What is the interpretation of the saying of Allah the Exalted: “On that Day, Allah will give them their true religion, and they will know that Allah is the Truth, the Manifest”?
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The questioner : O Shaykh, may Allah reward you: The saying of Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He, in Surat al-Nur. The saying of Allah the Exalted, I forgot the verse, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : And what is its subject? What is the subject of the verse?
The questioner : The subject of the verse is the saying of Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He:[An-Nur 24:25] The same verse before it, the one before it.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : The end of the verse[An-Nur 24:25] Yes [An-Nur 24:25] The interpretation of this verse, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Read what comes before it.
The questioner : It is this same verse.
The Shaykh : Read what comes before it, because it is related to it.
The questioner :[An-Nur 24:24-25] .
The Shaykh : Yes, and what is the problem?
The questioner : The problem that occurred to me is the saying of Allah the Exalted:[An-Nur 24:25].
The Shaykh : That is to say: These disbelievers and misguiders do not know that Allah is the Truth, the Manifest, in reality, except on the Day of Resurrection when Allah gives them their true religion, meaning their true recompense, and then they will know that Allah is the Truth, the Manifest. As for now, they did not know, or they knew but they were arrogant.
The Shaykh : And what is its subject? What is the subject of the verse?
The questioner : The subject of the verse is the saying of Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He:
and they will know that it is Allah who is the perfect in justice.
وَيَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ الْحَقُّ الْمُبِينُThe Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : The end of the verse
and they will know that it is Allah who is the perfect in justice.
وَيَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ الْحَقُّ الْمُبِينُThat Day, Allah will pay them in full their deserved recompense, and they will know that it is Allah who is the perfect in justice.
يَوْمَئِذٍ يُوَفِّيهِمْ اللَّهُ دِينَهُمْ الْحَقَّ وَيَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ الْحَقُّ الْمُبِينُThe Shaykh : Read what comes before it.
The questioner : It is this same verse.
The Shaykh : Read what comes before it, because it is related to it.
The questioner :
(24) On a Day when their tongues, their hands and their feet will bear witness against them as to what they used to do. (25) That Day, Allah will pay them in full their deserved recompense, and they will know that it is Allah who is the perfect in justice.
يَوْمَ تَشْهَدُ عَلَيْهِمْ أَلْسِنَتُهُمْ وَأَيْدِيهِمْ وَأَرْجُلُهُمْ بِمَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ * يَوْمَئِذٍ يُوَفِّيهِمْ اللَّهُ دِينَهُمْ الْحَقَّ وَيَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ الْحَقُّ الْمُبِينُThe Shaykh : Yes, and what is the problem?
The questioner : The problem that occurred to me is the saying of Allah the Exalted:
and they will know that it is Allah who is the perfect in justice.
وَيَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ الْحَقُّ الْمُبِينُThe Shaykh : That is to say: These disbelievers and misguiders do not know that Allah is the Truth, the Manifest, in reality, except on the Day of Resurrection when Allah gives them their true religion, meaning their true recompense, and then they will know that Allah is the Truth, the Manifest. As for now, they did not know, or they knew but they were arrogant.