The benefits of the saying of Allah the Exalted: “That was in the Book, recorded”
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Now, He said: [Al-Isra 17:58] It is derived from this verse that the Preserved Tablet contains things written in a settled state, as indicated by His saying: And it is the precedence of those who are related by blood to one another. The scholars differed regarding the books in the hands of the angels: do they change and undergo alteration through increase, decrease, and modification? The correct view is that this is possible in the scrolls in the hands of the angels. The evidence for this is: [Surat al-Ra'd: 39]. The original Book with Allah is free from any change or alteration. However, the scrolls in the hands of the angels may undergo change and alteration. For example, if a man commits a sin, it is recorded; but if he seeks forgiveness, it is erased. Or if a person does a good deed, such as charity, and then shows off with it, it is erased when he shows off. [Surat al-Baqarah: 264]. This is what the Shaykh al-Islam and other meticulous scholars have established: that what is in the Mother of the Book is fixed and does not change, because the settling of things from eternity to eternity has been written in it. As for what is in the hands of the angels, that is what may undergo erasure and confirmation.
Among the benefits of this noble verse is the completeness of Allah’s (Mighty and Majestic) care for His Shari'ah and His decree. From where is it taken?[Al-Isra 17:58] Because the matter is not impulsive; rather, it is all written and precise with Allah (Mighty and Majestic), whether it concerns matters of the Shari'ah or matters of divine decree. This is part of the perfection of His wisdom (Glorified and Exalted is He) that everything is accounted for with Him, arranged and organized, with no change or alteration in it.
The student: ...?
The Shaykh : The angels are with the human being, recording his deeds.
The student: ...?
The Shaykh : No, this one contains the Qur'an which they recite. No, it is not that... it is what concerns the deeds of the human being.
That has ever been in the Register inscribed.
كَانَ ذَلِكَ فِي الْكِتَابِ مَسْطُورًاThat was
كَانَ ذَلِكَAllah eliminates what He wills or confirms, and with Him is the Mother of the Book.
يَمْحُوا اللَّهُ مَا يَشَاءُ وَيُثْبِتُ وَعِنْدَهُ أُمُّ الْكِتَابِO you who have believed, do not invalidate your charities with reminders or injury
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لا تُبْطِلُوا صَدَقَاتِكُمْ بِالْمَنِّ وَالأَذَىAmong the benefits of this noble verse is the completeness of Allah’s (Mighty and Majestic) care for His Shari'ah and His decree. From where is it taken?
That has ever been in the Register inscribed.
كَانَ ذَلِكَ فِي الْكِتَابِ مَسْطُورًاThe student: ...?
The Shaykh : The angels are with the human being, recording his deeds.
The student: ...?
The Shaykh : No, this one contains the Qur'an which they recite. No, it is not that... it is what concerns the deeds of the human being.