The Exception in the Statement: “So every soul in the heavens and the earth swooned, except whom Allah willed”
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks about the saying of Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He)[Az-Zumar 39:68] He asks: Who is the one who is excepted? And is it two?
Answer:
I do not know, but Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) is undoubtedly the one who is excepted, because[Al-Furqan 25:58] and none remains besides Him, Glorified is He, and the Face of your Lord remains, while everything is destroyed except His Face [Ar-Rahman 55:26-27] This is certain. As for anyone other than Allah, Allah knows best. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks about the saying of Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He)
And the Horn will be blown, and whoever is in the heavens and whoever is on the earth will fall dead except whom Allah wills
وَنُفِخَ فِي الصُّورِ فَصَعِقَ مَن فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَن فِي الْأَرْضِ إِلَّا مَن شَاءَ اللَّهُAnswer:
I do not know, but Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) is undoubtedly the one who is excepted, because
the Ever-Living who does not die
الْحَيِّ الَّذِي لَا يَمُوتُ(26) Everyone upon the earth will perish, (27) And there will remain the Face of your Lord, Owner of Majesty and Honor.
كُلُّ مَنْ عَلَيْهَا فَانٍ وَيَبْقَىٰ وَجْهُ رَبِّكَ ذُو الْجَلَالِ وَالْإِكْرَامِ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 78/3 شرح التفسير المفصل / الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (50:13)
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