Discussion regarding the verse: “Our Lord, do not let our hearts deviate after You have guided us, and bestow upon us from Yourself mercy. Indeed, You are the Bestower.”
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I seek refuge in Allah, the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing, from Satan, the accursed. Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He, said: [Ali 'Imran 3:8]
The Shaykh : What is the connection of this phrase to what came before it, Khalid?
The student: It is a supplication.
The Shaykh : It is from the supplication of the firmly established in knowledge, meaning: they say:[Ali 'Imran 3:7] and they say: [Ali 'Imran 3:8].
The Shaykh : What is the meaning of deviation, Muhammad?
The student: The meaning of deviation is: inclination,
The Shaykh : And from where?
The student: The sun deviated,
The Shaykh : Meaning from the zenith of the sky.
The Shaykh : Their saying:[Ali 'Imran 3:8] What is its relevance to what came before it? Its relevance to what came before it? Yes, [Ali 'Imran 3:8]? And what is its connection to what came before it? Meaning, is its presence and absence the same, or is there a benefit in its presence?
The Shaykh : Did you attend?
The student: I forgot,
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you,
The student: Yes? There is a benefit, which is seeking nearness to Allah by the fact that He guided them,
The Shaykh : Yes, seeking nearness to Allah by His guidance of them so that He does not let them deviate? So that He does not let their hearts deviate after He guided them, after the guidance. Well done, this is one. A second benefit?
The student: Praising Allah for His guidance, so it is from the category of speaking of the blessings of Allah, Mighty and Majestic.
The Shaykh : What is the benefit of His saying:
The student: Any mercy, when it is from Him, is great, and it is one we do not want from anyone other than You,
The student: Meaning sincerity, and that this mercy is great because it is from Allah,
The Shaykh : Is there a parallel for it in the Sunnah?
The Shaykh : Did you attend?
The student: I attended, and by Allah, it is a problem,
The student: Yes? The Prophet’s teaching to Abu Bakr, he said: Teach me a supplication to recite in my prayer. He said: Say:Sahih al-Bukhari 6326.
The Shaykh : His saying: Eid, from which of the names of Allah is this? Is its coming in this form for exaggeration or for attribution? Or for both?
The student: For both,
The Shaykh : Explain it, Eid?
The student: Second: Exaggeration due to the multitude of those to whom He bestows, for those to whom He bestows cannot be counted except by Allah, Mighty and Majestic.
The Shaykh : His saying:[Ali 'Imran 3:9] Abd al-Munan, what is meant by the Day of Resurrection?
The student: The Day of Resurrection,
The Shaykh : And what is the meaning of?
The student: Meaning there is no doubt in it,
The Shaykh : If doubt is a synonym for uncertainty, is there a difference between them?
The student: Yes, doubt is uncertainty with anxiety,
The Shaykh : And uncertainty is uncertainty without anxiety, meaning one is hesitant but it is not accompanied by psychological anxiety, but this is because the matter is significant so there is anxiety for the one who doubts it, but the believers do not doubt it, they do not have any uncertainty in it.
Then Allah, Mighty and Majestic, said:[Ali 'Imran 3:194] Is this the new lesson?
[Who say], "Our Lord, let not our hearts deviate after You have guided us and grant us from Yourself mercy. Indeed, You are the Bestower.
ربنا لا تزغ قلوبنا بعد إذ هديتنا وهب لنا من لدنك رحمة إنك أنت الوهابThe Shaykh : What is the connection of this phrase to what came before it, Khalid?
The student: It is a supplication.
The Shaykh : It is from the supplication of the firmly established in knowledge, meaning: they say:
say, "We believe in it
يقولون آمنا بهOur Lord, let not our hearts deviate after You have guided us
ربنا لا تزغ قلوبنا بعد إذ هديتناThe Shaykh : What is the meaning of deviation, Muhammad?
The student: The meaning of deviation is: inclination,
The Shaykh : And from where?
The student: The sun deviated,
The Shaykh : Meaning from the zenith of the sky.
The Shaykh : Their saying:
after You have guided us
بعد إذ هديتناOur Lord, let not our hearts deviate
ربنا لا تزغ قلوبناThe Shaykh : Did you attend?
The student: I forgot,
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you,
The student: Yes? There is a benefit, which is seeking nearness to Allah by the fact that He guided them,
The Shaykh : Yes, seeking nearness to Allah by His guidance of them so that He does not let them deviate? So that He does not let their hearts deviate after He guided them, after the guidance. Well done, this is one. A second benefit?
The student: Praising Allah for His guidance, so it is from the category of speaking of the blessings of Allah, Mighty and Majestic.
The Shaykh : What is the benefit of His saying:
from Yourself
من لدنكThe student: Any mercy, when it is from Him, is great, and it is one we do not want from anyone other than You,
The student: Meaning sincerity, and that this mercy is great because it is from Allah,
The Shaykh : Is there a parallel for it in the Sunnah?
The Shaykh : Did you attend?
The student: I attended, and by Allah, it is a problem,
The student: Yes? The Prophet’s teaching to Abu Bakr, he said: Teach me a supplication to recite in my prayer. He said: Say:
Allahumma inni zalamtu nafsi zulman kathiran wala yaghfirudhdhunuba illa anta, Faghfirli maghfiratan min indika war-hamni, innaka antalGhafur-Rahim.
اللهم إني ظلمت نفسي ظلما كثيرا ولا يغفر الذنوب إلا أنت فاغفر لي مغفرة من عندك وارحمني إنك أنت الغفور الرحيمThe Shaykh : His saying:
the Bestower
الوهابThe student: For both,
The Shaykh : Explain it, Eid?
The student: Second: Exaggeration due to the multitude of those to whom He bestows, for those to whom He bestows cannot be counted except by Allah, Mighty and Majestic.
The Shaykh : His saying:
You will gather the people for a Day about which there is no doubt
جامع الناس ليوم لاريب فيهThe student: The Day of Resurrection,
The Shaykh : And what is the meaning of
of which there is no doubt
لاريب فيهThe student: Meaning there is no doubt in it,
The Shaykh : If doubt is a synonym for uncertainty, is there a difference between them?
The student: Yes, doubt is uncertainty with anxiety,
The Shaykh : And uncertainty is uncertainty without anxiety, meaning one is hesitant but it is not accompanied by psychological anxiety, but this is because the matter is significant so there is anxiety for the one who doubts it, but the believers do not doubt it, they do not have any uncertainty in it.
Then Allah, Mighty and Majestic, said: