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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The benefits of the saying of Allah the Exalted: “And Moses said, ‘I have sought refuge in my Lord and your Lord from every arrogant one who does not believe in the Day of Judgment.’”

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In this verse and the one before it, there are benefits, among which are the strength of Moses (peace be upon him) and his frankness, where he declared before those who threatened him with death that he had sought refuge in Allah, his Lord and their Lord, as he said:
Indeed, I have sought refuge in my Lord and your Lord إني عذت بربي وربكم
[Ghafir 40:27]
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Among the benefits is the strength of his (peace be upon him) reliance upon Allah, where he relied upon Allah in the face of this tyrant who found it easy to carry out his threats.
Among the benefits of this noble verse is the description of Pharaoh with these two vile descriptions: arrogance and that he does not believe in the Day of Judgment.
Among its benefits is the shift from the specific to the general, because he did not say, “I have sought refuge in my Lord and your Lord from Pharaoh,” but rather he said, “from every arrogant one,” to include Pharaoh and anyone other than Pharaoh.
Among its benefits is also that when it comes in the form of generality and description, it applies to Pharaoh and clarifies that he is characterized by arrogance, as well as disbelief in the Day of Judgment.
Among the benefits of this noble verse is the affirmation of the Day of Judgment, which is the Day of Resurrection. The Reckoning is not a discussion of a person regarding his deeds, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Anybody whose account (record) is questioned will surely be punished. من نوقش الحساب عذب
Sahih al-Bukhari 6536
For if Allah were to scrutinize you, it would be a grace from His graces that would cover all the good deeds you performed. In fact, the good deeds you performed are a grace from Allah (Mighty and Majestic) that requires gratitude. Then, if you are granted the ability to give thanks for them, you require another gratitude for the ability to give thanks, and so on. For this reason, the poet said:
If my gratitude is a grace from Allah, then for it, gratitude is obligatory in like manner.
So how can the attainment of gratitude be achieved except by His grace, even if the days lengthen and life continues
This is correct. The Reckoning is that Allah the Exalted isolates the believing servant and confronts him with his sins, saying: “You did such and such, you did such and such.” When he acknowledges them, he says:
I have covered it for you in this world, and I forgive it for you today. قد سترتها عليك في الدنيا وأنا أغفرها لك اليوم
Sahih Ibn Hibban 64:265
As for the disbelievers, they are not reckoned in the manner of one whose good and bad deeds are weighed, because they have no good deeds. Rather, their deeds are counted, they are made to stand before them, and they are humiliated by them, meaning they are made lowly by them, and it is said:
These are the ones who lied against their Lord." Unquestionably, the curse of Allah is upon the wrongdoers. هؤلاء الذين كذبوا على ربهم ألا لعنة الله على الظالمين
[Hud 11:18]
This is the reckoning of the disbelievers, and that is the reckoning of the believers.
Source alathar.net

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