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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Allah the Exalted said: << And thus We have revealed to you the Book, so those to whom We gave the Book believe in it, and among them are those who believe, and none deny Our verses except

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Allah the Exalted said:
And thus We have sent down to you the Qur'an وكذلك أنزلنا إليك الكتاب
[Al-'Ankabut 29:47]
the Qur'an, just as We revealed to them the Torah and others " and
likewiseكذلك
this occurs frequently in the Qur'an, where Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) often expresses it this way. We have already gone through its grammatical parsing, and I do not think you have forgotten that. Yes, who among you knows...? Ibrahim! Waleed! Isam! Okay, let's take the middle one... the lam?
The student: .......

The Shaykh : A letter of address. Good. It appears that our group does not agree with you, yes?
The student: ..... a demonstrative noun .........

The Shaykh : .... likewise
The student: The kaf is a noun meaning "like," attached to
Thisذا
as its object

The Shaykh : Good, and what is its grammatical status? A noun meaning "like," what is its grammatical status?
The student: Accusative as an absolute object

The Shaykh : Correct, its grammatical status is accusative as an absolute object. The implied meaning is: And like that revelation, We revealed to you the Book
The student: ..

The Shaykh : No
a godإلهًا
Parse it as an absolute object, a noun meaning "like," an absolute object for a deleted verb, the implied meaning being: Like that revelation that came down to them, We revealed to you the Book. This is common in the Qur'an, like
And thus they do وكذلك يفعلون
meaning "and like that action they do." And perhaps also... in these last verses, it may be an object that is advanced.
He said:
And thus We have sent down to you the Qur'an وكذلك أنزلنا إليك الكتاب
[Al-'Ankabut 29:47]
The address in the phrase:
to youإليك
is to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and
We revealedأنزلْنَا
Allah attributed it to him because it is His speech. The Qur'an is the speech of Allah in both wording and meaning. This is the position of the people of the Sunnah and the community, and it is what the Qur'an, the Sunnah, and the consensus of the Imams indicate. It is contrary to the statement of the Asha'irah: that the Qur'an is the speech of Allah in meaning but not in wording, and that these letters are created, created by Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) to be a narration or expression of His speech, but that it is His speech itself, no. They make the speech the meaning that subsists in the soul. And strangely, they also say that it is ancient, meaning it does not become new, and that it is in one meaning, and that
Sayقُلْ
is like "is this," and that the report is like the command, and that the Torah, the Gospel, the Qur'an, and all else by which Allah speaks are one thing. And all of this, its mere conception is sufficient to refute it. In reality, it is a denial of the speech of Allah. For this reason, some of their investigators said: In truth, there is no difference between us and the Mu'tazilah and the Jahmiyyah, for we all agree that what is between the covers of the mushaf is created. But they are bolder than us. The Mu'tazilah are bolder, saying: it is created in wording and meaning. And the Asha'irah say: created in wording but not in meaning. In any case, this is a matter of discussion in creed.
He said:
We have revealed to you, [O Muhammad], the Book أنزَلْنا إليك الكتاب
[An-Nisa 4:105]
The Book, the Qur'an. "
And it was called a Book, Ya Ghanim?
The student: ...

The Shaykh : In what is it written?
The student: In the Preserved Tablet

The Shaykh : Is this the only one? Yes.
The student: It is written in the Preserved Tablet, and in the scrolls in the hands of the angels, and in the mushafs in the hands of people.

The Shaykh : Correct, it is written in the Preserved Tablet, and in the scrolls in the hands of the angels, and in the mushafs in our hands,
the Bookالكتاب
and in His saying:
the Bookالكتاب
al-ال
Here I do not know if it is for the genus or for the covenant? For the latter, which covenant is it?
The student: The mental covenant

The Shaykh : The mental covenant
And thus We have sent down to you the Qur'an. And those to whom We [previously] gave the Scripture believe in it. And among these [people of Makkah] are those who believe in it أنزلْنا إليك الكتاب فالذين آتينَاهم الكتاب يُؤمنون به ومِن هؤلاء مَن يؤمِنُ به
[Al-'Ankabut 29:47]
.
The student: .........

The Shaykh : But it seems far away, doesn't it? Far, meaning in the sense that there are multiple verses between them. Good, His saying:
And those to whom We [previously] gave the Scripture believe in it فالذين آتيناهم الكتاب يؤمنون به
[Al-'Ankabut 29:47]
This fa' is for separation. It branches from the revelation of the Book to the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), in which people divided into two groups: a group to whom the Book was given and they believed in it, and another group that did not believe in it. So His saying:
So those to whom We gave the Book believe in itفالذين آتيناهم الكتاب يؤمنون به
The author said: "
the Bookالكتاب
the Torah, like Abdullah ibn Salam and others "
But this interpretation has some difficulty. Those to whom We gave the Book believe in this Qur'an. Do all those who were given the Book believe in it? No, most of them in the time of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) did not believe in it. But those to whom We gave the Book in a real and legislative sense, meaning that Allah gave them the Book and they acted upon it, these are the ones who were given the Book in a perfect and absolute sense, and they are the ones who believed in the Qur'an, like Abdullah ibn Salam from the Jews, and the Negus, from where? From the Christians, and Salman al-Farisi was not given the Book, but he believed in the Qur'an because he received knowledge from the People of the Book. Yes, so these are three categories: the Jews, the Christians, and those who received from them. All of them, Allah opened for them and they believed in this Qur'an. And His saying:
We gave themآتيناهم
means "We came to them"
The student: ..

