Continuation of the tafsir of the saying of Allah the Exalted: “So they said, ‘Our Lord, increase the distance between our journeys.’ And they wronged themselves, so We made them a talk of the people and scattered them everywhere. Indeed, in that are signs for every patient and grateful one.”

They became a talk for people to speak of, saying, “Such and such happened.” This is one of the known proverbs: “They scattered like the hands of Saba,” meaning they scattered as Saba scattered. Allah the Exalted said: after they were real, established things and became a talk. This is like the saying of the poet: “Between a man being desired in it as a risk, until he sees news from the news” meaning We scattered them in the lands, every one scattered, and they were dispersed and scattered because they denied the blessing and wronged themselves. The reference returns to all that preceded from these apparent villages and the ease of travel, then their asking Allah to increase the distance between their journeys, then their being scattered in the lands, every one scattered. As a lesson. How did He say “signs” when it is one story? We say: because it is one story, but it contains parts, each part of which deserves to be a sign. And His saying: is a form of exaggeration, meaning one who has patience in calamities. Patience in language means restraint, and in the Shari'ah: restraint from what is forbidden during calamities. People in calamities have four levels: the level of dissatisfaction, the level of patience, the level of contentment, and the level of gratitude, which is the highest. Dissatisfaction is forbidden, patience is obligatory, contentment is recommended according to the stronger opinion, and gratitude is likewise recommended. Therefore, He said here about what? Yes, the author explained it regarding sins, and even regarding the decrees of Allah, and even regarding the commands of Allah, because patience is of three types: patience in obedience to Allah, patience from His disobedience, and patience regarding the decrees of Allah. meaning one who is engaged in thanking Allah with his heart, his tongue, and his limbs, so he thanks Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) for His blessings. Yes, as for it being a sign for the patient, that is apparent. And how is it a sign for the grateful? By the fact that when a person looks at their condition and that when they were grateful to Allah, Allah had bestowed upon them these blessings, he infers from it that thanking Allah is a cause for the continuation of His blessing upon the servant. We took them to what?
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The Shaykh : To Good.