How to reconcile the fact that we do not say "I forgot" but rather "I was made to forget" with the saying of Allah the Exalted: ((So he forgot, and We found no determination in him))?
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The questioner : In a question from the people of the household, it is said not to say "I forgot" but rather "I was made to forget." How do you reconcile this with the saying of Allah the Exalted: [Taha 20:115]
The Shaykh : Yes, here "forgot" does not mean the forgetting that is oblivion, meaning leaving and transgressing.
but he forgot; and We found not in him determination.
نسي ولم نجد له عزمًاThe Shaykh : Yes, here "forgot" does not mean the forgetting that is oblivion, meaning leaving and transgressing.
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