Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: (So enter among My servants)
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Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: (So enter among My servants)]
Allah the Exalted said: [Al-Fajr: 29] Meaning: Enter among My righteous servants so that you may be included among them; for the righteous servants of Allah are the best of the strata of humanity.And humanity has three strata: The first stratum: Those upon whom Allah has bestowed His favor.
The second stratum: Those upon whom is the anger of Allah.
The third stratum: Those who are astray.
All these strata are mentioned in Surat al-Fatihah: [Al-Fatihah: 6-7] .
And I ask you: Does any of you feel, when reading this verse, that those upon whom Allah has bestowed His favor are the prophets, the truthful, the martyrs, and the righteous, and so ask Allah to guide them to the path of these people? Most people do not feel this; in fact, most of them recite it like this; but they do not feel that this verse is a history, meaning that it refers to the history of nations, and that the second stratum, those upon whom is the anger of Allah, are the Jews and those similar to the Jews from everyone who knew the truth and opposed it; for everyone who knows the truth and opposes it has a resemblance to the Jews,As Sufyan ibn 'Uyaynah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: [Whoever is corrupt among our scholars has a resemblance to the Jews] .
And who are those who are astray? They are the Christians, who were ignorant of the truth, they desired it but were blinded from it—may Allah protect us from that—and they did not find guidance to it.
Ibn 'Uyaynah said: [And whoever is corrupt among our worshippers has a resemblance to the Christians] because the worshippers desire good and desire worship; but they do not have knowledge, so they are astray.
So I say, O my brothers! People are of three strata: Those upon whom Allah has bestowed His favor, those upon whom is the anger of Allah, and those who are astray.
And here He says: [Al-Fajr: 29] So which stratum is intended by the term "servants"?The intended meaning is the first stratum, and they are: Those upon whom Allah has bestowed His favor.
Allah the Exalted said:
And enter among My [righteous] servants
فَادْخُلِي فِي عِبَادِيThe second stratum: Those upon whom is the anger of Allah.
The third stratum: Those who are astray.
All these strata are mentioned in Surat al-Fatihah:
(6) Guide us to the straight path - (7) The path of those upon whom You have bestowed favor, not of those who have evoked [Your] anger or of those who are astray.
اهْدِنَا الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ * صِرَاطَ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ غَيْرِ الْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلا الضَّالِّينَAnd I ask you: Does any of you feel, when reading this verse, that those upon whom Allah has bestowed His favor are the prophets, the truthful, the martyrs, and the righteous, and so ask Allah to guide them to the path of these people? Most people do not feel this; in fact, most of them recite it like this; but they do not feel that this verse is a history, meaning that it refers to the history of nations, and that the second stratum, those upon whom is the anger of Allah, are the Jews and those similar to the Jews from everyone who knew the truth and opposed it; for everyone who knows the truth and opposes it has a resemblance to the Jews,As Sufyan ibn 'Uyaynah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: [Whoever is corrupt among our scholars has a resemblance to the Jews] .
And who are those who are astray? They are the Christians, who were ignorant of the truth, they desired it but were blinded from it—may Allah protect us from that—and they did not find guidance to it.
Ibn 'Uyaynah said: [And whoever is corrupt among our worshippers has a resemblance to the Christians] because the worshippers desire good and desire worship; but they do not have knowledge, so they are astray.
So I say, O my brothers! People are of three strata: Those upon whom Allah has bestowed His favor, those upon whom is the anger of Allah, and those who are astray.
And here He says: