Explaining the meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted: “So that I may warn you thereby, and whoever is reached.”
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The Shaykh : How do you understand this verse? Yes.
The questioner : It is in the Qur'an.
Another questioner : Repeat the verse, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh[Al-An'am 6:19] Is there an error in the verse?
The questioner : But it was not recorded.
The Shaykh : Ah, how do you understand it? Let me explain the question to you.
The questioner : No, I understood the question.
The Shaykh : No, I don't think so.
The questioner : I understood the question.
The Shaykh : Let me explain it to you; it is easier for you.
The questioner: Go ahead.
The Shaykh[Al-An'am 6:19] Does it mean whoever is reached by its wording, or by its wording and its meaning?
The questioner : I said I understood the question.
The Shaykh : No, don't, don't, don't.
The questioner : I am unable to answer.
The Shaykh : Do not open doors for yourself from which you are free and at ease.
The questioner : All right, I am unable to answer this question because it relates to tafsir (exegesis).
The Shaykh : It relates to tafsir, you say, and not to thinking?
The questioner : No, to tafsir.
The Shaykh : To tafsir, all right. Then shall we wait until you review the tafsir?
The questioner: No.
The Shaykh : So.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Then this is your answer, and it has not benefited us at all. If the matter returns to me, then I... The intended meaning of the verse is whoever is reached by the Qur'an in both wording and meaning, not by wording without meaning. For the non-Arabs, all of them, have been reached by the Qur'an, and among the non-Arabs are those who memorize the Qur'an from beginning to end more than many of the Arabs, with recitation and melodic chanting as mentioned in the Sunnah, and so on. But they do not understand anything of it. Has the proof been established? The answer, I think, you will say, if Allah wills, if Allah wills, that the proof has not been established, because he was reached by its wording but not by its meaning. In summary: if you know this reality, you will restrain yourself greatly from declaring people disbelievers and misguiding them, and you will strive with us to make these misguided people understand that they are in clear misguidance. It is sufficient for you that your effort and striving is to make these misguided people understand, not to declare them disbelievers, and not even to question whether they are disbelievers or not. Be truthful about them and turn to them to make them understand that they are not on the guidance of their Lord, and that the guidance of Allah is such and such. If you do that, you will be successful, if Allah wills.
The questioner : May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : Yes. Is standing permissible, or is it not permissible? Ah?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : A trip inside the house; I don't know if this is a trip or not. Please, go ahead.
The questioner : It is in the Qur'an.
Another questioner : Repeat the verse, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh
that I may warn you thereby and whomever it reaches
لِأُنْذِرَكُمْ بِهِ وَمَنْ بَلَغَThe questioner : But it was not recorded.
The Shaykh : Ah, how do you understand it? Let me explain the question to you.
The questioner : No, I understood the question.
The Shaykh : No, I don't think so.
The questioner : I understood the question.
The Shaykh : Let me explain it to you; it is easier for you.
The questioner: Go ahead.
The Shaykh
that I may warn you thereby and whomever it reaches
لِأُنْذِرَكُمْ بِهِ وَمَنْ بَلَغَThe questioner : I said I understood the question.
The Shaykh : No, don't, don't, don't.
The questioner : I am unable to answer.
The Shaykh : Do not open doors for yourself from which you are free and at ease.
The questioner : All right, I am unable to answer this question because it relates to tafsir (exegesis).
The Shaykh : It relates to tafsir, you say, and not to thinking?
The questioner : No, to tafsir.
The Shaykh : To tafsir, all right. Then shall we wait until you review the tafsir?
The questioner: No.
The Shaykh : So.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Then this is your answer, and it has not benefited us at all. If the matter returns to me, then I... The intended meaning of the verse is whoever is reached by the Qur'an in both wording and meaning, not by wording without meaning. For the non-Arabs, all of them, have been reached by the Qur'an, and among the non-Arabs are those who memorize the Qur'an from beginning to end more than many of the Arabs, with recitation and melodic chanting as mentioned in the Sunnah, and so on. But they do not understand anything of it. Has the proof been established? The answer, I think, you will say, if Allah wills, if Allah wills, that the proof has not been established, because he was reached by its wording but not by its meaning. In summary: if you know this reality, you will restrain yourself greatly from declaring people disbelievers and misguiding them, and you will strive with us to make these misguided people understand that they are in clear misguidance. It is sufficient for you that your effort and striving is to make these misguided people understand, not to declare them disbelievers, and not even to question whether they are disbelievers or not. Be truthful about them and turn to them to make them understand that they are not on the guidance of their Lord, and that the guidance of Allah is such and such. If you do that, you will be successful, if Allah wills.
The questioner : May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : Yes. Is standing permissible, or is it not permissible? Ah?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : A trip inside the house; I don't know if this is a trip or not. Please, go ahead.
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