What is the benefit of using the past tense for the future in His saying, the Exalted:
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: In Allah’s saying[Nuh 71:25], he asks about the word “and they were cast into,” is there a benefit in using the past tense verb?
Answer:
Yes, to indicate the certainty of its occurrence. For example, “The command of Allah has come” means “The command of Allah will come,” which is the Hour. So the past tense is used in place of the present tense to indicate the certainty of the occurrence. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: In Allah’s saying
Because of their sins they were drowned and put into the Fire
مِّمَّا خَطِيئَاتِهِمْ أُغْرِقُوا فَأُدْخِلُوا نَارًاAnswer:
Yes, to indicate the certainty of its occurrence. For example, “The command of Allah has come” means “The command of Allah will come,” which is the Hour. So the past tense is used in place of the present tense to indicate the certainty of the occurrence. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [2777- 4717] ما الفائدة في جعل الفعل الماضي للمستقبل في قوله تعالى﴿مما خطيئاتهم أغرقوا فأدخلوا نارا﴾ — youtube.com
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