Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: "Alif, Lam, Meen. Have the people thought that they would be left to say, 'We believe,' and not be tested?"

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Question:
Abu Abd al-Rahman says: May Allah bless you. What is the meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted:

⁽¹⁾ Alif, Lam, Meem ⁽²⁾ Do the people think that they will be left to say, "We believe" and they will not be tried?

الم أَحَسِبَ النَّاسُ أَن يُتْرَكُوا أَن يَقُولُوا آمَنَّا وَهُمْ لَا يُفْتَنُونَ

[Al-'Ankabut 29:1-2]

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Answer:
Alif, Lam, Mim. These are among the disjointed letters: Alif is a letter, Lam is a letter, and Mim is a letter, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, among the disjointed letters with which the surahs begin.

Do the people think that they will be left to say, "We believe" and they will not be tried?

أَحَسِبَ النَّاسُ أَن يُتْرَكُوا أَن يَقُولُوا آمَنَّا وَهُمْ لَا يُفْتَنُونَ

[Al-'Ankabut 29:2]

The believer is tested so that his patience and steadfastness in his religion may become apparent, whereas the one who does not be patient will stumble.

And of the people is he who worships Allah on an edge. If he is touched by good, he is reassured by it; but if he is struck by trial, he turns on his face [to the other direction]. He has lost [this] world and the Hereafter. That is what is the manifest loss.

وَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَن يَعْبُدُ اللَّهَ عَلَىٰ حَرْفٍ فَإِنْ أَصَابَهُ خَيْرٌ اطْمَأَنَّ بِهِ وَإِنْ أَصَابَتْهُ فِتْنَةٌ انقَلَبَ عَلَىٰ وَجْهِهِ خَسِرَ الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةَ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ الْخُسْرَانُ الْمُبِينُ

[Al-Hajj 22:11]

Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you,

Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، برنامج (فتاوى) (181) لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان بتاريخ [1440-05-18] - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (28:00)

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