What is the interpretation of this verse: “And if We had willed, We would have raised him by it, but he clung to the earth and followed his own desire”?
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Question:
What is the interpretation of this verse[Al-A'raf 7:176]?
Answer:
Yes, indeed. If it were Balaam, the one to whom Allah granted knowledge, but he preferred the worldly life over the Hereafter, and preferred the love of the world over acting upon the knowledge Allah gave him, Allah humiliated him and caused him to fail, Glorified and Exalted is He, and did not raise him by it. Because he did not desire elevation; he did not desire elevation for himself. Yes, and he did not act upon what Allah taught him, so Allah caused him to fail and punished him. Yes.
What is the interpretation of this verse
And if We had willed, we could have elevated him thereby, but he adhered [instead] to the earth and followed his own desire.
وَلَوْ شِئْنَا لَرَفَعْنَاهُ بِهَا وَلَٰكِنَّهُ أَخْلَدَ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ وَاتَّبَعَ هَوَاهُAnswer:
Yes, indeed. If it were Balaam, the one to whom Allah granted knowledge, but he preferred the worldly life over the Hereafter, and preferred the love of the world over acting upon the knowledge Allah gave him, Allah humiliated him and caused him to fail, Glorified and Exalted is He, and did not raise him by it. Because he did not desire elevation; he did not desire elevation for himself. Yes, and he did not act upon what Allah taught him, so Allah caused him to fail and punished him. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما تفسير هذه الآية ﴿ولو شئنا لرفعناه بها ولٰكنّه أخلد إلى الأرض واتّبع هواه﴾؟ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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