Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: “Indeed, those you call upon other than Allah will not create a fly”
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Question:
The questioner, may Allah bless you, Abu Mus'ad from Ha'il, asks about the interpretation of the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Al-Hajj 22:73]. He asks, may Allah bless you, about the meaning of this verse.
Answer:
Its meaning is clear: it is a refutation of the gods of the polytheists whom they worship from among idols, stones, trees, jinn, and humans. It demonstrates their incapacity, Glorified and Exalted is He, and invalidates the opinion of their clients regarding them.
And He challenges them, saying they will not be able to create a fly. This fly is the small creature.[Al-Hajj 22:73] If the entire world were to gather with its wise men, craftsmen, and skilled artisans to create a fly, they would not be able to do so. And if the fly were to take something from them, they would not be able to retrieve it from it. The weakness of the seeker and the sought. This refutes shirk (associating partners with Allah) the Mighty and Majestic, and refutes false beliefs and the exaggeration in created beings. It establishes that they are created beings who do not possess anything of the matter except what Allah has granted them and enabled them to do. Yes.
The presenter:
Yes, may Allah bless you. Yes.
The questioner, may Allah bless you, Abu Mus'ad from Ha'il, asks about the interpretation of the saying of Allah the Exalted:
O people, an example is presented, so listen to it. Indeed, those you invoke besides Allah will never create [as much as] a fly, even if they gathered together for that purpose
يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ ضُرِبَ مَثَلٌ فَاسْتَمِعُوا لَهُ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ لَن يَخْلُقُوا ذُبَابًا وَلَوِ اجْتَمَعُوا لَهُAnswer:
Its meaning is clear: it is a refutation of the gods of the polytheists whom they worship from among idols, stones, trees, jinn, and humans. It demonstrates their incapacity, Glorified and Exalted is He, and invalidates the opinion of their clients regarding them.
And He challenges them, saying they will not be able to create a fly. This fly is the small creature.
will never create [as much as] a fly, even if they gathered together for that purpose
لَن يَخْلُقُوا ذُبَابًا وَلَوِ اجْتَمَعُوا لَهُThe presenter:
Yes, may Allah bless you. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، برنامج (فتاوى) (168) لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان بتاريخ [1440-01-03] - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (12:34)
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