On the saying of Allah the Exalted: ((Were it not that he saw the proof of his Lord)) and is the "were it not" here conditional?
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The student: His saying, may He be Exalted, in Surat Yusuf: Is this conditional, or what? It is confusing to me...
The Shaykh : Read what comes before it:[Yusuf 12:24] meaning "he would have done it," so it is conditional, but the answer is omitted.
The student: Did the desire occur from him?
The Shaykh : Yes, meaning: Were it not for the proof of his Lord, he would have done it, meaning he would have responded to her invitation. It is not: Were it not for the proof of his Lord, he would not have desired her, because if that were the case, the speech would be contradictory. Rather, he did desire her, but were it not that he saw the proof of his Lord, he would have responded to what she invited him to. Yes.
Had he not seen the proof of his Lord
لولا أن رأى برهان ربهWhy not
لولاThe Shaykh : Read what comes before it:
And she certainly determined [to seduce] him, and he would have inclined to her had he not seen the proof of his Lord
ولقد همَّت به وهَمَّ بها لولا أن رأى برهان ربهThe student: Did the desire occur from him?
The Shaykh : Yes, meaning: Were it not for the proof of his Lord, he would have done it, meaning he would have responded to her invitation. It is not: Were it not for the proof of his Lord, he would not have desired her, because if that were the case, the speech would be contradictory. Rather, he did desire her, but were it not that he saw the proof of his Lord, he would have responded to what she invited him to. Yes.