Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted, "Indeed, he has succeeded who purifies himself," to the end of Surat al-A'la.

The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and his Companions, and upon those who follow them with excellence until the Day of Judgment.
As for what follows:
This is the fifty-eighth session of the open forum, which we began after the end of the Hajj season on Thursday, the twenty-second of Dhul-Hijjah in the year 1404. We ask Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, to conclude our year with good, pardon, and forgiveness.
What remains for us in the exegesis of Surat al-A'la is the saying of Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He: .
What remains of the saying of Allah the Exalted: This sentence is a verbal sentence affirmed by "qad": "Success" is a general term intended to mean salvation from what is disliked and victory in what is loved.
And His saying: means: the one who purifies his outward and inward self. So he purifies his inward self from shirk (associating partners with Allah) with Allah, Mighty and Majestic, and from doubt, and from hypocrisy, and from enmity toward the Muslims, and hatred, and other things from which the heart must be purified. And he purifies his outward self from letting his tongue and limbs run loose in aggression against the servants of Allah, Mighty and Majestic. So he does not backbite anyone, does not talebear to anyone, does not curse anyone, and does not aggress against anyone by striking, or denying a right to property, or otherwise. So "tazkiyah" is a general term that includes purification from every impurity, whether outward or inward.
He mentioned the name of his Lord, meaning: he remembered Allah. But He, Glorified and Exalted is He, mentioned the name in order for the remembrance to be with the tongue, because in remembrance with the tongue, the tongue pronounces the name of Allah. So he says, for example: Subhan Allah (Glory be to Allah), Alhamdulillah (Praise be to Allah), and Allahu Akbar (Allah is the Greatest), thus mentioning the name of Allah.
Some scholars have mentioned that the intended meaning of "mentioning the name of Allah" here is the Friday sermon, due to His saying after that: But the correct view is that it is broader than this; the intended meaning is every mention of the name of Allah, Mighty and Majestic. That is, whenever a person mentions the name of Allah, he takes a lesson, turns to Allah, and prays. And prayer is known: it is a worship consisting of words and actions, opened with takbir (saying Allahu akbar) and closed with taslim (the closing salam).
Then He, the Exalted, said: Here, "bal" is for transitional negation, because "bal" comes for negating negation and for transitional negation. That is, He, Glorified and Exalted is He, transitioned to clarify the state of man, that he prefers worldly life because it is immediate, and man is created from haste and loves what is in haste. So you find that he prefers worldly life, which is in reality, by its description, lowly: lowly in time and lowly in quality.
As for its being lowly in time, that is because it precedes the Hereafter, so it is prior to it, and "lowly" means near. And as for its being lowly and deficient, that is also the reality. For no matter how long worldly life lasts for a person, its end is destruction; its end is destruction. And no matter how it flourishes for a person, its outcome is withering; its outcome is withering. For this reason, a day rarely passes for you in joy but is followed by sadness. In this, the poet says:
"A day against us and a day for us *** A day we are humiliated and a day we are pleased"
Reflect on your state in this world; you will find that no time passes for you where clarity is always present, but there must be turbidity. Joy is not always present, but there must be sadness. Comfort is not always present, but there must be fatigue. The world is lowly by its name.
It is better in what it contains of pleasure and permanent joy that is not spoiled by turbidity. Likewise, it is more lasting than the world, because the duration of the world, as we have mentioned, is vanishing and diminishing, unlike the duration of the Hereafter, which is eternal, the eternity of eternities.
"Indeed, this" means: what was mentioned of man preferring worldly life over the Hereafter and forgetting the Hereafter, as well as the admonitions contained in the verses. means: prior to this nation. They are the scrolls brought by Ibrahim and Musa, peace be upon them both. In them are admonitions that soften hearts and rectify conditions. We ask Allah the Exalted to make us among those who are given good in this world and good in the Hereafter, and to protect us from the punishment of the Fire.
Yes, the question.