Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: "Say: Shall we inform you of the greatest losers in deed?"
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: What is the interpretation of the saying of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He:[Al-Kahf 18:103-104]
Answer:
Allah distinguishes between them, namely those who are[Al-Kahf 18:104] and the disbelievers, the mushrikin (those who associate partners with Allah), and the innovators (mubtadi'ah) fall under this description. They think that they are on the right path and that this is a good thing. But it is an invalid deed. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: What is the interpretation of the saying of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He:
(103) Say, [O Muhammad], "Shall we [believers] inform you of the greatest losers as to [their] deeds? (104) [They are] those whose effort is lost in worldly life, while they think that they are doing well in work."
قُلْ هَلْ نُنَبِّئُكُم بِالْأَخْسَرِينَ أَعْمَالًا الَّذِينَ ضَلَّ سَعْيُهُمْ فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَهُمْ يَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّهُمْ يُحْسِنُونَ صُنْعًاAnswer:
Allah distinguishes between them, namely those who are
[They are] those whose effort is lost in worldly life, while they think that they are doing well in work."
الَّذِينَ ضَلَّ سَعْيُهُمْ فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَهُمْ يَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّهُمْ يُحْسِنُونَ صُنْعًا
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قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 75 من 86 /شرح كتاب إغاثة اللهفان في مصائد الشيطان/جبريل في القرآن/صالح الفوزان/العقيدة/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:09:24)
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