Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: (Indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful)
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Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: (Indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful)]
Allah the Exalted said: [Surah al-Hujurat: 14] :- The verse concludes with forgiveness and mercy to indicate that these people who said: that they believed are close to forgiveness and mercy; because faith did not enter their hearts, but it is close to entering them.
Here he distinguished between Islam and faith, and likewise in the hadith of Jibril he distinguished between Islam and faith, so in the hadith of Jibril when he asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): (What is Islam? - What did he say? -He said: Islam is that you testify that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, and establish prayer, and give zakah, and fast Ramadan, and perform Hajj to the House) , so what did he say to him regarding faith?He said: (That you believe in Allah, and His angels, and His books, and His messengers, and the Last Day, and the divine decree, its good and its evil) So he distinguished between Islam and faith.
And in other proofs, Allah makes faith to be Islam and Islam to be faith, so is there a contradiction in this?
No.
When Islam is paired with faith, they become two things, and when Islam is mentioned alone or faith is mentioned alone, they mean one thing, and there are many parallels for this in the Arabic language,Therefore, the people of the Sunnah and the community said: that Islam and faith are one thing when they are separated, and two things when they are gathered,Meaning: if they are mentioned in the same context, they are two things, and if one of them is mentioned without the other, they are one thing,And this is indicated by: that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) enumerated deeds that are from Islam and made them from faith, saying: (Faith has seventy-odd branches,The highest of them: saying: There is no god but Allah.
) although it is from Islam, (He said: Islam is that you testify that there is no god but Allah) , (... and the lowest of them is removing a harmful object from the road ...) and removing a harmful object from the road is from Islam; because it is an action of the limbs (... and modesty is a branch of faith) this is in the heart.
And the important point: that faith and Islam are one thing when they are separated, and two things when they are gathered.
Allah the Exalted said:
Indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.
إِنَّ اللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌHere he distinguished between Islam and faith, and likewise in the hadith of Jibril he distinguished between Islam and faith, so in the hadith of Jibril when he asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): (What is Islam? - What did he say? -He said: Islam is that you testify that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, and establish prayer, and give zakah, and fast Ramadan, and perform Hajj to the House) , so what did he say to him regarding faith?He said: (That you believe in Allah, and His angels, and His books, and His messengers, and the Last Day, and the divine decree, its good and its evil) So he distinguished between Islam and faith.
And in other proofs, Allah makes faith to be Islam and Islam to be faith, so is there a contradiction in this?
No.
When Islam is paired with faith, they become two things, and when Islam is mentioned alone or faith is mentioned alone, they mean one thing, and there are many parallels for this in the Arabic language,Therefore, the people of the Sunnah and the community said: that Islam and faith are one thing when they are separated, and two things when they are gathered,Meaning: if they are mentioned in the same context, they are two things, and if one of them is mentioned without the other, they are one thing,And this is indicated by: that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) enumerated deeds that are from Islam and made them from faith, saying: (Faith has seventy-odd branches,The highest of them: saying: There is no god but Allah.
) although it is from Islam, (He said: Islam is that you testify that there is no god but Allah) , (... and the lowest of them is removing a harmful object from the road ...) and removing a harmful object from the road is from Islam; because it is an action of the limbs (... and modesty is a branch of faith) this is in the heart.
And the important point: that faith and Islam are one thing when they are separated, and two things when they are gathered.