The Shaykh : We did not give them. What is the difference between "We came to them" and "We gave them"? From the quadriliteral root, meaning "We gave them," and from the triliteral root, meaning "We came to them." Good
We gave them the Bookآتيناهم الكتاب
Yes.
The student: .... it does not become a general ruling ....

The Shaykh : If faith, but faith when used absolutely includes true faith, which is not mere affirmation. And they also did not affirm the Qur'an; most of them denied it and lied. For this reason, the author exemplified with those among them who embraced Islam, like Abdullah ibn Salam. And His saying:
believe in itيؤمنون به
The clause is the predicate of the subject. Where is the subject? Those who believe in it, the Qur'an, and affirm it. So the people of knowledge among them, the firm ones in it, who seek the truth, no doubt they believed in the Qur'an and followed it and saw that it is the truth. As for what the brother Abd al-Rahman mentioned regarding the implied meaning, that the meaning is: those to whom We gave the Book, meaning the Book was revealed to them, believe in it, meaning they know that it is the truth, but they do not believe in it, this is contrary to the apparent meaning of the verse, even though the meaning is possible in itself, but it is contrary to the apparent meaning of the verse. Since faith is not used except for affirmation, for this reason he said in another verse:
Those to whom We gave the Scripture know him as they know their own sons الذين آتيناهم الكتاب يعرفُونه كما يعرفُون أبنائهم
[Al-Baqarah 2:146]
This is all
But indeed, a party of them conceal the truth while they know [it]. وإنَّ فريقًا منهم ليكْتُمُون الحقّ وهم يعلمون
[Al-Baqarah 2:146]

He said:
So those who believe in it, and among these فالذين - يؤمنون به ومِن هَؤلاء
The people of Mecca, who believes in it. Look
fromمِن
This is for partiality, and the sign of
fromمِن
partiality is that "some" can take its place, meaning "and some of these believe in it." And the reference to these, who is meant? Hussein! What is meant by
among theseمِن هؤلاء
?
The student: ...

The Shaykh : {It appears that it is not suitable, it becomes close... today, if Allah wills, it will be close, it will not be in the second row at all} Good, the people of Mecca, because this surah is Meccan, so those referred to are close, since it was revealed before the migration.
and among these are those who believe in it ومِن هؤلاء مَن يُؤْمِنُ به
Look at the difference between the two expressions
those to whom We gave the Scriptureالذين آتيناهم الكتاب
and among these are those who believe in itومِن هؤلاء مَن يؤمِنُ به
It is as if the believers in it from Quraysh are few, some of them believe in it. And His saying:
who believe in itمَن يؤمِن به
Faith, as mentioned before, when used absolutely, means affirmation that necessitates acceptance and submission, not mere affirmation. Faith in the Shari'ah means affirmation that necessitates acceptance and submission, so mere affirmation is not faith, otherwise Abu Talib would have been a believer. But we say that it must necessitate acceptance, acceptance of what the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) brought, and submission, which is obedience. Otherwise, it is not faith. Yes.
The student: ..............

The Shaykh : No, the present, meaning among them, the one who believes in it now, meaning.
And His saying:
And none reject Our verses وما يجحد بآياتنا
[Al-'Ankabut 29:47]
After their appearance
except the disbelievers إلا الكافرون
meaning the Jews, and it became clear to them that the Qur'an is the truth and the one who brought it is right, and they denied that. " Good
and deny, except the disbelieversوما يجْحُد - إلا الكافرون
This is an exception, and what do you call it? Empty, meaning that the operator before the exception is empty for what follows. And on this basis, we parse
the disbelieversالكافرون
as the subject of
denyيجحد
. And His saying: And none deny it. It is known that denial is transitive by itself, so it is said "he denied the thing," but here it implies the meaning of disbelief, meaning: and none disbelieve in it by denial except the disbelievers. If someone says: The disbelievers, if you say "none disbelieve in it except the disbelievers," is that a tautology or not? We say: It is not a tautology, because we say: and none deny it, meaning none disbelieve in it by denial. And disbelief can be denial or arrogance. Here it is the disbelief of denial. And His saying:
Our versesبآياتنا
The legislative or the real?
The student: All of them

The Shaykh : Yes, both the cosmic and the legislative. For among people are those who deny the cosmic signs, denying that Allah the Exalted gives life to the dead. Indeed, among people are those who deny that this creation stands by the Creator. As for the legislative signs, their denial is widespread. And the meaning of his saying:
and deny Our signs, except the disbelieversوما يجحد بآياتنا إلا الكافرون
is that non-disbelievers affirm them. So we say: whoever denies any of the signs of Allah, he deserves disbelief to the extent of what he denied, whether it is absolute disbelief or less. And the author’s saying:
namely the Jewsأي اليهود
this is from the category of deficiency. This is a deficiency in interpretation, because his saying:
the disbelieversالكافرون
is more general than the Jews or not? It is more general, because
al-ال
contains a relative pronoun. Is {peace be upon you} in
Al-أل
a relative pronoun?
The student: Yes, indeed.

The Shaykh : Yes, indeed, it is a relative pronoun. Ibn Malik said:
And a clear description is the connection of
al-ال

And for this reason it is for generality, meaning that only a disbeliever denies it. So we say: it includes the Jews and non-Jews. Did not Allah the Exalted say about Pharaoh and his people:
And they rejected them, while their [inner] selves were convinced thereof وجحَدُوا بها واسْتَيْقَنَتْها أنفسُهم
[An-Naml 27:14]
Were Pharaoh and his people from the Jews? No, they were from the Copts, and before the Children of Israel became Jews.
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