Discussion of the interpretation of the saying of Allah the Exalted: “So who is more unjust than one who lies about Allah and denies the truth when it comes to him? Is there not in Hell a dwelling place for the disbelievers?”
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I seek refuge in Allah from Satan, the accursed. Allah Blessed and Exalted is He said: [Az-Zumar 39:32] What is the meaning of the interrogative here?
The student: Denial.
The Shaykh : Its meaning is denial.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes. And what is the benefit of using the interrogative form with the meaning of denial? Denial in the form of an interrogative?
The student: Emphasis...
The Shaykh : Yes, yes?
The student: Clarification.
The Shaykh : Clarification?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes
The student: ...
The Shaykh : What?
The student: Confirmation.
The Shaykh : Does the fact that denial comes in the form of an interrogative mean clarification?
The student: Confirmation.
The Shaykh : Or confirmation.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed. Its benefit is that it contains a challenge, because saying “no one is more unjust” without saying “so who is more unjust” means this would be infused with the meaning of a challenge, so it becomes a denial plus an addition. Now, what is the meaning of His saying:[Az-Zumar 39:32] the wisdom of Allah?
The student: ... He fabricated against Allah.
The Shaykh : He fabricated against Allah in what?
The student: In attributing a partner...
The Shaykh : And others?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Other than likening.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : And others?
The student: And denial...
The Shaykh : No, what is denial? Denial is not lying.
The student: Denying the names and attributes of Allah Glorified and Exalted is He, such as ta'til (denial of the divine attributes).
The Shaykh : Yes, such as ta'til (denial of the divine attributes), denying the names and attributes.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes?
The student[Al-Baqarah 2:79]
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed. Lying about the Shari'ah is to say this is lawful and this is forbidden. And His saying[Az-Zumar 39:32] what is the benefit of His saying Abdullah? Hmm?
The student: ... He did not just hear it, but he was certain of it.
The Shaykh : Meaning it came to him directly without an intermediary. Good, well done. His saying[Al-'Ankabut 29:68] this sentence contains a rhetorical point.
The student: Explicit mention in place of implicit reference.
The Shaykh : Explicit mention in place of implicit reference. What is the benefit of explicit mention in place of implicit reference?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Recite for me.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : What are these three? Yes, we only heard two.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes, the third is generality.
The student: Giving a reason.
The Shaykh : Giving a reason.
The student: ... Describing according to what was described...
The Shaykh : Yes. Now, Muhammad al-Sa'idi, you have advanced. May Allah reward you with good.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : The interrogative in His saying what is its intended meaning, Salim??
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes, what is its intended meaning?
The student: Its intended meaning is...
The Shaykh : Is it not??
The student: ... An interrogative...
The Shaykh : Its intended meaning here is confirmation. Its intended meaning is confirmation. Why?
The student: Because...
The Shaykh : Because when the interrogative enters upon what implies denial, it becomes for confirmation. Now, I think we have taken the benefits of this verse.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Good. How do you reconcile this verse with His saying[Al-Baqarah 2:114]?
The student: ... The most unjust thing...
The Shaykh : Yes
The student: ... For disbelief, for it is the most unjust thing to deny the truth, to lie about Allah and deny the truth when it comes to him.
The Shaykh : Meaning that the superlative form, with respect to this type of...
The student: Injustice.
The Shaykh : Now, lying to people is not like lying to Allah. Now[Al-Baqarah 2:114]
The student: More unjust than one who prevents the mosques of Allah... prevents people from their rights.
The Shaykh : Hmm, that one who is more unjust than the one who was prevented from rights, prevents the mosques of Allah, that His name be mentioned therein. This is the aspect. The second aspect, Ahmad?
The student: ... All of these...
The Shaykh : Yes, that all these rulings of being the most unjust share in this, each shares in all that was mentioned. Which is stronger? Muhammad, yes.
The student: The first is stronger.
The Shaykh : The first is stronger because it is less forced and further from difficulty. Then Allah Blessed and Exalted is He said:[Az-Zumar 39:33] Hmm?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : How?
The student: We did not complete the benefits.
The Shaykh : We did not complete them? And what did we take?
The student: We took the last thing, the obligation of being careful in interpreting the Qur'an.
The Shaykh : The obligation of being careful?
The student: ... Interpreting the Qur'an.
The Shaykh : Only?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Recite for me.
The student: And who is more unjust than one who lies about Allah and brought the truth, and we raised the issue of how to reconcile this verse.
The Shaykh : No one. What? No one. Read. Read.
The student: No one is more unjust than one who lies about Allah and brought the truth. He lied about Allah.
The Shaykh : No, and he denied.
The student: And he denied...
The Shaykh : And he denied, and he lied about the one who brought the truth, like this, or and he denied the truth?
The student: And he denied the truth.
The Shaykh : Yes, good. And he denied the truth. Hmm.
The student: Second, the obligation of being careful in interpreting the Qur'an.
The Shaykh : Yes
The student: ... About Allah.
The Shaykh : The third?
The student: Lying about Allah...
The Shaykh : Zayn.
The student: ...
So who is more unjust than one who lies about Allah and denies the truth when it has come to him? Is there not in Hell a residence for the disbelievers?
