The meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted: “So whoever Allah wills to guide, He expands his chest for Islam…”
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Question:
This person is inquiring about the noble verse, asking what its interpretation is. I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Shaytan.[Al-An'am 6:125]
Answer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds. May Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) explains how[Al-Baqarah 2:142] the truth and the straight path, and how He misguides from it whom He wills, this being by the cosmic will of Allah.
And He does not cause to go astray except due to a cause from the servant. If the servant turns away from accepting the truth, opposes the Messengers, and is stubborn, then Allah causes him to go astray from the truth as a deprivation for him and a punishment for him. As for the one who accepts the truth, turns to it, and strives for it, then Allah grants him success in the truth, guides him, directs him, and shows him the way to it.
So Allah, Mighty and Majestic, deals with creation according to their intentions and purposes, and according to their actions and words. And He, Glorified and Exalted is He, is a Just Judge. He rewards the people of good with good and the people of evil with evil?
This person is inquiring about the noble verse, asking what its interpretation is. I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Shaytan.
So whoever Allah wants to guide - He expands his breast to [contain] Islam; and whoever He wants to misguide - He makes his breast tight and constricted as though he were climbing into the sky. Thus does Allah place defilement upon those who do not believe.
فَمَن يُرِدِ اللَّهُ أَن يَهْدِيَهُ يَشْرَحْ صَدْرَهُ لِلْإِسْلَامِ وَمَن يُرِدْ أَن يُضِلَّهُ يَجْعَلْ صَدْرَهُ ضَيِّقًا حَرَجًا كَأَنَّمَا يَصَّعَّدُ فِي السَّمَاءِ كَذَٰلِكَ يَجْعَلُ اللَّهُ الرِّجْسَ عَلَى الَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَAnswer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds. May Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) explains how
He guides whom He wills to
يَهْدِي مَن يَشَاءُ إِلَىٰAnd He does not cause to go astray except due to a cause from the servant. If the servant turns away from accepting the truth, opposes the Messengers, and is stubborn, then Allah causes him to go astray from the truth as a deprivation for him and a punishment for him. As for the one who accepts the truth, turns to it, and strives for it, then Allah grants him success in the truth, guides him, directs him, and shows him the way to it.
So Allah, Mighty and Majestic, deals with creation according to their intentions and purposes, and according to their actions and words. And He, Glorified and Exalted is He, is a Just Judge. He rewards the people of good with good and the people of evil with evil?
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [4588] معنى قوله تعالى: ﴿فَمَنْ يُرِدِ اللَّهُ أَنْ يَهْدِيَهُ يَشْرَحْ صَدْرَهُ لِلْإِسْلَامِ..﴾ ال — youtube.com
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