What is the meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted: “They will say: ‘Woe to us! Who has raised us up from our sleeping place?’” Why is it called a sleeping place, when the grave is either bliss or torment?
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Question:
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good. What is the meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Ya-Sin 36:52]? This? [Ya-Sin 36:52] How did they call it a resting place? And the grave is either bliss or torment?
Answer:
It is a resting place because of his remaining and staying in it, so it resembles the resting place of sleep. Whether he is in bliss or in punishment, it is a resting place of bliss, not a resting place of punishment, may Allah protect us from that. They will regret when they rise to their graves; they will regret and ask a question of complete absorption, saying:[Ya-Sin 36:52]? They will be answered: [Ya-Sin 36:52]. Yes.
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good. What is the meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted:
They will say, "O woe to us! Who has raised us up from our sleeping place?"
قَالُوا يَا وَيْلَنَا مَن بَعَثَنَا مِن مَّرْقَدِنَاThis is what the Most Merciful had promised, and the messengers told the truth."
هَٰذَا مَا وَعَدَ الرَّحْمَٰنُ وَصَدَقَ الْمُرْسَلُونَAnswer:
It is a resting place because of his remaining and staying in it, so it resembles the resting place of sleep. Whether he is in bliss or in punishment, it is a resting place of bliss, not a resting place of punishment, may Allah protect us from that. They will regret when they rise to their graves; they will regret and ask a question of complete absorption, saying:
Who has raised us up from our sleeping place?
مَن بَعَثَنَا مِن مَّرْقَدِنَاThis is what the Most Merciful had promised, and the messengers told the truth."
هَٰذَا مَا وَعَدَ الرَّحْمَٰنُ وَصَدَقَ الْمُرْسَلُونَ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما معنى قوله تعالى: ﴿قالوا يا ويلنا من بعثنا من مرقدنا﴾، كيف سموه مرقدا، والقبر إما نعيم وإما جحيم؟ — youtube.com
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