What is the meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted: {And say to My servants: “Say that which is best…”}?
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Question:
Honorable Doctor Salih, may Allah preserve you. The questioner says: In the words of Allah the Exalted,[Al-Isra 17:53], what is the meaning of this verse?
Answer:
The meaning is that a person should use good words and speak pleasant and permissible speech only as much as is needed, and avoid bad speech, idle talk, cursing, and swearing[Al-Isra 17:53], meaning the best speech, i.e., good speech. Then the Exalted clarified that Satan stirs up discord among people, so cursing, insulting, and cursing are from Satan, and they should avoid them. This is like the saying of Allah the Exalted: “And speak to people with good words.” Yes.
Honorable Doctor Salih, may Allah preserve you. The questioner says: In the words of Allah the Exalted,
And tell My servants to say that which is best. Indeed, Satan induces [dissension] among them. Indeed Satan is ever, to mankind, a clear enemy.
وَقُل لِّعِبَادِي يَقُولُوا الَّتِي هِيَ أَحْسَنُ إِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ يَنزَغُ بَيْنَهُمْ إِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ كَانَ لِلْإِنسَانِ عَدُوًّا مُّبِينًاAnswer:
The meaning is that a person should use good words and speak pleasant and permissible speech only as much as is needed, and avoid bad speech, idle talk, cursing, and swearing
And tell My servants to say that which is best
وَقُل لِّعِبَادِي يَقُولُوا الَّتِي هِيَ أَحْسَنُ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 1927 - ما المقصود بقوله تعالى: {وقل لعبادي يقولوا التي هي أحسن ..}؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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