In His saying, the Exalted: “There is no intoxication therein,” is it possible that the pronoun refers to Paradise?
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The student: ...It is possible that the pronoun refers to Paradise.
The Shaykh : The context prevents it from being Allah, the Exalted, because He is speaking about this cup. Yes,[As-Saffat 37:46-47] the people of Paradise do not become intoxicated from it. If people were to become intoxicated from Paradise, it would not be Paradise at all.
The student: اطَّلَعَ فَرَآهُ فِي سَوَاءِ الْجَحِيمِ 55 قَالَ تَاللَّهِ إِنْ كِدْتَ لَتُرْدِينِ 56 وَلَوْلَا نِعْمَةُ رَبِّي لَكُنْتُ مِنَ الْمُحْضَرِينَ 57 أَفَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَيِّتِينَ 58 إِلَّا مَوْتَتَنَا الْأُولَى وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ 59 إِنَّ هَذَا لَهُوَ الْفَوْزُ الْعَظِيمُ 60 لِمِثْلِ هَذَا فَلْيَعْمَلِ الْعَامِلُونَ 61 أَذَلِكَ خَيْرٌ نُزُلًا أَمْ شَجَرَةُ الزَّقُّومِ 62 إِنَّا جَعَلْنَاهَا فِتْنَةً لِلظَّالِمِينَ 63 إِنَّهَا شَجَرَةٌ تَخْرُجُ فِي أَصْلِ الْجَحِيمِ 64 طَلْعُهَا كَأَنَّهُ رُءُوسُ الشَّيَاطِينِ 65 فَإِنَّهُمْ لَآكِلُونَ مِنْهَا فَمَالِئُونَ مِنْهَا الْبُطُونَ 66 ثُمَّ إِنَّ لَهُمْ عَلَيْهَا لَشَوْبًا مِنْ حَمِيمٍ 67 ثُمَّ إِنَّ مَرْجِعَهُمْ لَإِلَى الْجَحِيمِ 68 إِنَّهُمْ أَلْفَوْا آبَاءَهُمْ ضَالِّينَ 69 فَهُمْ عَلَى آثَارِهِمْ يُهْرَعُونَ He peered and saw him in the midst of the Blazing Fire. He said, “By Allah, you nearly led me astray. And had it not been for the favor of my Lord, I would have been among those brought [to the Fire]. Are we then not to die? Only our first death, and we are not to be punished. Indeed, this is the great success. For such a thing, let the workers work. Is that better as a lodging, or the tree of Zaqqum? Indeed, We have made it a trial for the wrongdoers. Indeed, it is a tree that grows at the root of the Blazing Fire. Its fruit is like the heads of devils. So they will surely eat from it and fill their bellies with it. Then, surely, for it, they will have a mixture of boiling water. Then, surely, their return will be to the Blazing Fire. Indeed, they found their fathers astray, so they hasten after their footsteps..
The Shaykh : The context prevents it from being Allah, the Exalted, because He is speaking about this cup. Yes,
(46) White and delicious to the drinkers; (47) No bad effect is there in it, nor from it will they be intoxicated.
بيضاء لذة للشاربين لا فيها غول ولا هم عنها ينزفونThe student: اطَّلَعَ فَرَآهُ فِي سَوَاءِ الْجَحِيمِ 55 قَالَ تَاللَّهِ إِنْ كِدْتَ لَتُرْدِينِ 56 وَلَوْلَا نِعْمَةُ رَبِّي لَكُنْتُ مِنَ الْمُحْضَرِينَ 57 أَفَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَيِّتِينَ 58 إِلَّا مَوْتَتَنَا الْأُولَى وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ 59 إِنَّ هَذَا لَهُوَ الْفَوْزُ الْعَظِيمُ 60 لِمِثْلِ هَذَا فَلْيَعْمَلِ الْعَامِلُونَ 61 أَذَلِكَ خَيْرٌ نُزُلًا أَمْ شَجَرَةُ الزَّقُّومِ 62 إِنَّا جَعَلْنَاهَا فِتْنَةً لِلظَّالِمِينَ 63 إِنَّهَا شَجَرَةٌ تَخْرُجُ فِي أَصْلِ الْجَحِيمِ 64 طَلْعُهَا كَأَنَّهُ رُءُوسُ الشَّيَاطِينِ 65 فَإِنَّهُمْ لَآكِلُونَ مِنْهَا فَمَالِئُونَ مِنْهَا الْبُطُونَ 66 ثُمَّ إِنَّ لَهُمْ عَلَيْهَا لَشَوْبًا مِنْ حَمِيمٍ 67 ثُمَّ إِنَّ مَرْجِعَهُمْ لَإِلَى الْجَحِيمِ 68 إِنَّهُمْ أَلْفَوْا آبَاءَهُمْ ضَالِّينَ 69 فَهُمْ عَلَى آثَارِهِمْ يُهْرَعُونَ He peered and saw him in the midst of the Blazing Fire. He said, “By Allah, you nearly led me astray. And had it not been for the favor of my Lord, I would have been among those brought [to the Fire]. Are we then not to die? Only our first death, and we are not to be punished. Indeed, this is the great success. For such a thing, let the workers work. Is that better as a lodging, or the tree of Zaqqum? Indeed, We have made it a trial for the wrongdoers. Indeed, it is a tree that grows at the root of the Blazing Fire. Its fruit is like the heads of devils. So they will surely eat from it and fill their bellies with it. Then, surely, for it, they will have a mixture of boiling water. Then, surely, their return will be to the Blazing Fire. Indeed, they found their fathers astray, so they hasten after their footsteps..