Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: ((So We sent down upon those who wronged a scourge from the sky for what they used to commit of open sinfulness))
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Allah the Exalted said: [Al-Baqarah 2:59] His saying: The fā' indicates causality. We begin the exegesis now: The fā' in "So We sent down" indicates causality, meaning that because of what occurred from them, namely the alteration, We sent it down. And His saying: [Al-Baqarah 2:59] means "upon them," and this is an instance of explicit mention in place of implicit reference. We mentioned in the previous lesson that it has three benefits. Can 'Abd al-Karim explain them?
The student: I was not present.
The Shaykh : How were you not present? Well, Waleed can explain them, even though Waleed is now showing that he is stumbling in his recitation, yes? I say, what did we mention regarding the benefit of explicit mention in place of implicit reference? Were you not present in the previous lesson? Yes, Muhammad?
The student: Explicit mention in place of implicit reference: drawing attention.
The Shaykh : No.
The student: First, ruling upon these people, or specifying these people with the ruling.
The Shaykh : Not ruling upon them with what this explicit mention indicates, which is that they wronged. Yes, this is one.
The student: Second: that this description is a general description with a general ruling, not a general ruling with a general description.
The Shaykh : Meaning, its meaning is, meaning in order for it to be...
The student: General for them and for others.
The Shaykh : In order for it to be general for them and for others. Well, third?
The student: Drawing attention.
The Shaykh : No, drawing attention, may Allah reward you, we mentioned that in the case of a shift, a shift when it moves from absence to presence or vice versa.
The student: And this is what preceded for emphasis?
The Shaykh : Perhaps attention is drawn to it when a person receives the speech such that the pronoun is brought, then the explicit name is brought. This may be to draw the person's attention, it is said, why was the explicit name brought when the context of the speech requires the pronoun? It may be so, yes? But in any case, the issue is intended for generality, in order for this ruling to encompass those who resemble them in description, and second: ruling upon them with what this explicit name requires, namely that they wronged.
And His saying the Exalted:[Al-Baqarah 2:59] means a punishment, due to His saying the Exalted about Musa: [Al-A'raf 7:134], Pharaoh said to Musa: [Al-A'raf 7:134] meaning the punishment, and it is not rajis, because rajis is the impure, filthy thing, and rajaz is the punishment. And His saying: [Al-Baqarah 2:59] means a punishment from it. Like what kind of punishment from the sky? Like stones, lightning, hail, and others, the winds, yes.
And His saying: The intended meaning of "the sky" here is the height, and it is not necessary that it be the preserved sky, because everything that is above you is a sky, unless there is an indicator, such as His saying the Exalted: [Al-Anbya 21:32]
He said:[Al-Baqarah 2:59] The bā' here indicates causality, meaning because of, and mā is a source particle, meaning by their being in a state of open sinfulness. If it is a source particle, we have passed over the source particle which converts what follows it, from the verb, or rather from the sentence, into a source. And His saying: [Al-Baqarah 2:59] "they were," in the past, or
so We sent down upon those who wronged a punishment from the sky
فأنزلنا على الذين ظلموا رجزا من السماءSo We sent down
فأنزلناSo We sent down
فأنزلناupon those who wronged
على الذين ظلمواThe student: I was not present.
The Shaykh : How were you not present? Well, Waleed can explain them, even though Waleed is now showing that he is stumbling in his recitation, yes? I say, what did we mention regarding the benefit of explicit mention in place of implicit reference? Were you not present in the previous lesson? Yes, Muhammad?
The student: Explicit mention in place of implicit reference: drawing attention.
The Shaykh : No.
The student: First, ruling upon these people, or specifying these people with the ruling.
The Shaykh : Not ruling upon them with what this explicit mention indicates, which is that they wronged. Yes, this is one.
The student: Second: that this description is a general description with a general ruling, not a general ruling with a general description.
The Shaykh : Meaning, its meaning is, meaning in order for it to be...
The student: General for them and for others.
The Shaykh : In order for it to be general for them and for others. Well, third?
The student: Drawing attention.
The Shaykh : No, drawing attention, may Allah reward you, we mentioned that in the case of a shift, a shift when it moves from absence to presence or vice versa.
The student: And this is what preceded for emphasis?
The Shaykh : Perhaps attention is drawn to it when a person receives the speech such that the pronoun is brought, then the explicit name is brought. This may be to draw the person's attention, it is said, why was the explicit name brought when the context of the speech requires the pronoun? It may be so, yes? But in any case, the issue is intended for generality, in order for this ruling to encompass those who resemble them in description, and second: ruling upon them with what this explicit name requires, namely that they wronged.
And His saying the Exalted:
so We sent down upon those who wronged a punishment
فأنزلنا على الذين ظلموا رجزاIf you [can] remove the punishment from us
لئن كشفت عنا الرجزIf you [can] remove the punishment from us, we will surely believe you, and we will send with you the Children of Israel."
لئن كشفت عنا الرجز لنؤمنن لك ولنرسلن معك بني إسرائيلa punishment from the sky
رجزا من السماءAnd His saying:
From the sky
من السماءAnd We made the sky a protected ceiling, but they, from its signs, are turning away.
وجعلنا السماء سقفا محفوظا وهم عن آياتها معرضونHe said:
