Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: (O you who believe! Look to yourselves.)

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Exegesis of His saying, the Exalted: (O you who believe! Look to yourselves)

What is the meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted:

O you who have believed, upon you is [responsibility for] yourselves. Those who have gone astray will not harm you when you have been guided. To Allah is you return all together; then He will inform you of what you used to do.

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا عَلَيْكُمْ أَنْفُسَكُمْ لا يَضُرُّكُمْ مَنْ ضَلَّ إِذَا اهْتَدَيْتُمْ إِلَى اللَّهِ مَرْجِعُكُمْ جَمِيعاً فَيُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

[Al-Ma'idah: 105] ?
The meaning of this is that Allah urged the human being to save himself, and if he saves himself by fulfilling what Allah has made obligatory upon him, then the misguidance of those who are misguided will not harm him. This does not mean that the verse abrogates the obligation of enjoining good and forbidding evil, for Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) stood before the people and said,And he said: (You are reading this verse and applying it to something other than what Allah intended:

O you who have believed, upon you is [responsibility for] yourselves. Those who have gone astray will not harm you when you have been guided

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا عَلَيْكُمْ أَنْفُسَكُمْ لا يَضُرُّكُمْ مَنْ ضَلَّ إِذَا اهْتَدَيْتُمْ

[Al-Ma'idah: 105] And I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: If people see an evil and do not change it, it is likely that Allah will encompass them with His punishment) For this reason, the noble verse came as a support

Those who have gone astray will not harm you when you have been guided

لا يَضُرُّكُمْ مَنْ ضَلَّ إِذَا اهْتَدَيْتُمْ

[Al-Ma'idah: 105] And among the guidance is that you enjoin good and forbid evil.

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