Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: (A favor from Allah and a blessing, and Allah is All-Knowing, Wise)

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Exegesis of His saying, the Exalted: (A favor from Allah and a blessing, and Allah is All-Knowing, Wise)

And here you find all these actions attributed to Allah: Who made them love it? Allah.
Who adorned it for them? Allah.
Who made them hate it? Allah (Mighty and Majestic),Therefore, he said after that:

bounty from Allah

فَضْلاً مِنَ اللَّهِ

[Al-Hujurat: 8] meaning: that Allah has bestowed upon you a favor, that is, a bestowal from Him, not by your earning, but it is from Allah (Mighty and Majestic). However, this is to make it known that Allah the Exalted knows best where He places His message, and knows best where He places faith in a person. So, from whom Allah knows good intention, good purpose, and sincerity, He makes faith beloved to him, and He adorns it in his heart, and He makes disbelief, open sinfulness, and disobedience hateful to him. And from whom Allah does not know that, then Allah the Exalted says:

And when they deviated, Allah caused their hearts to deviate.

فَلَمَّا زَاغُوا أَزَاغَ اللَّهُ قُلُوبَهُمْ

[Al-Saff: 5],And Allah (Mighty and Majestic) says:

And if they turn away - then know that Allah only intends to afflict them with some of their [own] sins

فَإِنْ تَوَلَّوْا فَاعْلَمْ أَنَّمَا يُرِيدُ اللَّهُ أَنْ يُصِيبَهُمْ بِبَعْضِ ذُنُوبِهِمْ

[Al-Ma'idah: 49] So sins are the cause of deviation and disobedience. So those upon whom Allah has bestowed His favor and granted them the blessing of religion are those who were guided to the truth. Allah (Mighty and Majestic) said:

[It is] as bounty from Allah and favor

فَضْلاً مِنَ اللَّهِ وَنِعْمَةً

[Al-Hujurat: 8] meaning: a bestowal from Him upon them.

And the blessing is two blessings: A blessing in this world, and a blessing in the Hereafter.

As for the disbelievers, they are blessed in this world, as Allah the Exalted said:

⁽²⁵⁾ How much they left behind of gardens and springs ⁽²⁶⁾ And crops and noble sites ⁽²⁷⁾ And comfort wherein they were amused.

كَمْ تَرَكُوا مِنْ جَنَّاتٍ وَعُيُونٍ * وَزُرُوعٍ وَمَقَامٍ كَرِيمٍ * وَنَعْمَةٍ كَانُوا فِيهَا فَاكِهِينَ

[Ad-Dukhan: 25-27] meaning: you were enjoying [blessings]. So these people—I mean the disbelievers—have a blessing in this world, but in the Hereafter, they will have punishment and the curse, and I seek refuge in Allah.
As for the believer, he attains both blessings, the blessing of this world and the blessing of the Hereafter, even if he is poor, or sick, or childless, or has no lineage,For he is in a state of blessing, as Allah the Exalted said:

Whoever does righteousness, whether male or female, while he is a believer - We will surely cause him to live a good life, and We will surely give them their reward [in the Hereafter] according to the best of what they used to do.

مَنْ عَمِلَ صَالِحاً مِنْ ذَكَرٍ أَوْ أُنْثَى وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ فَلَنُحْيِيَنَّهُ حَيَاةً طَيِّبَةً وَلَنَجْزِيَنَّهُمْ أَجْرَهُمْ بِأَحْسَنِ مَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ

[An-Nahl: 97].

Here he said:

[It is] as bounty from Allah and favor

فَضْلاً مِنَ اللَّهِ وَنِعْمَةً

[Al-Hujurat 49:8]

The intended meaning of the blessing is the blessing of religion, which is connected to the blessing of the Hereafter.And the summary of the speech regarding the blessing is: That there are two blessings: a general blessing for all creation, the disbeliever and the believer, the open sinner and the obedient, and a specific blessing for the believer. This specific blessing is connected to the blessing of religion and this world, whereas the first one is specific to the blessing of this world only, so that the argument is established against the disbelievers.

Allah the Exalted said:

And Allah is Knowing and Wise.

وَاللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌ

[Al-Hujurat: 8] These are two names from the names of Allah. Allah always pairs knowledge and wisdom between them.All-Knowing of every thing, Allah the Exalted said:

so you may know that Allah is over all things competent and that Allah has encompassed all things in knowledge.

