On the saying of Allah the Exalted: "Today the disbelievers have despaired of your religion, so do not fear them, but fear Me." How is the prohibition of fearing them reconciled with the fact that He informed that they have despaired? What is the answer?
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The questioner : On the saying of Allah the Exalted: [Al-Ma'idah 5:3] How is the prohibition of fearing them reconciled with the fact that He informed that they have despaired? What is the answer?
The Shaykh : What is the difficulty? When He said: and the polytheists... No, before that, recite the verse?
The questioner :[Al-Ma'idah 5:3] ؟
The Shaykh : Yes, this is a good difficulty. It says:[Al-Ma'idah 5:3] The "fa" (conjunction) is undoubtedly a connector, and it indicates that what follows is a consequence of what precedes it. So how is the prohibition of fearing them reconciled with the fact that He informed that they have despaired? What is the answer? Or did you not understand the difficulty?
The student: ......
The Shaykh : It appears that the meaning is that they have despaired of your religion and considered it unlikely that you would return from it, but if they attack you again, do not fear them in that. This is what appears to be the case, just as Muhammad said, but Allah knows best.
The student: The time is up, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : The time is up.
This day those who disbelieve have despaired of [defeating] your religion; so fear them not, but fear Me.
اليوم يئس الذين كفروا من دينكم فلا تخشوهم واخشونيThe Shaykh : What is the difficulty? When He said:
For you is your religion
لكم دينكمThe questioner :
This day those who disbelieve have despaired of [defeating] your religion; so fear them not, but fear Me.
اليوم يئس الذين كفروا من دينكم فلا تخشوهم واخشونيThe Shaykh : Yes, this is a good difficulty. It says:
This day those who disbelieve have despaired of [defeating] your religion; so fear them not, but fear Me.
اليوم يئس الذين كفروا من دينكم فلا تخشوهم واخشونيThe student: ......
The Shaykh : It appears that the meaning is that they have despaired of your religion and considered it unlikely that you would return from it, but if they attack you again, do not fear them in that. This is what appears to be the case, just as Muhammad said, but Allah knows best.
The student: The time is up, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : The time is up.