Discussion of the interpretation of the saying of Allah the Exalted: ((He created you from one soul and made from it its mate, and sent down for you from the livestock eight pairs... He creates you in the wombs of your mothers...
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The Shaykh : I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Shaytan. Allah Blessed and Exalted is He said: [Az-Zumar 39:6] What is meant by the soul here?
The student: Adam
The Shaykh : Adam, and what is the meaning of His saying: here?
The student: It means for the beginning
The Shaykh : The beginning, because Hawwa
The student: was created from his rib
The Shaykh : From Adam's rib, yes. His saying the Exalted: What are these pairs? You are not present, yes.
The student: ... the cattle and the camels
The Shaykh : And the camels, from each one a male and a female, yes. His saying the Exalted:[Az-Zumar 39:6] Describe for us this creation after creation?
The student: ... Surat al-Hajj[Al-Hajj 22:5]
The Shaykh : Yes, correct
The student:[Al-Hajj 22:5]
The Shaykh : You have done well. What is the duration as it came in the Sunnah?
The student: ... The hadith of Ibn Mas'ud:Sunan Abi Dawud 4708Sahih (Al-Albani)
The Shaykh : So is this one hundred?
The student: And twenty days
The Shaykh : And twenty days. You have done well, may Allah reward you. Now, His saying the Mighty and Majestic: In it, what indicates restriction? What is its method?
The student: By placing the predicate before the subject
The Shaykh : Placing the predicate before the subject. Now, what is the rule in this?
The student: The rule?
The Shaykh : Yes
The student: If the predicate is placed before the subject, it indicates restriction
The Shaykh : But is it only the predicate before the subject? Is there no general rule?
The student: Placing what is due to be delayed indicates restriction
The Shaykh : You have done well. If what is due to be delayed is placed first, whether it is a predicate, an object, or otherwise, it indicates restriction. Now, the dominion is for Allah -O Sami- Now, the dominion is for Allah. How do you reconcile this with His saying:[An-Nisa 4:3] So did He establish dominion for other than Allah?
The student: This is with regard to the human being... specific... whereas the dominion mentioned in the verse is general dominion
The Shaykh : Meaning, the dominion of Allah Glorified and Exalted is He is general and absolute. General means encompassing everything, and absolute means He disposes as He wills. As for the dominion of the human being, it is specific and restricted, correct?
The student: Restricted by what is in his hand or what he owns
The Shaykh : Specific means what is in his hands, and restricted means according to the Shari'ah. Therefore, a person does not have the right to destroy his wealth uselessly. Now, this reconciliation is that the dominion of Allah is general and absolute: general for everything, absolute and unrestricted, He does what He wills. The dominion of the human being is specific and restricted: specific to what he owns only. So my ownership is not ownership for you, for example. Restricted by what?
The student: By the Shari'ah
The Shaykh : By the Shari'ah. A person does not have the right to dispose of his property as he wills. Yes. His saying the Exalted: The interrogation here?
The student: ... for the first time
The Shaykh : May Allah keep you alive, yes.
The student: ... for rebuke and wonder
The Shaykh : For rebuke and wonder. Explain how it was for rebuke and how it was for wonder?
The student: For wonder: How do you worship other than Allah who created you...
The Shaykh : And to Him belongs the dominion
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Meaning, this is a matter of wonder. Now, the rebuke?
The student: ... He rebukes them for worshipping other than Him
The Shaykh : Yes, correct. Meaning, He blames them and makes this a defect in them.
Then Allah the Mighty and Majestic said: -the beginning of today's lesson-[Az-Zumar 39:7]
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Did we take it? From where?
The student: He created you from one soul
The Shaykh : From the beginning? Now, Allah the Mighty and Majestic said:[An-Nisa 4:1] Among the benefits of this noble verse is that the origin of humanity is from Adam, and not -as the monkeys say- that its origin is a monkey and then it evolved, due to His saying: [An-Nisa 4:1] And Allah Glorified and Exalted is He has explained how He created this soul in various places in the Qur'an.
And among its benefits is that humanity is a created thing and not eternal, due to His saying: And creation necessitates being a created thing.
And among the benefits of this verse is that Allah made the mates of the children of Adam of their kind, due to His saying:[Az-Zumar 39:6] And if the wife were of a different kind, affection and love would not be established, but Allah made her of the same kind for this reason.
