The benefits of the saying of Allah the Exalted: ((Is not Allah sufficient for His servant, and do they frighten you with those other than Him? And whoever Allah misguides, for him there is no guide)).
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In this noble verse, among the benefits is first, the sufficiency of Allah for His servant.
And among the benefits is the exhortation to realize servitude to Allah, because if you realize servitude, sufficiency is realized for you. This is because a ruling conditioned upon a description strengthens with the strength of that description and weakens with its weakness. So if sufficiency is consequent upon servitude, the worshipper obtains from this sufficiency according to what?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : According to the extent of his servitude, based on the principle that a ruling conditioned upon a description strengthens with its strength and weakens with its weakness. Good.
And among the benefits of this noble verse is the defense of Allah the Mighty and Majestic for the believers. The defense of Allah for the believers, because if He is sufficient for them, He will defend them. And He realizes this in His saying, the Exalted:[Al-Hajj 22:38]
And among the benefits of this noble verse is that the enemies of Allah frighten the servants of Allah with what is other than Allah, as He said:[Az-Zumar 39:36] Good.
And among the benefits of this is that Shaytan, who is the leader of the enemies of Allah, frightens the believing servant of Allah with what is other than Allah. You will find him coming to the person who wants to enjoin good and forbid evil and saying, "Do not do it, do not do it. The people hate you. The people accuse you of being harsh. The ruler might punish you," and the like of that. But the believer does not fear this at all, because he is holding fast to whom?
The student: To Allah.
The Shaykh : To Allah the Mighty and Majestic. He is a servant of Allah and is confident that Allah will support him, so he does not care about these people. Good. But does that mean that a person should rush into matters with violent emotion, or should he use wisdom and proceed in the truth?
The student: The second.
The Shaykh : The second. And therefore, we criticize some people who have zeal for the religion of Allah, but they do not enter houses through their doors. They want to bring about matters with violence and force, even though they have no power. They have no power. So we say, proceed in what Allah has commanded you, but use wisdom in doing so.
And among the benefits of this noble verse is that everyone other than Allah is below Allah, as He said:[Az-Zumar 39:36] So there is here only Allah, or those below Allah.
And branching from this benefit is that everyone other than Allah is overpowered. Everyone other than Allah is overpowered. And if Allah is sufficient for His servant, and everyone other than Allah is overpowered, this means that a person will be victorious if he realizes servitude. But it may be raised as an objection that Allah the Exalted mentioned that some people killed the prophets. How is this verse reconciled with what is established regarding the killing of some of the prophets? The answer to this, or the answer regarding it, is that the killing of the prophets does not mean the killing of the truth they came with. The prophets only spoke in order to establish the truth, not in order to establish their personalities, but in order to establish the truth. Then, if they missed victory in this world, the victory that they see, it did not miss them in the Hereafter, as Allah the Exalted said:[Ghafir 40:51] And Allah knows best.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes, 'Abdullah.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: Does it have a definition or not?
The Shaykh : It has a definition. The definition of ihsan (excellence in worship). Yes.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: ... Allah the Mighty and Majestic.
The Shaykh : How?
The student: ... Allah the Mighty and Majestic.
The Shaykh : Yes, we said that this is what it is. Not everyone. We said that it is general for every person.
The student: ... fear.
The Shaykh : Yes, it is possible to make it for everyone who fears. It is possible to make it so, but it appears that it is specific to the Messenger. Yes.
And among the benefits is the exhortation to realize servitude to Allah, because if you realize servitude, sufficiency is realized for you. This is because a ruling conditioned upon a description strengthens with the strength of that description and weakens with its weakness. So if sufficiency is consequent upon servitude, the worshipper obtains from this sufficiency according to what?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : According to the extent of his servitude, based on the principle that a ruling conditioned upon a description strengthens with its strength and weakens with its weakness. Good.
And among the benefits of this noble verse is the defense of Allah the Mighty and Majestic for the believers. The defense of Allah for the believers, because if He is sufficient for them, He will defend them. And He realizes this in His saying, the Exalted:
Indeed, Allah defends those who have believed
إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُدَافِعُ عَنِ الَّذِينَ آمَنُواAnd among the benefits of this noble verse is that the enemies of Allah frighten the servants of Allah with what is other than Allah, as He said:
they threaten you with those [they worship] other than Him
و يخوفونك بالذين من دونهAnd among the benefits of this is that Shaytan, who is the leader of the enemies of Allah, frightens the believing servant of Allah with what is other than Allah. You will find him coming to the person who wants to enjoin good and forbid evil and saying, "Do not do it, do not do it. The people hate you. The people accuse you of being harsh. The ruler might punish you," and the like of that. But the believer does not fear this at all, because he is holding fast to whom?
The student: To Allah.
The Shaykh : To Allah the Mighty and Majestic. He is a servant of Allah and is confident that Allah will support him, so he does not care about these people. Good. But does that mean that a person should rush into matters with violent emotion, or should he use wisdom and proceed in the truth?
The student: The second.
The Shaykh : The second. And therefore, we criticize some people who have zeal for the religion of Allah, but they do not enter houses through their doors. They want to bring about matters with violence and force, even though they have no power. They have no power. So we say, proceed in what Allah has commanded you, but use wisdom in doing so.
And among the benefits of this noble verse is that everyone other than Allah is below Allah, as He said:
And [yet], they threaten you with those [they worship] other than Him
ويُخَوِّفُونَك بِالَّذِينَ مِن دُونِهِAnd branching from this benefit is that everyone other than Allah is overpowered. Everyone other than Allah is overpowered. And if Allah is sufficient for His servant, and everyone other than Allah is overpowered, this means that a person will be victorious if he realizes servitude. But it may be raised as an objection that Allah the Exalted mentioned that some people killed the prophets. How is this verse reconciled with what is established regarding the killing of some of the prophets? The answer to this, or the answer regarding it, is that the killing of the prophets does not mean the killing of the truth they came with. The prophets only spoke in order to establish the truth, not in order to establish their personalities, but in order to establish the truth. Then, if they missed victory in this world, the victory that they see, it did not miss them in the Hereafter, as Allah the Exalted said:
Indeed, We will support Our messengers and those who believe during the life of this world and on the Day when the witnesses will stand -
إِنَّال َنَنصُرُ رُسُلَنَا وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَيَوْم يَقُومُ الْأَشْهَادُThe student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes, 'Abdullah.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: Does it have a definition or not?
The Shaykh : It has a definition. The definition of ihsan (excellence in worship). Yes.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: ... Allah the Mighty and Majestic.
The Shaykh : How?
The student: ... Allah the Mighty and Majestic.
The Shaykh : Yes, we said that this is what it is. Not everyone. We said that it is general for every person.
The student: ... fear.
The Shaykh : Yes, it is possible to make it for everyone who fears. It is possible to make it so, but it appears that it is specific to the Messenger. Yes.