In His saying, the Exalted: “And We turn their hearts and their eyes, just as they did not believe in Him the first time,” does this not support the statement of those scholars who said...
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The questioner : The Shaykh! Does the saying of Allah, the Exalted, [Al-An'am 6:110] not support the statement of those scholars who said that the repentance of one whose apostasy has been repeated is not accepted, based on His saying: ?
The Shaykh : It does not contradict. But sometimes Allah grants favor to whom He wills of His servants, so their apostasy is repeated and He grants them sincere faith. And we say that for the one whose apostasy is repeated, a person must be cautious with him; it is not merely by saying that he has believed and that he has repented that his execution is lifted, but rather we look into it.
And We will turn away their hearts and their eyes just as they refused to believe in it the first time
ونقلب أفئدتهم وأبصارهم كما لم يؤمنوا به أول مرةthe first time
أول مرةThe Shaykh : It does not contradict. But sometimes Allah grants favor to whom He wills of His servants, so their apostasy is repeated and He grants them sincere faith. And we say that for the one whose apostasy is repeated, a person must be cautious with him; it is not merely by saying that he has believed and that he has repented that his execution is lifted, but rather we look into it.