The honorable Shaykh, may Allah preserve you, regarding the noble verse in Surat al-An'am: "And do not kill your children out of poverty; We provide for you and for them," and in Surat

The questioner : The honorable Shaykh, may Allah preserve you, regarding the noble verse in Surat al-An'am: and in Surat al-Isra: What is the significance of the difference in this order?

The Shaykh : The difference in this expression is based on the difference in the two situations. In the verse from Surat al-An'am, Allah the Exalted says: Then He said: So He began with the fathers because they are the poor ones, so He began by mentioning their provision before the provision of the children who were to be killed.
As for the other verse, the verse from Surat al-Isra: this is because the fathers who kill here are not poor, but rather they are wealthy, yet they fear poverty. So it was more appropriate to begin by mentioning the provision of the children before mentioning the provision of the fathers, because the fathers' provision is already present, so He said: .