فممن أظلم ممن كذب على الله وكذب بالصدق إذ جاءه أليس في جهنم مثوى للكافرينThe student: Denial.
The Shaykh : Its meaning is denial.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes. And what is the benefit of using the interrogative form with the meaning of denial? Denial in the form of an interrogative?
The student: Emphasis...
The Shaykh : Yes, yes?
The student: Clarification.
The Shaykh : Clarification?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes
The student: ...
The Shaykh : What?
The student: Confirmation.
The Shaykh : Does the fact that denial comes in the form of an interrogative mean clarification?
The student: Confirmation.
The Shaykh : Or confirmation.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed. Its benefit is that it contains a challenge, because saying “no one is more unjust” without saying “so who is more unjust” means this would be infused with the meaning of a challenge, so it becomes a denial plus an addition. Now, what is the meaning of His saying:
lies about Allah
كذب على اللهThe student: ... He fabricated against Allah.
The Shaykh : He fabricated against Allah in what?
The student: In attributing a partner...
The Shaykh : And others?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Other than likening.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : And others?
The student: And denial...
The Shaykh : No, what is denial? Denial is not lying.
The student: Denying the names and attributes of Allah Glorified and Exalted is He, such as ta'til (denial of the divine attributes).
The Shaykh : Yes, such as ta'til (denial of the divine attributes), denying the names and attributes.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes?
The student
So woe to those who write the "scripture" with their own hands, then say, "This is from Allah,"
فويل للذين يكتبون الكتاب بأيديهم ثم يقولون هذا من عند اللهThe Shaykh : Yes, indeed. Lying about the Shari'ah is to say this is lawful and this is forbidden. And His saying
and denies the truth when it has come to him
وكذب بالصدق إذ جاءهWhen it came to him
إِذْجَاءهُThe student: ... He did not just hear it, but he was certain of it.
The Shaykh : Meaning it came to him directly without an intermediary. Good, well done. His saying
Is there not in Hell a [sufficient] residence for the disbelievers?
أليس في جهنم مثوى للكافرينThe student: Explicit mention in place of implicit reference.
The Shaykh : Explicit mention in place of implicit reference. What is the benefit of explicit mention in place of implicit reference?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Recite for me.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : What are these three? Yes, we only heard two.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes, the third is generality.
The student: Giving a reason.
The Shaykh : Giving a reason.
The student: ... Describing according to what was described...
The Shaykh : Yes. Now, Muhammad al-Sa'idi, you have advanced. May Allah reward you with good.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : The interrogative in His saying
Is there not
أَلَيْسَThe student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes, what is its intended meaning?
The student: Its intended meaning is...
The Shaykh : Is it not??
The student: ... An interrogative...
The Shaykh : Its intended meaning here is confirmation. Its intended meaning is confirmation. Why?
The student: Because...
The Shaykh : Because when the interrogative enters upon what implies denial, it becomes for confirmation. Now, I think we have taken the benefits of this verse.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Good. How do you reconcile this verse with His saying
And who are more unjust than those who prevent the name of Allah from being mentioned in His mosques
ومن أظلم ممن منع مساجد الله أن يذكر فيها اسمهThe student: ... The most unjust thing...
The Shaykh : Yes
The student: ... For disbelief, for it is the most unjust thing to deny the truth, to lie about Allah and deny the truth when it comes to him.
The Shaykh : Meaning that the superlative form, with respect to this type of...
The student: Injustice.
The Shaykh : Now, lying to people is not like lying to Allah. Now
And who are more unjust than those who prevent
ومن أظلم ممن منع مساجد اللهThe student: More unjust than one who prevents the mosques of Allah... prevents people from their rights.
The Shaykh : Hmm, that one who is more unjust than the one who was prevented from rights, prevents the mosques of Allah, that His name be mentioned therein. This is the aspect. The second aspect, Ahmad?
The student: ... All of these...
The Shaykh : Yes, that all these rulings of being the most unjust share in this, each shares in all that was mentioned. Which is stronger? Muhammad, yes.
The student: The first is stronger.
The Shaykh : The first is stronger because it is less forced and further from difficulty. Then Allah Blessed and Exalted is He said:
And the one who has brought the truth and [they who] believed in it - those
والذي جاء بالصدق وصدق به أولئكThe student: ...
The Shaykh : How?
The student: We did not complete the benefits.
The Shaykh : We did not complete them? And what did we take?
The student: We took the last thing, the obligation of being careful in interpreting the Qur'an.
The Shaykh : The obligation of being careful?
The student: ... Interpreting the Qur'an.
The Shaykh : Only?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Recite for me.
The student: And who is more unjust than one who lies about Allah and brought the truth, and we raised the issue of how to reconcile this verse.
The Shaykh : No one. What? No one. Read. Read.
The student: No one is more unjust than one who lies about Allah and brought the truth. He lied about Allah.
The Shaykh : No, and he denied.
The student: And he denied...
The Shaykh : And he denied, and he lied about the one who brought the truth, like this, or and he denied the truth?
The student: And he denied the truth.
The Shaykh : Yes, good. And he denied the truth. Hmm.
The student: Second, the obligation of being careful in interpreting the Qur'an.
The Shaykh : Yes
The student: ... About Allah.
The Shaykh : The third?
The student: Lying about Allah...
The Shaykh : Zayn.
The student: ...