The Meaning of the Saying of Allah, the Exalted: "He who fears [Allah] will be reminded. And the most wretched will turn away from it. He who will be cast into the Great Fire. Then he will not die therein nor live."
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The Shaykh :[Al-A'la 87:10] [Al-Furqan 25:73] If he fears Allah and is reminded by Allah and warned by Allah, he remembers and restrains himself from what is forbidden and performs what is obligatory. That is, he turns away from the reminder. The most wretched one, may Allah protect us from that, for whom misery has been written.
[Al-A'la 87:12-13] "Cast into the Fire" means he is burned by it until he becomes molten, may Allah protect us from that. [An-Nisa 4:56] "The Great" is a description of the Fire, and the meaning is not that there is a great fire and a small fire; this is a description of the Fire that it is great. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) mentioned that it is and that the fire of this world is one part out of seventy parts of the Fire of the Hereafter. And yet, the most wretched one who did not remember through the Qur'an is burned by it.
[Al-A'la 87:13] How does he not die and not live? Is there anything in it other than life and death? If not, how are life and death negated? It is negated in a manner other than what we understand. The meaning is not that he does not die and does not live, but rather he is either dead or alive. However, he does not die in a way that brings him relief, nor does he live a noble life in which he is saved from the punishment. So the negation here is a negation of perfection; that is, he does not die a complete death that brings him relief, nor does he live a complete life in which he is happy in his life. Otherwise, they are alive and wish for death. Allah, the Exalted, said: [Az-Zukhruf 43:77] Who called out? The companions of the Fire. [Az-Zukhruf 43:77] "O Malik, the keeper of the Fire." [Az-Zukhruf 43:77] Meaning, let our Lord put an end to us, so that our death may bring us relief. He said: "There is no death in it, nor is there a noble life." So it became that he does not die, meaning a complete death that brings him relief from the punishment, nor does he live, meaning a complete life in which he is happy.