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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Discussion of the interpretation of the saying of Allah the Exalted: ((Stop them, for they are to be questioned. What is wrong with you that you do not help one another? But they are today submitting.))

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The Shaykh : Come a little closer... rows for questions, yes. I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Shaytan. Allah the Exalted said:
(24) And stop them; indeed, they are to be questioned." (25) [They will be asked], "What is [wrong] with you? Why do you not help each other?" وقفوهم إنهم مسئولون ما لكم لا تناصرون
[As-Saffat 37:24-25]
What is the meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted, "Stop them"?
The student: Stop them.
The Shaykh : "Stop them" means consider them standing on the Sirat. The clause in His saying, "for they are to be questioned"... its grammatical position relative to what precedes it is...
The student: A predicate (khabar).

The Shaykh : No, what precedes it is the subject (mubtada') until you reach the predicate.
The student: A state (hal) of the subject of
So some of them turned toward... فأقبل بعضهم


The Shaykh : No.
The student: ... a preposition and its object (jar wa majrur).

The Shaykh : Why don't we say it is an introductory clause to explain the reason for stopping them?
The student: That is not appropriate.

The Shaykh : No, that is not appropriate. His saying
[They will be asked], "What is [wrong] with you? Why do you not help each other?" ما لكم لا تناصرون
[As-Saffat 37:25]
Ghani, what is the meaning of the verse?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : And the interrogative here is...
The student: ...

The Shaykh : And other than this...
The student: For mockery.

The Shaykh : For mockery, along with rebuke and reprimand. Now,
The oppressors will say, "Rather, you [yourselves] were not believers, قالوا بل لم تكونوا مؤمنين
[As-Saffat 37:29]
we did not take...
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