Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: << ياقوم ادخلوا الأرض المقدسة التي كتب الله لكم ولا تردوا على أدباركم فتنقلبوا خاسرين >
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The Exalted Allah said: from Musa (peace be upon him), [Al-Ma'idah 5:21] The call here, "O my people," includes two things. The first is that it contains an element of their argumentation, and that they would not notice or listen to the address unless it came with a call and the term of kinship. The second is also that he said "O my people" to win their affection, because he distinguished between the addressee being from their people or from other than their people. [Al-Ma'idah 5:21] The word He did not say: "They said" until you enter; he said: Then his saying: [Al-Ma'idah 5:21] also contains good news that they will prevail. So in these two sentences there are two pieces of good news: the first is "Enter the land," and the second is "which Allah has written for you." The writing here is the writing of divine decree, because writing varies into two types: legislative writing, such as His saying, the Exalted: [Al-Baqarah 2:183] and the writing of divine decree, such as His saying, the Exalted: [Al-Anbya 21:105]. And His saying: [Al-Baqarah 2:187] I said that the writing here is the writing of divine decree, not legislative. If it were legislative, it would exceed the repetition of "He wrote upon them," and the meaning would not be consistent. [Al-Ma'idah 5:21] Meaning, do not turn back after you were retreating from the battle on their rear, because retreating from the rear and turning back is defeat and humiliation. For this reason, there is a severe prohibition against turning one's back on the day of battle. Do not turn back so that you may return, and returning implies disappointment. For this reason, he said: and "losers" is a state describing the waw in his saying: "you may return." So what was the answer? The answer is as you are hearing now.
