His saying, may He be Exalted: “And He brings out the living from the dead” in the sense that the knowledgeable person is brought out from the ignorant one. How is it that: “And He brings out the dead from the living”?
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The questioner : His saying, may He be Exalted: [Al-An'am 6:95] We said that the knowledgeable person is brought out from the ignorant one. And His saying: [Al-An'am 6:122]?
The Shaykh : No, no, no, that is not the meaning: it is that a man who is knowledgeable has children who are ignorant.
The questioner : But in the first meaning, was he dead?
The Shaykh : In the first meaning, was he dead? This is what you are asking, this is what you are asking. And perhaps it is, no, this is what you are asking.
He brings the living out of the dead
يخرج الحي من الميتAnd is one who was dead and We gave him life
أو من كان ميتا فأحييناهThe Shaykh : No, no, no, that is not the meaning: it is that a man who is knowledgeable has children who are ignorant.
The questioner : But in the first meaning, was he dead?
The Shaykh : In the first meaning, was he dead? This is what you are asking, this is what you are asking. And perhaps it is, no, this is what you are asking.