Clarification of the referent of the pronoun in His saying: (We have not neglected anything therein)
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[Clarification of the referent of the pronoun in His saying: (We have not neglected anything therein)
His saying, the Exalted: [Al-An'am: 31] Meaning: Is the most likely referent of the pronoun the worldly life or the Hour?The Shaykh: Which pronoun?The questioner: In it (We have not neglected anything therein)?The Shaykh: In the time of the Hour.
The questioner: Not in the worldly life?The Shaykh: No, the worldly life was not mentioned; we have not neglected anything in it,Meaning: nor in its affairs, so we did not prepare for it.
His saying, the Exalted:
Those will have lost who deny the meeting with Allah, until when the Hour [of resurrection] comes upon them unexpectedly, they will say, "Oh, [how great is] our regret over what we neglected concerning it,"
قَدْ خَسِرَ الَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا بِلِقَاءِ اللَّهِ حَتَّى إِذَا جَاءَتْهُمُ السَّاعَةُ بَغْتَةً قَالُوا يَا حَسْرَتَنَا عَلَى مَا فَرَّطْنَا فِيهَاThe questioner: Not in the worldly life?The Shaykh: No, the worldly life was not mentioned; we have not neglected anything in it,Meaning: nor in its affairs, so we did not prepare for it.