لِتَعْلَمُوا أَنَّ اللَّهَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ أَحَاَطَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عِلْماً

[At-Talaq: 12] And He the Exalted said:

Indeed, Allah [alone] has knowledge of the Hour and sends down the rain and knows what is in the wombs. And no soul perceives what it will earn tomorrow, and no soul perceives in what land it will die

إِنَّ اللَّهَ عِنْدَهُ عِلْمُ السَّاعَةِ وَيُنَزِّلُ الْغَيْثَ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا فِي الْأَرْحَامِ وَمَا تَدْرِي نَفْسٌ مَاذَا تَكْسِبُ غَداً وَمَا تَدْرِي نَفْسٌ بِأَيِّ أَرْضٍ تَمُوتُ

[Luqman: 34] And He the Exalted said:

And with Him are the keys of the unseen; none knows them except Him. And He knows what is on the land and in the sea. Not a leaf falls but that He knows it. And no grain is there within the darknesses of the earth and no moist or dry [thing] but that it is [written] in a clear record.

وَعِنْدَهُ مَفَاتِحُ الْغَيْبِ لا يَعْلَمُهَا إِلَّا هُوَ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا فِي الْبَرِّ وَالْبَحْرِ وَمَا تَسْقُطُ مِنْ وَرَقَةٍ إِلَّا يَعْلَمُهَا وَلا حَبَّةٍ فِي ظُلُمَاتِ الْأَرْضِ وَلا رَطْبٍ وَلا يَابِسٍ إِلَّا فِي كِتَابٍ مُبِينٍ

[Al-An'am: 59] And He the Exalted said:

Indeed, from Allah nothing is hidden in the earth nor in the heaven.

إِنَّ اللَّهَ لا يَخْفَى عَلَيْهِ شَيْءٌ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلا فِي السَّمَاءِ

[Aal 'Imran: 5] So the knowledge of Allah the Exalted encompasses everything. And when a person knows that the knowledge of Allah encompasses everything, even what he conceals in his heart, he fears, he is awed, and he flees from Allah to Him (Mighty and Majestic). He does not say a word that angers Allah, nor does he do a deed that angers Allah, nor does he conceal a belief that angers Allah; because he knows that Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) knows that, and nothing is hidden from Him.
And as for the Wise, He is the One possessing the perfect wisdom.And wisdom is: That all that He (Exalted and Majestic is He) rules with is in accordance with and in conformity to the benefits. There is nothing that Allah rules with except that it is a great wisdom.Allah, Blessed and Exalted, said:

Extensive wisdom - but warning does not avail [them].

حِكْمَةٌ بَالِغَةٌ فَمَا تُغْنِ النُّذُرُ

[Al-Qamar: 5],And Allah the Exalted said:

Is not Allah the most just of judges?

أَلَيْسَ اللَّهُ بِأَحْكَمِ الْحَاكِمِينَ

[At-Tin: 8],And Allah the Exalted said:

But who is better than Allah in judgement for a people who are certain [in faith].

وَمَنْ أَحْسَنُ مِنَ اللَّهِ حُكْماً لِقَوْمٍ يُوقِنُونَ

[Al-Ma'idah: 50] This is the meaning of the Wise,Meaning: The One possessing the perfect wisdom.

And it has another meaning, which is: The One possessing the complete judgment, for to Allah belongs the judgment.As Allah the Exalted said:

And in anything over which you disagree - its ruling is [to be referred] to Allah.

وَمَا اخْتَلَفْتُمْ فِيهِ مِنْ شَيْءٍ فَحُكْمُهُ إِلَى اللَّهِ

[Ash-Shura: 10],And Allah the Exalted said:

And if you disagree over anything, refer it to Allah and the Messenger, if you should believe in Allah and the Last Day

فَإِنْ تَنَازَعْتُمْ فِي شَيْءٍ فَرُدُّوهُ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَالرَّسُولِ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ تُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ

[An-Nisa: 59] And no one rules by his desire:

But if the Truth had followed their inclinations, the heavens and the earth and whoever is in them would have been ruined. Rather, We have brought them their message, but they, from their message, are turning away.

وَلَوِ اتَّبَعَ الْحَقُّ أَهْوَاءَهُمْ لَفَسَدَتِ السَّمَاوَاتُ وَالْأَرْضُ وَمَنْ فِيهِنَّ بَلْ أَتَيْنَاهُمْ بِذِكْرِهِمْ فَهُمْ عَنْ ذِكْرِهِمْ مُعْرِضُونَ

[Al-Mu'minun: 71].
We ask Allah the Exalted to take care of us and you with His mercy and forgiveness, and to make us among those who have knowledge and benefit from their knowledge. Indeed, He is capable of all things.

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