Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: "Forgiveness, our Lord, and to You is the final return."
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The Shaykh : This is why we pray, and the first thing we begin with after the prayer is to say, "I seek forgiveness from Allah, I seek forgiveness from Allah, I seek forgiveness from Allah," because a person is never free from defects. Here they said: Then they said: fearing that there might be some deficiency in what they obeyed Allah in. Allah the Exalted said: [Adh-Dhariyat 51:18] After they pray and perform the night prayer, they devote themselves to seeking forgiveness. Glory to Allah, and they have...
This is an observation that a person should pay attention to. Do not say, "I have prayed and my obligation is discharged, and I have attained the nearness to Allah." No, do not say that, for there may be a deficiency in it.
Well, he says: Do we ask about it in grammar, or do we not proceed? A beginner in grammar might say: Why was not "Rabbana" (our Lord) an attribute for the "ka" which is in the genitive case? I do not think that anyone who has caught a whiff of grammar does not know the grammatical parsing of "Rabbana."
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : If a vocative is addressed, the "ya" of the call is removed from it. Yes, well done. The "ya" of the call. May Allah bless you. "Rabbana" means "O our Lord!" We ask You for Your forgiveness. And what a good Lord our Lord is, (Exalted and Majestic is He), and how close He is to the one who calls upon Him:Sunan Abi Dawud 4733Sahih (Al-Albani) O Allah, make us among those who expose themselves to this call, O Lord of the worlds.
He says:[Al-Baqarah 2:285] "To You is the final return." Is the meaning that to You is the final return in our worship, so we do not legislate except what You have legislated? To You is the final return in the management of our affairs, for You manage our affairs? To You is the final return on the Day of Resurrection? Does this include these three and others whose return is to Allah? Or is it specific to the Day of Resurrection?
The answer: It includes them.
We have heard and obeyed
سمعنا وأطعناForgiveness is Yours
غفرانكAnd in the hours before dawn they would ask forgiveness,
وَبِالْأَسْحَارِ هُمْ يَسْتَغْفِرُونَThis is an observation that a person should pay attention to. Do not say, "I have prayed and my obligation is discharged, and I have attained the nearness to Allah." No, do not say that, for there may be a deficiency in it.
Well, he says:
Forgiveness, our Lord
غُفْرَانَكَ رَبَّنَاForgiveness, our Lord
غُفْرَانَكَ رَبَّنَاThe student: ... .
The Shaykh : If a vocative is addressed, the "ya" of the call is removed from it. Yes, well done. The "ya" of the call. May Allah bless you. "Rabbana" means "O our Lord!" We ask You for Your forgiveness. And what a good Lord our Lord is, (Exalted and Majestic is He), and how close He is to the one who calls upon Him:
Our lord gets down every night to the heaven of this world when a third night remains and says: (Is there anyone) who prays to Me so that I may accept his prayer? (Is there anyone) who asks of Me so that I may give him? (Is there anyone) who asks for my forgiveness so that I may forgive him?
وينزل ربنا عز وجل كل ليلة إلى سماء الدنيا حين يبقى ثلث الليل الآخر فيقول : من يدعوني فأستجيب له، من يسألني فأعطيه، من يستغفرني فأغفر لهHe says:
our Lord, and to You is the [final] destination."
رَبَّنَا وَإِلَيْكَ الْمَصِيرُThe answer: It includes them.
