Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: (The companions of the trench. The fire with its fuel. When they sat by it. And they were witnesses to what they did to the believers).
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The Shaykh :[Al-Buruj 85:4] This is the answer to the oath [Al-Buruj 85:4] meaning they were cursed and destroyed. The companions of the trench were a people of tyranny, and may Allah protect us from that, who disbelieved in their messengers and harmed those who followed them, to the extent that they killed them. They dug trenches, which are deep ditches, and kindled fire in them. They would bring a man, and if he testified to the truth, they would throw him into the fire, but if he testified to falsehood, they would leave him.
[Al-Buruj 85:4-5] The fire with its fuel means that it was a great, blazing fire that did not care about anyone. Most of the believers, and praise be to Allah, were patient with this and swallowed the axes of death to remain in the Hereafter.
[Al-Buruj 85:7] They, meaning the companions of the trench, these are the chiefs of the arrogant. They are capable of what they do to people. Why do they do this thing? Why do they hold a grudge against the believers for their faith? Allah the Mighty and Majestic said: [Al-Buruj 85:8-9] This is what they held a grudge against them for. Is this something for which one takes revenge?
The answer is: No, rather this requires honoring him and restraining them so that he does not turn away from his religion. It is not his due that he be tortured and they be harsh with him until he dies.
Cursed were the companions of the trench
قتل أصحاب الأخدودCursed were the companions of the trench
قتل أصحاب الأخدود(4) Cursed were the companions of the trench (5) [Containing] the fire full of fuel,
قتل أصحاب الأخدود النار ذات الوقودAnd they, to what they were doing against the believers, were witnesses.
وهم على ما يفعلون بالمؤمنين شهود(8) And they resented them not except because they believed in Allah, the Exalted in Might, the Praiseworthy, (9) To whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. And Allah, over all things, is Witness.
ومانقموا منهم إلا أن يؤمنوا بالله العزيز الحميد الذي له ملك السماوات والأرض والله على كل شيء شهيدThe answer is: No, rather this requires honoring him and restraining them so that he does not turn away from his religion. It is not his due that he be tortured and they be harsh with him until he dies.