His saying, the Exalted: “Until when the Hour comes to them suddenly, they will say, ‘Oh, our regret, for what we neglected therein’” — to what does the pronoun refer, the worldly life or the Hour?
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The questioner : His saying, the Exalted: [Al-An'am 6:31] Is it closer to think that the pronoun refers to the worldly life or to the Hour?
The Shaykh : Ah.
The questioner : Is it closer to think that the pronoun refers to...
The Shaykh : Which pronoun?
The questioner : “Therein”[Al-An'am 6:31]?
The Shaykh : “Therein” refers to the Hour.
The questioner : Not the worldly life?
The Shaykh : No, the worldly life is not what is mentioned in[Al-An'am 6:31], meaning: in its affairs, so we did not prepare for it. Yes.
Those will have lost who deny the meeting with Allah, until when the Hour [of resurrection] comes upon them unexpectedly, they will say, "Oh, [how great is] our regret over what we neglected concerning it,"
قَدْ خَسِرَ الَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا بِلِقَاءِ اللَّهِ حَتَّى إِذَا جَاءَتْهُمُ السَّاعَةُ بَغْتَةً قَالُوا يَا حَسْرَتَنَا عَلَى مَا فَرَّطْنَا فِيهَاThe Shaykh : Ah.
The questioner : Is it closer to think that the pronoun refers to...
The Shaykh : Which pronoun?
The questioner : “Therein”
what we neglected concerning it
مَا فَرَّطْنَا فِيهَاThe Shaykh : “Therein” refers to the Hour.
The questioner : Not the worldly life?
The Shaykh : No, the worldly life is not what is mentioned in