What is the meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted: “They forgot Allah, so He forgot them”?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. In His saying[At-Tawbah 9:67], does the attribute of forgetting here mean that He abandoned them?
Answer:
Yes, it means He abandoned them in the punishment. It does not mean He forgot them or became heedless of them, for Allah is free from heedlessness. The forgetting here means He abandoned them in the punishment. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. In His saying
They have forgotten Allah, so He has forgotten them
نَسُوا اللَّهَ فَنَسِيَهُمْAnswer:
Yes, it means He abandoned them in the punishment. It does not mean He forgot them or became heedless of them, for Allah is free from heedlessness. The forgetting here means He abandoned them in the punishment. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 51- ما معنى قوله تعالى: ﴿نسوا الله فنسيهم﴾؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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