave. This is a challenge, and the sultan is not knowledge. The sultan is power and ability. This is the saying of the exegetes. As for one who is impressed by the information of the West and uses it to interpret the Qur'an, that is speaking about Allah without knowledge. And this is in the Hereafter, not in the world. Can rockets get out of the dimensions of the heavens and the earth? Glory be to Allah! Rockets that can get out of the dominion of Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He)? The heavens and the earth—no one can do this. Yes. And there are no rockets in the Hereafter. Rather, they will be unable [to do so]. On the Day of Resurrection, man is stripped bare, not even to the point that he is naked with no clothes on him, naked with nothing on him. He is not sitting making and building factories and producing rockets. This is among the myths and speaking about Allah without knowledge. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [814- 4717] هل السلطان في قوله تعالى:(فانفذوا لا تنفذون إلا بسلطان﴾ هو سلطان العلم؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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