What is the interpretation of the saying of Allah the Exalted: “Say, if the Hereafter is exclusively yours with Allah, apart from all other people, then wish for death if you are truthful”?
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The questioner : ... His saying, the Exalted: [Al-Baqarah 2:94-95] ?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : And He said in the other verse:[Al-Jumu'ah 62:6-7].
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: And Allah the Exalted said in al-Zukhruf:[Az-Zukhruf 43:77].
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : ... This is in ... .
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed.
The questioner : I say ... al-Baqarah and ... al-Jumu'ah ... death by eternity ... .
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : He says in the verse of al-Zukhruf:[Az-Zukhruf 43:77].
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed.
The questioner : ... the hadith.
The Shaykh : Is it what we answered?
The questioner : We answered it.
The Shaykh : We answered it, but perhaps you were not present. Yes.
The questioner : ... in this world.
The Shaykh : This is in this world, because we said, if you are truthful that the Hereafter is yours, then the person who has the Hereafter finds this world easy and wishes for death. So they will never wish for it in this world because of what their hands have brought forth. Yes. Yes.
(94) Say, [O Muhammad], "If the home of the Hereafter with Allah is for you alone and not the [other] people, then wish for death, if you should be truthful. (95) But they will never wish for it, ever, because of what their hands have put forth. And Allah is Knowing of the wrongdoers.
قُل إِن كانَت لَكُمُ الدّارُ الأخِرَةُ عِندَ اللَّهِ خالِصَةً مِن دونِ النّاسِ فَتَمَنَّوُا المَوتَ إِن كُنتُم صادِقينَ * وَلَن يَتَمَنَّوهُ أَبَدًاThe Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : And He said in the other verse:
(6) Say, "O you who are Jews, if you claim that you are allies of Allah, excluding the [other] people, then wish for death, if you should be truthful." (7) But they will not wish for it, ever, because of what their hands have put forth. And Allah is Knowing of the wrongdoers.
قُل يا أَيُّهَا الَّذينَ هادوا إِن زَعَمتُم أَنَّكُم أَولِياءُ لِلَّهِ مِن دونِ النّاسِ فَتَمَنَّوُا المَوتَ إِن كُنتُم صادِقينَ * وَلا يَتَمَنَّونَهُ أَبَدًاThe Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: And Allah the Exalted said in al-Zukhruf:
And they will call, "O Malik, let your Lord put an end to us!"
وَنادَوا يا مالِكُ لِيَقضِ عَلَينا رَبُّكَThe Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : ... This is in ... .
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed.
The questioner : I say ... al-Baqarah and ... al-Jumu'ah ... death by eternity ... .
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : He says in the verse of al-Zukhruf:
And they will call, "O Malik, let your Lord put an end to us!"
وَنادَوا يا مالِكُ لِيَقضِ عَلَينا رَبُّكَThe Shaykh : Yes, indeed.
The questioner : ... the hadith.
The Shaykh : Is it what we answered?
The questioner : We answered it.
The Shaykh : We answered it, but perhaps you were not present. Yes.
The questioner : ... in this world.
The Shaykh : This is in this world, because we said, if you are truthful that the Hereafter is yours, then the person who has the Hereafter finds this world easy and wishes for death. So they will never wish for it in this world because of what their hands have brought forth. Yes. Yes.