The Difference Between the Guidance of Direction and the Guidance of Success
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, this questioner asks and says: What is the difference between the guidance of direction and the guidance of success?
Answer:
There is a clear difference. The guidance of direction is general for disbelievers and Muslims alike, may Allah guide them, meaning that He made the truth clear to them, directed them to it, and guided them to it. As for the guidance of success, this is only for the people of faith who accepted the truth and acted upon it.
Honorable Shaykh, this questioner asks and says: What is the difference between the guidance of direction and the guidance of success?
Answer:
There is a clear difference. The guidance of direction is general for disbelievers and Muslims alike, may Allah guide them, meaning that He made the truth clear to them, directed them to it, and guided them to it. As for the guidance of success, this is only for the people of faith who accepted the truth and acted upon it.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 12 — youtube.com (42:44)
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