The Meaning of the Oath in the Saying of Allah the Exalted: {My Lord, by what You have bestowed upon me} and the Clarification of the Poet’s Saying: And strike with your right the necks of the people of deviation
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The questioner : ... about Musa.
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : By what You have bestowed upon me ... the author with this ...
The Shaykh : Yes, that is right.
The questioner : The saying of Musa when
The Shaykh :[Al-Qasas 28:17] The letter baa indicates causality there, while the letter maa is for the oath.
The questioner : It is not for an oath?
The Shaykh : Yes, that is right. And even if it were for an oath, it would differ from the author’s statement, because[Al-Qasas 28:17] this is an oath by an act of Allah, but: "So by Your blessing" [means] thanking it, and thanking it is an act of the servant.
The student : Which You granted me ...
The Shaykh : Yes, it does not contradict. If he said "by Your granting," there would also be no problem. In any case, if thanking is intended to mean that it is the result of Allah’s (Mighty and Majestic) guidance for the person, that is a distant interpretation, and Allah knows best.
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : By what You have bestowed upon me ... the author with this ...
The Shaykh : Yes, that is right.
The questioner : The saying of Musa when
The Shaykh :
My Lord, for the favor You bestowed upon me
رب بما أنعمت عليThe questioner : It is not for an oath?
The Shaykh : Yes, that is right. And even if it were for an oath, it would differ from the author’s statement, because
for the favor You bestowed upon me
بما أنعمت عليThe student : Which You granted me ...
The Shaykh : Yes, it does not contradict. If he said "by Your granting," there would also be no problem. In any case, if thanking is intended to mean that it is the result of Allah’s (Mighty and Majestic) guidance for the person, that is a distant interpretation, and Allah knows best.