Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: "Our Lord, do not burden us with what we have no capacity to bear, and pardon us, and forgive us, and have mercy on us."
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The Shaykh :[Al-Baqarah 2:286] Had He willed, He could have burdened them with what they cannot bear, but out of His compassion and mercy, He said: [Al-Baqarah 2:286].
[Al-Baqarah 2:286] These are three phrases. Do they have the same meaning? Who knows? Glory be to Allah, you recite this verse morning and evening and you do not know what it means? Please, go ahead.
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : Now, pardon is in contrast to negligence in obligatory duties, forgiveness is in contrast to sins and transgressions of prohibitions, and mercy is the removal of the effect of these sins or the neglect of obligations. Did you understand? Pardon is in contrast to what? Negligence in the obligatory. Forgiveness is in contrast to committing a sin. Mercy is the removal of the effect such that the person is as if there was no negligence in an obligatory duty and no transgression of a prohibition. The principle, my brothers, the principle in words is either a difference in meaning or synonymy? What is the principle, people? The difference. And for this reason it is said: "Conjunction implies difference." So if you find two words and you think their meaning is the same, do not think so. Yes, sometimes a synonym is conjoined with its synonym, like the saying of the poet:
"So he found her words to be lies and falsehood"
Al-Mayn: It is lying.
[Al-Baqarah 2:286].
Our Lord, and burden us not with that which we have no ability to bear
رَبَّنَا وَلا تُحَمِّلْنَا مَا لا طَاقَةَ لَنَا بِهِAllah does not charge a soul except [with that within] its capacity
لا يُكَلِّفُ اللَّهُ نَفْساً إِلَّا وُسْعَهَاAnd pardon us; and forgive us; and have mercy upon us
وَاعْفُ عَنَّا وَاغْفِرْ لَنَا وَارْحَمْنَاThe student: ... .
The Shaykh : Now, pardon is in contrast to negligence in obligatory duties, forgiveness is in contrast to sins and transgressions of prohibitions, and mercy is the removal of the effect of these sins or the neglect of obligations. Did you understand? Pardon is in contrast to what? Negligence in the obligatory. Forgiveness is in contrast to committing a sin. Mercy is the removal of the effect such that the person is as if there was no negligence in an obligatory duty and no transgression of a prohibition. The principle, my brothers, the principle in words is either a difference in meaning or synonymy? What is the principle, people? The difference. And for this reason it is said: "Conjunction implies difference." So if you find two words and you think their meaning is the same, do not think so. Yes, sometimes a synonym is conjoined with its synonym, like the saying of the poet:
"So he found her words to be lies and falsehood"
Al-Mayn: It is lying.