Continuation of the explanation of the meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted: "Then He drew near and hung low, so He was at the distance of two bows' length or even nearer"
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The Shaykh : And likewise the Mi'raj of the Messenger, and likewise the raising of the soul. This is in the Qur'an: the ascent of the soul at the time of its taking, and the supplication of the one in distress, and the supplication of the sick person. Yes.
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The Shaykh : Yes.
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The Shaykh : It was published, good. So its meaning is that nothing was embellished.
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The Shaykh : Yes.
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The Shaykh : Yes, the one whom the Prophet saw, who drew near to Allah (Mighty and Majestic). The author, may Allah have mercy on him, holds that the Mi'raj of the Messenger was one in which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) passed through the seven heavens.
"And He drew near *** to him until He was at the distance of two bows"
We mentioned that the stronger opinion in this matter is that the one who drew near is Jibril, and here we are affirming that, with the permission of Allah. We say that the one who[An-Najm 53:9] is Jibril, because the linguistic and semantic indications all support that.
As for the linguistic indication, the context of the speech returns the pronoun to a single referent. Let us read[An-Najm 53:5] and it is Jibril [An-Najm 53:6] from Jibril [An-Najm 53:7] Jibril from the upper horizon [An-Najm 53:9] the one who drew near and hung low is Jibril. What remains for us is there is no impediment to the meaning being that Jibril revealed to His servant, meaning to the servant of Allah, so that the doer of is Jibril, and the pronoun in "His servant" returns to Allah (Mighty and Majestic). The difference between the two pronouns here has become clear from the context, because Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) cannot be a servant of Jibril; it is not possible for him to be a servant of Jibril. As for the revelation, it can be from Allah and it can be from Jibril. For this reason, we can say that the pronoun in is possible to return to Jibril as a...
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Yes.
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The Shaykh : It was published, good. So its meaning is that nothing was embellished.
The student: ... verified the text
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: ... verifies the text
The Shaykh : Yes, the one whom the Prophet saw, who drew near to Allah (Mighty and Majestic). The author, may Allah have mercy on him, holds that the Mi'raj of the Messenger was one in which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) passed through the seven heavens.
"And He drew near *** to him until He was at the distance of two bows"
We mentioned that the stronger opinion in this matter is that the one who drew near is Jibril, and here we are affirming that, with the permission of Allah. We say that the one who
And was at a distance of two bow lengths or nearer.
دنا فتدلى فكان قاب قوسين أو أدنىAs for the linguistic indication, the context of the speech returns the pronoun to a single referent. Let us read