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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Continuation of the commentary on Tafsir al-Jalalayn: “Is he to whom Allah has opened his breast to Islam, so he has guided, upon a light from his Lord, like one whose heart has been sealed?”

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We return to the author’s words; may Allah have mercy on him.
Is he to whom Allah has opened his breast to Islam, so he has guided, upon a light from his Lord, like one whose heart has been sealed? أفمن شرح الله صدره للإسلام فاهتدى فهو على نور من ربه كمن طبع على قلبه
This indicates that “Woe” is a word of punishment ... to the end of the author’s words regarding his statement
Like one whose heart has been sealed? كمن طبع على قلبه
There is a consideration here, because if we want to say that the omitted part is indicated by the mentioned part, then it is obligatory for us to estimate it in a way that matches the mentioned part, so we would say “like one whose heart has hardened,” whereas the stronger position is what we previously established, which is to mention the equivalent, meaning the counterpart, of what? Of the mentioned part, since he said, “Is he to whom Allah has opened his breast like one who was not so?” Then the author said: “
Woe to those whose hearts are hardened; it is a word of punishment. If he had said ‘a word of warning,’ it would have been better, because one is threatened with it. Even in our current usage, you say ‘Woe to you,’ meaning you threaten him with what you intend. And his statement
those whose hearts are hardened against the remembrance of Allah للقاسية قلوبهم من ذكر الله
[Az-Zumar 39:22]
meaning against accepting the Qur’an; the author, may Allah have mercy on him, made the remembrance intended to be the Qur’an, and made ‘min’ (from) mean ‘against.’ As for the remembrance meaning the Qur’an, there is no doubt that the Qur’an is a remembrance. Allah the Exalted said
It is not but a message and a clear Qur'an إن هو إلا ذكر وقرآن مبين
[Ya-Sin 36:69]
And He said the Exalted
it is a remembrance for you and your people إنه لذكر لك ولقومك
[Az-Zukhruf 43:44]
But it is better that we interpret the remembrance of Allah here with what is broader, so we say the intended meaning is the Qur’an, without doubt, because it is a remembrance of Allah, and what is broader than that, such that we say if Allah is remembered, their hearts harden, whether by the Qur’an or by other than the Qur’an; this is the original meaning. As for ‘min’ meaning ‘against,’ we have previously said that the correct view is that it is in its proper place. And his statement that ‘min’ is a substitute for ‘against’ is based on a disputed issue among the Kufan and Basran grammarians: when a preposition comes in a place other than its proper place, is it a substitute for a preposition that is appropriate to the context, or is the thing it relates to estimated to mean something appropriate to the preposition? Do you understand? You understand perfectly. Good.
Allah the Exalted said
A spring of which the [righteous] servants of Allah will drink عين يشرب بها عباد الله
[Al-Insan 76:6]
of which the [righteous] servants of Allah will drink يشرب بها عباد الله
[Al-Insan 76:6]
The eye does not drink with the eye; it drinks from it. Here, the grammarians differed: does the preposition ‘ba’ (with) mean ‘min’ (from), making it a preposition substituting for another, or does ‘drinks’ mean ‘quenching thirst’? It quenches thirst with it, O servants of Allah, so the drinking includes the meaning of quenching thirst, and quenching thirst includes drinking, and what? And drinking includes quenching thirst and more. There is a disagreement among the Kufan and Basran grammarians on this, and Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, may Allah have mercy on him, prefers the second opinion, that the verb includes a meaning appropriate to what? To the preposition, because if we say it includes the meaning, we benefit from two things: we benefit from the meaning of the mentioned part and the meaning of the included part, the meaning of the mentioned part and the meaning of the included part, because if you say ‘it quenches thirst with it,’ we benefit from the fact that they drink and what? And they quench their thirst. But if we say they drink, they drink with it, they drink from it, we will not benefit except? Except for one meaning. So the inclusion has an added meaning; the inclusion has an added meaning. But making a preposition a substitute for another preposition, we do not benefit from an added meaning. So the stronger position in this issue is what Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, may Allah have mercy on him, held, which is? What? That the verb includes a meaning appropriate to the preposition. Good.
Then woe to those whose hearts are hardened against the remembrance of Allah فويل للقاسية قلوبهم من ذكر الله
[Az-Zumar 39:22]
The author said
Those are in manifest error أولئك فى ضلال مبين
Clear. So is ‘mubin’ (clear) here intransitive or transitive? Intransitive. Then he said
Allah has sent down the best statement: a الله الذى نزل أحسن الحديث كتابا
[Az-Zumar 39:23]
The benefits: It is established that...
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