The Meaning of the Saying of Allah the Exalted: (Until the messengers despaired)
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The Meaning of the Saying of Allah the Exalted: (Until the messengers despaired)
The saying of Allah the Exalted: [Yusuf:110] What is the interpretation of this verse? May Allah reward you.
That is: they considered the victory of Allah the Exalted to be unlikely. [Yusuf 12:110] That is: those who displayed faith to them did so falsely,And this is explained by the second reading: (and they thought that they had been lied to, then Our victory came to them).
And they only think that because if the victory does not come and these believers, and the believers are promised victory, the messengers think that those who say: that they are believers, are lying to them.
The questioner: The issue is with the pronoun (they): to whom does it refer?The Shaykh: To the messengers.
The questioner: (They had been lied to)?The Shaykh: (They had been lied to) means: by their people.
The questioner: Meaning, it is clarified in the other reading: (They had been lied to)?The Shaykh: (They had been lied to) Yes.
The questioner: Do you interpret it that way?The Shaykh: It is understood that way, and that is correct, because it is not possible that the messengers would think that Allah had lied to them regarding the promise of victory,This is not possible, rather we say: (They had been lied to) means: their people had lied to them in their claim: that they are believers.
Such as their saying: (He lied to you, though he is truthful), or (he told you the truth, though he is a liar), or something similar to that.
The saying of Allah the Exalted:
[They continued] until, when the messengers despaired and were certain that they had been denied, there came to them Our victory, and whoever We willed was saved
حَتَّى إِذَا اسْتَيْأَسَ الرُّسُلُ وَظَنُّوا أَنَّهُمْ قَدْ كُذِبُوا جَاءَهُمْ نَصْرُنَا فَنُجِّيَ مَنْ نَشَاءُWhen the messengers despaired
إِذَا اسْتَيْأَسَ الرُّسُلُand were certain that they had been denied
وَظَنُّوا أَنَّهُمْ قَدْ كُذِبُواAnd they only think that because if the victory does not come and these believers, and the believers are promised victory, the messengers think that those who say: that they are believers, are lying to them.
The questioner: The issue is with the pronoun (they): to whom does it refer?The Shaykh: To the messengers.
The questioner: (They had been lied to)?The Shaykh: (They had been lied to) means: by their people.
The questioner: Meaning, it is clarified in the other reading: (They had been lied to)?The Shaykh: (They had been lied to) Yes.
The questioner: Do you interpret it that way?The Shaykh: It is understood that way, and that is correct, because it is not possible that the messengers would think that Allah had lied to them regarding the promise of victory,This is not possible, rather we say: (They had been lied to) means: their people had lied to them in their claim: that they are believers.
Such as their saying: (He lied to you, though he is truthful), or (he told you the truth, though he is a liar), or something similar to that.