What is the meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted: “And if they had only remained steadfast upon the path, We would have given them abundant water”? What is this path?
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The questioner : He says: What is the meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted? I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Shaytan. [Al-Jinn 72:16] What is this path?
The Shaykh : Yes. The saying of Allah the Exalted[Al-Jinn 72:16] As Allah the Exalted said: [Al-A'raf 7:96-99] So if people had remained steadfast upon the path that Allah prescribed for them through the tongues of His messengers (peace and blessings be upon them), good and blessings would have been obtained for them from the sky and the earth. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah bless you.
And [Allah revealed] that if they had remained straight on the way, We would have given them abundant provision
وألو استقاموا على الطريقة لأسقيناهم ماء غدقاThe Shaykh : Yes. The saying of Allah the Exalted
And [Allah revealed] that if they had remained straight on the way, We would have given them abundant provision
وألو استقاموا على الطريقة لأسقيناهم ماء غدقا(96) And if only the people of the cities had believed and feared Allah, We would have opened upon them blessings from the heaven and the earth; but they denied [the messengers], so We seized them for what they were earning." (97) Then, did the people of the cities feel secure from Our punishment coming to them at night while they were asleep? (98) Or did the people of the cities feel secure from Our punishment coming to them in the morning while they were at play? (99) Then did they feel secure from the plan of Allah? But no one feels secure from the plan of Allah except the losing people.
ولو أن أهل القرى ءامنوا واتقوا لفتحنا عليهم بركات من السماء والأرض ولكن كذبوا فأخذناهم بما كانوا يكسبون * أفأمن أهل القرى أن يأتيهم بأسنا بياتا وهم نائمون * أوأمن أهل القرى أن يأتيهم بأسنا ضحى وهم يلعبون * أفأمنوا مكر الله فلا يأمن مكر الله إلا القوم الخاسرونThe questioner : May Allah bless you.