And among its benefits is what Allah has bestowed upon us
He created you from one soul. Then He made from it its mate
خلقَكم من نفس واحدة ثم جعل منها زوجهاThe student: Adam
The Shaykh : Adam, and what is the meaning of His saying:
and made from it
وجعل منهاWho
منThe student: It means for the beginning
The Shaykh : The beginning, because Hawwa
The student: was created from his rib
The Shaykh : From Adam's rib, yes. His saying the Exalted:
eight pairs
ثمانية أزواجThe student: ... the cattle and the camels
The Shaykh : And the camels, from each one a male and a female, yes. His saying the Exalted:
He creates you in the wombs of your mothers, creation after creation
يخلقُكُم في بُطُون أمهاتكم خلقًا مِن بعد خلقThe student: ... Surat al-Hajj
if you should be in doubt about the Resurrection, then [consider that] indeed, We created you
إِنْ كُنْتُمْ فِي رَيْبٍ مِنَ الْبَعْثِ فَإِنَّا خَلَقْنَاكُمْThe Shaykh : Yes, correct
The student:
if you should be in doubt about the Resurrection, then [consider that] indeed, We created you from dust, then from a sperm-drop, then from a clinging clot, and then from a lump of flesh, formed and unformed
إِنْ كُنْتُمْ فِي رَيْبٍ مِنَ الْبَعْثِ فَإِنَّا خَلَقْنَاكُمْ مِنْ تُرَابٍ ثُمَّ مِنْ نُطْفَةٍ ثُمَّ مِنْ عَلَقَةٍ ثُمَّ مِنْ مُضْغَةٍ مُخَلَّقَةٍ وَغَيْرِ مُخَلَّقَةٍThe Shaykh : You have done well. What is the duration as it came in the Sunnah?
The student: ... The hadith of Ibn Mas'ud:
The constituents of one of you are collected for forty days in his mother’s womb, then they become a piece of congealed blood for a similar period, then they become a lump of flesh for a similar period
يُجْمَعُ خلقُ أحدكم في بطن أمِّه أربعين يومًا نطفة ثم يكون علقة مثل ذلك ثم يكون مُضْغَةً مثل ذلكThe Shaykh : So is this one hundred?
The student: And twenty days
The Shaykh : And twenty days. You have done well, may Allah reward you. Now, His saying the Mighty and Majestic:
to Him belongs the dominion
له الملكThe student: By placing the predicate before the subject
The Shaykh : Placing the predicate before the subject. Now, what is the rule in this?
The student: The rule?
The Shaykh : Yes
The student: If the predicate is placed before the subject, it indicates restriction
The Shaykh : But is it only the predicate before the subject? Is there no general rule?
The student: Placing what is due to be delayed indicates restriction
The Shaykh : You have done well. If what is due to be delayed is placed first, whether it is a predicate, an object, or otherwise, it indicates restriction. Now, the dominion is for Allah -O Sami- Now, the dominion is for Allah. How do you reconcile this with His saying:
those your right hand possesses
أو ما ملكت أيمانكمThe student: This is with regard to the human being... specific... whereas the dominion mentioned in the verse is general dominion
The Shaykh : Meaning, the dominion of Allah Glorified and Exalted is He is general and absolute. General means encompassing everything, and absolute means He disposes as He wills. As for the dominion of the human being, it is specific and restricted, correct?
The student: Restricted by what is in his hand or what he owns
The Shaykh : Specific means what is in his hands, and restricted means according to the Shari'ah. Therefore, a person does not have the right to destroy his wealth uselessly. Now, this reconciliation is that the dominion of Allah is general and absolute: general for everything, absolute and unrestricted, He does what He wills. The dominion of the human being is specific and restricted: specific to what he owns only. So my ownership is not ownership for you, for example. Restricted by what?
The student: By the Shari'ah
The Shaykh : By the Shari'ah. A person does not have the right to dispose of his property as he wills. Yes. His saying the Exalted:
So how are you diverted
فأنى تصرفونThe student: ... for the first time
The Shaykh : May Allah keep you alive, yes.
The student: ... for rebuke and wonder
The Shaykh : For rebuke and wonder. Explain how it was for rebuke and how it was for wonder?
The student: For wonder: How do you worship other than Allah who created you...
The Shaykh : And to Him belongs the dominion
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Meaning, this is a matter of wonder. Now, the rebuke?
The student: ... He rebukes them for worshipping other than Him
The Shaykh : Yes, correct. Meaning, He blames them and makes this a defect in them.
Then Allah the Mighty and Majestic said: -the beginning of today's lesson-
If you disbelieve - indeed, Allah is Free from need of you
إن تكفروا فإنَّ الله غنِيٌّ عنكمThe student: ...
The Shaykh : Did we take it? From where?
The student: He created you from one soul
The Shaykh : From the beginning? Now, Allah the Mighty and Majestic said:
created you from one soul
خلقَكم من نفس واحدةcreated you from one soul
خلقكم من نفس واحدةAnd among its benefits is that humanity is a created thing and not eternal, due to His saying:
created you
خلقكمAnd among the benefits of this verse is that Allah made the mates of the children of Adam of their kind, due to His saying:
Then He made from it its mate
ثم جعل منها زوجهاAnd among its benefits is what Allah has bestowed upon us