The benefits of the saying of Allah the Exalted: << ولقد أرسلنآ إلى ثمود أخاهم صالحا أن اعبدوا الله فإذا هم فريقان يختصمون >
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Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) mentioned that He sent their brother Salih to Thamud and confirmed this news. From this, it is derived that it is sometimes obligatory or recommended to confirm important news so that the addressee is certain of it. Do not say, "I am not obligated, and I do not care whether it is true or false." Rather, the requirement of sincere advice is to confirm what should be confirmed for the addressee.
The second benefit is that it is evidence that the message of the previous messengers was specific, not general, based on His saying: [Surat al-Naml: 45]. He did not say "to all people," . This is established by the hadith of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in his saying: Sahih al-Bukhari 335.
The third benefit is that it is permissible to use the term "brotherhood" in the sense of kinship between a Muslim and a disbeliever. It is not said that if faith-based brotherhood is absent, kinship-based brotherhood is also absent. Rather, if one of them is absent, the other remains, based on His saying: [Surat al-Naml: 45].
In the verse is also the fourth benefit: that what the messengers were sent with is what humans, indeed jinn and humans, were created for, which is the worship of Allah, based on His saying: [Surat al-Naml: 45]. The meaning of worship has been mentioned previously.
The fifth benefit...
The student: ...
The Shaykh : That is: it is the worship of Allah. What the messengers were sent with is what creation was created for, which is the worship of Allah.
The fifth benefit: the division of people into two groups in relation to the messengers or in facing the messengers: a believer and a disbeliever. This is to fulfill the initial and ultimate wisdom in Allah's creation. Allah the Exalted said: [Surat al-Taghabun: 2]. If they were all believers, there would be no disbeliever and believer among them. This is an initial wisdom in creation since they were created. Also, to complete the ultimate wisdom. The ultimate wisdom is that Allah the Exalted created Paradise and Hellfire, and created for each of them a people. If all people were believers, there would be no benefit in the creation of Hellfire. Is that clear? For this reason, Allah the Exalted said: [Surat Hud: 118-119]. This is the beginning. Second: [Surat Hud: 119]. This is the end, for if there were no believer and disbeliever, would the word of Allah in filling Hellfire be completed? It would not be completed. So the fifth benefit is: the division of people in facing the messengers into two parts: a believer and a disbeliever. The wisdom behind this is the completion of the wisdom of Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He), initially and ultimately. Initially, in that He created people, some of them believers and some of them disbelievers, and ultimately... This is for you.
The student: ... and He created ...
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: Some of them will be in the Fire, and some of them will be in Paradise.
The Shaykh : Yes. And were it not for that, there would be no benefit in the creation of the Fire, and the word of Allah would not be completed: [Surat Hud: 119].
The sixth benefit: the occurrence of dispute between the believers and the disbelievers, and that it is a matter that must happen...
The second benefit is that it is evidence that the message of the previous messengers was specific, not general, based on His saying:
And We had certainly sent to Thamud
وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا إِلَى ثَمُودَto Thamud
إِلَى ثَمُودَEvery Prophet used to be sent to his nation only but I have been sent to all mankind.
وكان النبي يبعث إلى قومه خاصة وبعثت إلى الناس عامةThe third benefit is that it is permissible to use the term "brotherhood" in the sense of kinship between a Muslim and a disbeliever. It is not said that if faith-based brotherhood is absent, kinship-based brotherhood is also absent. Rather, if one of them is absent, the other remains, based on His saying:
their brother Salih
أَخَاهُمْ صَالِحًاIn the verse is also the fourth benefit: that what the messengers were sent with is what humans, indeed jinn and humans, were created for, which is the worship of Allah, based on His saying:
to worship Allah
أَنِ اعْبُدُوا اللَّهَThe fifth benefit...
The student: ...
The Shaykh : That is: it is the worship of Allah. What the messengers were sent with is what creation was created for, which is the worship of Allah.
The fifth benefit: the division of people into two groups in relation to the messengers or in facing the messengers: a believer and a disbeliever. This is to fulfill the initial and ultimate wisdom in Allah's creation. Allah the Exalted said:
It is He who created you, and among you is the disbeliever, and among you is the believer
هُوَ الَّذِي خَلَقَكُمْ فَمِنْكُمْ كَافِرٌ وَمِنْكُمْ مُؤْمِنٌbut they will not cease to differ. (119) Except whom your Lord has given mercy, and for that He created them.
وَلا يَزَالُونَ مُخْتَلِفِينَ * إِلَّا مَنْ رَحِمَ رَبُّكَ وَلِذَلِكَ خَلَقَهُمْBut the word of your Lord is to be fulfilled that, "I will surely fill Hell with jinn and men all together."
وَتَمَّتْ كَلِمَةُ رَبِّكَ لَأَمْلأَنَّ جَهَنَّمَ مِنَ الْجِنَّةِ وَالنَّاسِ أَجْمَعِينَThe student: ... and He created ...
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: Some of them will be in the Fire, and some of them will be in Paradise.
The Shaykh : Yes. And were it not for that, there would be no benefit in the creation of the Fire, and the word of Allah would not be completed:
I will surely fill Hell with jinn and men all together."
لَأَمْلأَنَّ جَهَنَّمَ مِنَ الْجِنَّةِ وَالنَّاسِ أَجْمَعِينَThe sixth benefit: the occurrence of dispute between the believers and the disbelievers, and that it is a matter that must happen...