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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Continuation of the Conditions of Repentance.

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The Shaykh :
[Moses] said, "No! Indeed, with me is my Lord; He will guide me." قَالَ كَلاَّ إِنَّ مَعِي رَبِّي سَيَهْدِينِ
[Ash-Shu'ara 26:62]
, so Allah revealed to him: "Strike the sea with your staff." It was a staff made of wood, ordinary, but it contained signs. He struck the sea with the staff. Do you know what happened? The sea split into twelve paths. It split and became wide roads in the middle of the sea, with the water like mountains between these roads. Then these roads became dry immediately, as He, Mighty and Majestic, said:
and strike for them a dry path through the sea فَاضْرِبْ لَهُمْ طَرِيقاً فِي الْبَحْرِ يَبَساً
[Taha 20:77]
. Moses and his people entered through these roads, then Pharaoh and his people followed them, so Allah commanded the sea, and it closed over them. It closed, so what did Pharaoh say when drowning overtook him?
he said, "I believe that there is no deity except that in whom the Children of Israel believe, and I am of the Muslims." قَالَ آمَنْتُ أَنَّهُ لا إِلَهَ إِلاَّ الَّذِي آمَنَتْ بِهِ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ وَأَنَا مِنْ الْمُسْلِمِينَ
[Yunus 10:90]
. Look, now he has believed. And see how he humbled himself to the utmost degree of humility by saying:
In whom the Children of Israel believed. بالَّذِي آمَنَتْ بِهِ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ
. He made himself a follower of the Children of Israel, whereas before he was above them, but he was compelled to this
I believe that there is no deity except that in whom the Children of Israel believe, and I am of the Muslims." آمَنْتُ أَنَّهُ لا إِلَهَ إِلاَّ الَّذِي آمَنَتْ بِهِ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ وَأَنَا مِنْ الْمُسْلِمِينَ
[Yunus 10:90]
. It was said to him:
Now? And you had disobeyed [Him] before and were of the corrupters? آلآنَ وَقَدْ عَصَيْتَ قَبْلُ وَكُنْتَ مِنْ الْمُفْسِدِينَ
[Yunus 10:91]
meaning: "Do you repent now? This will not benefit you, for you disobeyed before and you were among the corrupters"
So today We will save you in body that you may be to those who succeed you a sign فَالْيَوْمَ نُنَجِّيكَ بِبَدَنِكَ لِتَكُونَ لِمَنْ خَلْفَكَ آيَةً
[Yunus 10:92]
We will save you in body that you may be to those who succeed you a signنُنَجِّيكَ بِبَدَنِكَ لِتَكُونَ لِمَنْ خَلْفَكَ آيَةً
[Yunus 10:92]
meaning: a sign. This is because Pharaoh had terrified the Children of Israel greatly. Their hearts would not be at rest and their souls would not be calm until they saw this enemy destroyed. So his body remained, and the Children of Israel saw it and were reassured that he had been drowned. For this reason, He said:
that you may be to those who succeed you a sign لِتَكُونَ لِمَنْ خَلْفَكَ آيَةً
[Yunus 10:92]
Then the fish ate him and he was gone. What is mentioned about him being present now in the pyramids has no basis in truth. How many things have become famous but have no evidence! And the Noble Qur'an says:
until, when drowning overtook him حَتَّى إِذَا أَدْرَكَهُ الْغَرَقُ
[Yunus 10:90]
The topic is finished.
As for the second matter with which repentance is not accepted: When the sun rises from the west, all people will believe, because something will happen that is beyond the ability of anyone. Where does the sun rise from now? From the east, and it sets in the west. If it comes out from the west and people see it, they will believe, saying: "It is not possible for the custom to be reversed unless there is a Lord who manages it," so they will believe. But Allah says:
no soul will benefit from its faith as long as it had not believed before or had earned through its faith some good لا يَنفَعُ نَفْساً إِيمَانُهَا لَمْ تَكُنْ آمَنَتْ مِنْ قَبْلُ أَوْ كَسَبَتْ فِي إِيمَانِهَا خَيْرا
[Al-An'am 6:158]
. These are the five conditions of repentance. If they are fulfilled, Allah will accept the repentance of the servant.
O Allah, we ask You to accept our repentance, O Lord of the worlds, and to guide us to what is in the well-being of our religion and our worldly affairs, for You are capable of all things.
And now, to the adhan.
Now, to the questions. We ask Allah the Exalted to inspire us with the right.

The questioner : May Allah reward our Shaykh with the best reward.
Source alathar.net

The Arabic text is copied verbatim from the original source, without any edits.

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