What is the wisdom behind the variation in expression in the verses of Surat al-Kahf?
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The questioner : The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, whenever I recite Surat al-Kahf and come across the statement of Allah the Exalted in the voice of the narrator, "I intended to deface it," and then He says: [Al-Kahf 18:81]
The Shaykh : Yes, yes. We must know that the Qur'an is the speech of Allah (Mighty and Majestic). And we do not negate knowledge.
by the essence of Allah, nor by the attributes of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), nor by the speech of Allah. And Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) has in what He speaks in the Qur'an rulings that we do not know and that our minds cannot reach. The variation in expression in these verses is for rulings that we do not know. We recite the verse; Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Kahf 18:79] a path and a finger [Al-Kahf 18:80], [Al-Kahf 18:81], [Al-Kahf 18:82], and so on.
I am not giving you the wisdom behind the variation in expression in these three verses now. And if the questioner wishes to contact me after a period of time so that I can review what the scholars have said, there is no harm in that.
So we intended that their Lord should substitute for them
فَأَرَدْنَا أَن يُبْدِلَهُمَا رَبُّهُمَاThe Shaykh : Yes, yes. We must know that the Qur'an is the speech of Allah (Mighty and Majestic). And we do not negate knowledge.
by the essence of Allah, nor by the attributes of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), nor by the speech of Allah. And Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) has in what He speaks in the Qur'an rulings that we do not know and that our minds cannot reach. The variation in expression in these verses is for rulings that we do not know. We recite the verse; Allah the Exalted said:
So I intended to cause defect in it as there was after them a king who seized every
فَأَرَدتُّ أَنْ أَعِيبَهَا وَكَانَ وَرَاءَهُم مَّلِكٌ يَأْخُذُ كُلَّAnd as for the boy, his parents were believers, and we feared that he would overburden them by transgression and disbelief.
وَأَمَّا الْغُلَامُ فَكَانَ أَبَوَاهُ مُؤْمِنَيْنِ فَخَشِينَا أَن يُرْهِقَهُمَا طُغْيَانًا وَكُفْرًاSo we intended that their Lord should substitute for them one better than him in purity and nearer to mercy.
فَأَرَدْنَا أَن يُبْدِلَهُمَا رَبُّهُمَا خَيْرًا مِّنْهُ زَكَاةً وَأَقْرَبَ رُحْمًاAnd as for the wall, it belonged to two orphan boys in the city, and there was beneath it a treasure for them, and their father had been righteous. So your Lord intended that they reach maturity and extract their treasure, as a mercy from your Lord. And I did it not of my own accord.
وَأَمَّا الْجِدَارُ فَكَانَ لِغُلَامَيْنِ يَتِيمَيْنِ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ وَكَانَ تَحْتَهُ كَنزٌ لَّهُمَا وَكَانَ أَبُوهُمَا صَالِحًا فَأَرَادَ رَبُّكَ أَن يَبْلُغَا أَشُدَّهُمَا وَيَسْتَخْرِجَا كَنزَهُمَا رَحْمَةً مِّن رَّبِّكَ وَمَا فَعَلْتُهُ عَنْ أَمْرِيI am not giving you the wisdom behind the variation in expression in these three verses now. And if the questioner wishes to contact me after a period of time so that I can review what the scholars have said, there is no harm in that.
Source
لقاء مفتوح ببريدة - 2 — archive.org (22:07)
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