The Meaning of the Statement of Allah the Exalted: (And you did not throw when you threw, but Allah threw)
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[The Meaning of the Saying of Allah the Exalted: (And you did not throw when you threw, but Allah threw)
What is the interpretation of the statement of Allah the Exalted: [Al-Anfal: 17]?
(And you did not throw) means: you did not strike their faces with these pebbles that you sent upon them, (when you threw) means: you sent the pebbles,So the first "throwing" means: the hitting, (but Allah threw): He struck them. So how many times was the word "threw" repeated?Interjection: Three times.
The Shaykh: (And you did not throw) the first instance means: you struck their faces, (when you threw) means: you sent the pebbles, this is the action of the Messenger, (but Allah threw) He struck them, because it is known that when the Messenger sends pebbles at a people far from him, it is customary that these pebbles do not reach their faces or the earth, but it is Allah who delivered them.
Interjection: Is it attributed to the action?The Shaykh: No.
In principle, if we interpret it as we have mentioned, there is no problem that "throwing" is used for hitting, and it is used for the action,His saying: (You did not throw) the negation here is of the hitting: (when you threw) the affirmation is of sending the pebbles or the earth: (but Allah threw) the hitting, and there is no problem.
What is the interpretation of the statement of Allah the Exalted:
And you threw not, [O Muhammad], when you threw, but it was Allah who threw
وَمَا رَمَيْتَ إِذْ رَمَيْتَ وَلَكِنَّ اللَّهَ رَمَى(And you did not throw) means: you did not strike their faces with these pebbles that you sent upon them, (when you threw) means: you sent the pebbles,So the first "throwing" means: the hitting, (but Allah threw): He struck them. So how many times was the word "threw" repeated?Interjection: Three times.
The Shaykh: (And you did not throw) the first instance means: you struck their faces, (when you threw) means: you sent the pebbles, this is the action of the Messenger, (but Allah threw) He struck them, because it is known that when the Messenger sends pebbles at a people far from him, it is customary that these pebbles do not reach their faces or the earth, but it is Allah who delivered them.
Interjection: Is it attributed to the action?The Shaykh: No.
In principle, if we interpret it as we have mentioned, there is no problem that "throwing" is used for hitting, and it is used for the action,His saying: (You did not throw) the negation here is of the hitting: (when you threw) the affirmation is of sending the pebbles or the earth: (but Allah threw) the hitting, and there is no problem.