Discussion of the interpretation of the saying of Allah the Exalted: “Indeed, you will taste the painful punishment, and you will not be recompensed except for what you used to do.”
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The Shaykh :[As-Saffat 37:38-39] In this phrase, “Indeed, you will taste the painful punishment,” there is a shift (talfat) from where...?
The student: From the third person to the second person.
The Shaykh : From the third person to the second person; what is its benefit?
The student: First, it serves as a warning, and that is because of the severity of the impact of the punishment.
The Shaykh : First, it is a warning, and the original purpose of any shift is warning; second...
The student: Because of the severity of the impact of the punishment.
The Shaykh : And because it is more eloquent in rebuke, as the one being rebuked is confronted with it directly.
(38) Indeed, you [disbelievers] will be tasters of the painful punishment, (39) And you will not be recompensed except for what you used to do -
إنكم لذائقو العذاب الأليم وما تجزون إلا ما كنتم تعملونThe student: From the third person to the second person.
The Shaykh : From the third person to the second person; what is its benefit?
The student: First, it serves as a warning, and that is because of the severity of the impact of the punishment.
The Shaykh : First, it is a warning, and the original purpose of any shift is warning; second...
The student: Because of the severity of the impact of the punishment.
The Shaykh : And because it is more eloquent in rebuke, as the one being rebuked is confronted with it directly.