Al-Albani’s follow-up on the words of the brother “Khalid al-Anbari” regarding the phrase: “They did not encompass with knowledge what Allah sent down - Mighty and Majestic.”
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The Shaykh : Excuse me, can we pause at the first type? Because it seemed to me to be an issue; and you mentioned the meaning that they encompassed it. Repeat, repeat your statement?
Khalid al-Anbari: I say: The majority of these people denied Islam because they did not encompass it with knowledge; they did not encompass Islam with knowledge.
The Shaykh : Okay, let us pause here. Did they not encompass it with knowledge?
Khalid al-Anbari: Yes.
The Shaykh : Is this a condition?
Khalid al-Anbari: I say: The majority; by the evidence of the statement of our Lord.
The Shaykh : Encompassing Islam - Professor - means that we can barely say that the Muslim scholars themselves do so, let alone the disbelievers who know only a little of Islam. I believe that using the word “encompassing” here corrupts our creed!
Khalid al-Anbari: Yes.
The Shaykh : Because encompassing has no limits, and it is sufficient - as is not hidden from you all - it is sufficient for a person to fall into disbelief that the meaning of the statement of the Exalted be realized in him:[An-Naml 27:14]; if he knows that a verse from the Book of Allah was sent down by Allah and then he denies it; here there is no encompassing, but there is denial of what his knowledge encompassed in this particular detail, so what seems to me is that placing the word “encompassing” here is beneficial for regulating the creed.
Khalid al-Anbari: I say: The majority of these people denied Islam because they did not encompass it with knowledge; they did not encompass Islam with knowledge.
The Shaykh : Okay, let us pause here. Did they not encompass it with knowledge?
Khalid al-Anbari: Yes.
The Shaykh : Is this a condition?
Khalid al-Anbari: I say: The majority; by the evidence of the statement of our Lord.
The Shaykh : Encompassing Islam - Professor - means that we can barely say that the Muslim scholars themselves do so, let alone the disbelievers who know only a little of Islam. I believe that using the word “encompassing” here corrupts our creed!
Khalid al-Anbari: Yes.
The Shaykh : Because encompassing has no limits, and it is sufficient - as is not hidden from you all - it is sufficient for a person to fall into disbelief that the meaning of the statement of the Exalted be realized in him:
And they rejected them, while their [inner] selves were convinced thereof
وَجَحَدُوا بِهَا وَاسْتَيْقَنَتْهَا أَنْفُسُهُمْ
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