In His saying, the Exalted: {And to make it in My sight} — why did He say "in My sight" and not "with My eye"?
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The questioner : In His saying, the Exalted...
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : In His saying to Musa:.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : The apparent meaning, and Allah knows best, the apparent meaning, and Allah knows best, we do not attribute to Allah, if Allah wills, what we do not know. That the upbringing involved hardship and treatment, He used "in" (ala) instead of "with" (bi).
As for the ship, it is not so; the ship is not directed, and there is not much hardship in it. Yes.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : In His saying to Musa:
And you shall make it before My eyes
لتصنع على عينيThe Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : The apparent meaning, and Allah knows best, the apparent meaning, and Allah knows best, we do not attribute to Allah, if Allah wills, what we do not know. That the upbringing involved hardship and treatment, He used "in" (ala) instead of "with" (bi).
As for the ship, it is not so; the ship is not directed, and there is not much hardship in it. Yes.