The Meaning of the Saying of Allah the Exalted: "A Guidance for the God-Fearing"
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The Shaykh : In the first verses, which are apparently about the believers in their outward and inward aspects, Allah the Mighty and Majestic mentioned that this Qur'an is a guidance for the God-fearing. We have previously explained the meaning of taqwa (mindfulness of Allah).
However, in other verses, He mentioned that it is a guidance for people. Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Baqarah 2:185] How do we reconcile the two verses, where He says here: and in another verse: generally, for the God-fearing and others?
We reconcile them by understanding that the meaning of it being: is that it is a proof for people, guiding them to good and making it clear, and likewise guiding them to the places of evil and making them clear. It encourages good and warns against evil. All people attain this through the Qur'an.
As for it being, the intended meaning of guidance here is guidance of success, meaning that the God-fearing are granted success, so they follow it and benefit from it. Listen to the saying of Allah the Exalted: [At-Tawbah 9:124] complete.
The student: ...
The Shaykh :[At-Tawbah 9:124-125] A single verse became guidance and healing for some people, and became blindness and misguidance for others, refuge with Allah. The believers were increased in faith by it, and they rejoiced. The hypocrites, who have a disease in their hearts, were increased in filth upon their filth, and they died while they were disbelievers. So the God-fearing are those who benefit from the Qur'an, and the more a person increases in taqwa (mindfulness of Allah), the more he benefits from the Qur'an in preserving it, understanding it, and acting upon it.
However, in other verses, He mentioned that it is a guidance for people. Allah the Exalted said:
The month of Ramadhan [is that] in which was revealed the Qur'an, a guidance for the people
شهر رمضان الذي أنزل فيه القرآن هدى للناسA guidance for the righteous
هدى للمتقينa guidance for the people
هدى للناسWe reconcile them by understanding that the meaning of it being:
a guidance for the people
هدى للناسAs for it being
A guidance for the righteous
هدى للمتقينAnd whenever a surah is revealed, there are among the hypocrites those who say, "Which of you has this increased faith?" As for those who believed
وإذا ما أنزلت سورة فمنهم من يقول أيكم زادته هذه إيمانا فأما الذين آمنواThe student: ...
The Shaykh :
