What is meant by turning away in the saying of Allah the Exalted: (And whoever turns away from My remembrance, then for him will be a miserable life)?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner asks: What is meant by turning away in the saying of Allah the Exalted[Taha 20:124] Is it forgetting it or denying it?
Answer:
Not turning toward it. Turning away is not turning toward it; he does not turn toward it, nor does he care about it, nor does he read it, nor does he recite it. All of these are types of turning away from the Qur'an: he does not learn it, he does not reflect upon it, he does not try to know the interpretation of the verse, as if it is addressing someone else, not him. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner asks: What is meant by turning away in the saying of Allah the Exalted
And whoever turns away from My remembrance
وَمَنْ أَعْرَضَ عَن ذِكْرِيAnswer:
Not turning toward it. Turning away is not turning toward it; he does not turn toward it, nor does he care about it, nor does he read it, nor does he recite it. All of these are types of turning away from the Qur'an: he does not learn it, he does not reflect upon it, he does not try to know the interpretation of the verse, as if it is addressing someone else, not him. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [779 -858] ما المراد بالإعراض في قوله تعالى: (ومن أعرض عن ذكري فإن له معيشة ضنكا)؟ — youtube.com
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