Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: "The path of those upon whom You have bestowed favor."
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The Shaykh : Then He clarified this path by saying [Al-Fatihah 1:7] We have divided people into
The student : Three
The Shaykh : three categories. Now the three categories have come. The path of those upon whom You have bestowed favor—who are those upon whom Allah has bestowed favor? They are the knowledgeable and the workers, and they are four types. Allah the Exalted said:[An-Nisa 4:69] Here [An-Nisa 4:69] This is praise from Allah the Mighty and Majestic. It is good. The scholars of grammar said: "Inna means how excellent" How excellent, how good those companions are. May Allah make us among their companions and place us in the highest company, O Lord of the worlds, with those upon whom Allah has bestowed favor from the prophets, the truthful, the martyrs, and the righteous.
The path of those upon whom You have bestowed favor, not of those who have evoked [Your] anger or of those who are astray.
صراط الذين أنعمت عليهم غير المغضوب عليهم ولا الضالينThe student : Three
The Shaykh : three categories. Now the three categories have come. The path of those upon whom You have bestowed favor—who are those upon whom Allah has bestowed favor? They are the knowledgeable and the workers, and they are four types. Allah the Exalted said: