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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Commentary on Tafsir al-Jalalayn: In “wa-ima” there is the assimilation of the nūn of the conditional “in” into the superfluous “mā.” “Yinzaghnaka min al-Shayṭān nazaġ” means he diverts you.

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He said:
wa-imaإما
“In it is the assimilation of the nūn of
Indeedإن
the conditional into the superfluous
notما
”
,
wa-imaإما
its original form is
wa-in yinzaghnakaوإن ينزغنك
but the superfluous
notما
is often added to conditional particles, as in his saying here:
wa-ima yinzaghnakaوإما ينزغنك
and as Allah the Exalted said:
Whichever [name] you call - to Him belong the best names. أيًّا ما تدعُو فله الأسماء الحسنى
[Al-Isra 17:110]
,
wa-ima yinzaghnaka إما ينزغنك
meaning if Shayṭān diverts you “
from Satan, then seek refuge in Allah من الشيطان نزغ فاستعذ بالله
[Al-A'raf 7:200]
meaning: he diverts you from this trait and other good things, being a divoter
then seek refuge in Allah فاستعذ بالله
”
. The author, may Allah have mercy on him, if we look at his tafsir, we find he limits this verse to a specific thing, which is if Shayṭān diverts us from repelling with that which is best, then seek refuge in Allah. The correct view is the opposite of that; the correct view is that the verse is general. For this reason he said:
wa-ima yinzaghnakaإما ينزَغَنَّك
meaning it strikes you
min al-Shayṭān nazaġمِن الشيطان نزْغ
nazaġنزغٌ
an indefinite noun in the context of what, brother?
The student: Negation

The Shaykh : Wrong. Read the verse:
And if an evil suggestion comes to you from Satan وإما ينزغنك من الشيطان نزغ
[Al-A'raf 7:200]
An indefinite noun in the context of what?
The student: An indefinite noun in the context of a condition.

The Shaykh : In the context of a condition, so it is general, whether it is in repelling with that which is best or otherwise. Whenever Shayṭān strikes you with a diversion, seek refuge in Allah. For this reason, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered the one who complained to him about whispers in prayer to do what? To seek refuge in Allah. He said:
spit dryly to his left three times, and ask Allah for its good and seek refuge from its evil يتفُل عن يسارِه ثلاثًا ويستعيذ بالله
Sunan Ibn Majah 3910Sahih (Darussalam)
. The point is that whenever Shayṭān diverts you, turn to the One who is able to repel him, Allah Mighty and Majestic. But how do I know that Shayṭān has diverted someone?
Satan threatens you with poverty and orders you to immorality الشيطان يعدكم الفقر ويأمركم بالفحشاء
[Al-Baqarah 2:268]
Whenever you see that it is thrown into your mind to commit a sin, know that it is a diversion from Shayṭān. Whenever it is thrown into your mind that you are leaving an act of obedience, this is a diversion from Shayṭān. Seek refuge in Allah, because Shayṭān is not a tangible thing that a person feels, sees, or hears, but he is known by what he throws into the heart.
then seek refuge in Allah فاستعِذ بالله
meaning hold fast to it. The author said: “The answer to the condition, and the answer to the command is omitted, meaning He repels it from you”. Yes, where is the command?
seek refugeاستعِذْ
meaning as if someone says: And if you seek refuge, what is the result? The result is that Allah repels it from you, because Allah the Exalted did not command you to seek refuge in Him—and seeking refuge, as you know, is taking shelter from what is bad—seek refuge in Allah, He repels it from you.
Indeed, it is He who is the Hearing إنَّه هو السميع
[Al-Anfal 8:61]
to the speech,
the Knowing العليم
to the action. “This sentence is explanatory of his saying:
Seek refuge in Allahاستعِذْ بالله
meaning: So if you seek refuge in Allah from him, He hears you, and He is knowledgeable about how to repel this Shayṭān who diverted you. So He is hearing to your speech when you seek refuge in Him, and knowledgeable about what He uses to repel this Shayṭān from you.
Source alathar.net

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