The Meaning of the Saying of Allah the Exalted: "No! If only you knew with certainty, you would see the Hellfire."
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The Shaykh :[At-Takathur 102:5] If this "lo" (if) is conditional, it requires the action of the condition and the response to the condition. So the action of the condition is "lo ta'lamun" (if you know); "ta'lamun" is the action of the condition. Where is the response to the condition? It is omitted, and it is not His saying: Rather, it is omitted. The implied meaning is: If you knew with certainty, the competition for more would not have distracted you from the obedience of Allah, Mighty and Majestic. But rather, Satan took control of you and caused you to fall into doubt, or hesitation, or something similar. As for His saying: لترون الجحيم فهي جملة لا علاقة بما قبلها ولهذا ينبغي للقارئ إذا قرأ أن يقف على قوله : لو تعلمون علم اليقين وأن لا يصل قوله : لترون الجحيم بما قبلها لأنه لو وصلها بما قبلها لظن الظان أنها جواب لو. وهذا يخل بالمعنى إخلال عظيما إذن أقرأ كلا لو تعلمون علم اليقين لترون الجحيم ثم لترونها عين اليقين ولا أصل قوله : لترون الجحيم بما قبلها.
أي لترون الجحيم أي والله لترون ولهذا يقول علماء العربية إن هذه الجملة مؤكة بثلاث مؤكدات : القسم المقدر واللام ونون التوكيد.
والتقدير : والله لترون الجحيم أي النار وذلك حينما تعرض يوم القيامة فيراها الناس كلهم بل إن من كان من أهلها يساق إليها والعياذ بالله. إلى جهنم وردا . وأما من كان من أهل الجنة فإنه يصعد مع الصراط الموضوع على متن جهنم نسأل الله أن يجيرنا وإياكم. you would see the Hellfire. This is a sentence that has no connection to what came before it. Therefore, the reciter should, when reciting, pause at the phrase "if only you knew with certainty" and not connect "you would see the Hellfire" to what came before it, because if he connected it to what came before it, one might think that it is the response to the "lo" (if). This would greatly disrupt the meaning. So I recite: "No! If only you knew with certainty, you would see the Hellfire." Then, "and you would see it with the eye of certainty." And I do not connect "you would see the Hellfire" to what came before it. That is, "you would see the Hellfire" means, by Allah, you would see it. For this reason, the scholars of Arabic grammar say that this sentence is emphasized by three emphatic markers: the implied oath, the letter "lam," and the nūn of emphasis. The implied meaning is: By Allah, you would see the Hellfire, that is, the Fire. And that is when it is exposed on the Day of Resurrection, and all people will see it. Indeed, even those who are among its people will be driven into it, may Allah protect us and you from it. Into Jahannam, driven in. As for those who are among the people of Paradise, they will ascend with the Sirat, which is placed over the back of Jahannam. We ask Allah to protect us and you.
No! If you only knew with knowledge of certainty...
كلا لو تعلمون علم اليقينyou would see the Hellfire
لترون الجحيمأي لترون الجحيم أي والله لترون ولهذا يقول علماء العربية إن هذه الجملة مؤكة بثلاث مؤكدات : القسم المقدر واللام ونون التوكيد.
والتقدير : والله لترون الجحيم أي النار وذلك حينما تعرض يوم القيامة فيراها الناس كلهم بل إن من كان من أهلها يساق إليها والعياذ بالله. إلى جهنم وردا . وأما من كان من أهل الجنة فإنه يصعد مع الصراط الموضوع على متن جهنم نسأل الله أن يجيرنا وإياكم. you would see the Hellfire. This is a sentence that has no connection to what came before it. Therefore, the reciter should, when reciting, pause at the phrase "if only you knew with certainty" and not connect "you would see the Hellfire" to what came before it, because if he connected it to what came before it, one might think that it is the response to the "lo" (if). This would greatly disrupt the meaning. So I recite: "No! If only you knew with certainty, you would see the Hellfire." Then, "and you would see it with the eye of certainty." And I do not connect "you would see the Hellfire" to what came before it. That is, "you would see the Hellfire" means, by Allah, you would see it. For this reason, the scholars of Arabic grammar say that this sentence is emphasized by three emphatic markers: the implied oath, the letter "lam," and the nūn of emphasis. The implied meaning is: By Allah, you would see the Hellfire, that is, the Fire. And that is when it is exposed on the Day of Resurrection, and all people will see it. Indeed, even those who are among its people will be driven into it, may Allah protect us and you from it. Into Jahannam, driven in. As for those who are among the people of Paradise, they will ascend with the Sirat, which is placed over the back of Jahannam. We ask Allah to protect us and you.