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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Commentary on Tafsir al-Jalalayn: “And those who dispute about” the religion “of Allah” His Prophet “after it has been answered to him” by faith due to the manifestation of his miracles

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The Shaykh : Allah the Exalted said:
And those who argue concerning Allah after He has been responded to - their argument is invalid with their Lord وَالَّذِينَ يُحَاجُّونَ فِي اللَّهِ مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا اسْتُجِيبَ لَهُ حُجَّتُهُمْ دَاحِضَةٌ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِمْ
[Ash-Shuraa 42:16]

Grammatical analysis: “Those who dispute” is the subject, and “argument” is a second subject, and “refuted” is the predicate of the second subject, and the second subject and its predicate are in the position of the predicate of the first subject.
those who argue concerning Allah الذين يحاجون في الله
[Ash-Shuraa 42:16]
meaning they debate in it. The author said: “in the religion of Allah” meaning they dispute in the religion of Allah. The correct view is generality. Disputing about Allah includes disputing about His religion, disputing about His names and attributes, and disputing about His essence, because the verse is general regarding Allah. Disputing is also about His decree. So specifying it to the religion of Allah is questionable. Even if it is assumed that those who dispute only dispute with us in the religion and say that it is not correct, taking it by generality is preferable, because the consideration is the generality of the wording, not the specificity of the cause.
The author said: “His Prophet” is the object of “dispute,” meaning it is as if he said: Who do they dispute with? It is said: His Prophet. This is also questionable, because restricting the dispute about Allah the Exalted to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is not correct, because they dispute the Prophet of Allah and others as well. So leaving the verse general is preferable. They say that omitting the object implies generality, so keeping the verse as it is is the best. So:
those who argue concerning Allah الذين يحاجون في الله
[Ash-Shuraa 42:16]
Also, it is not only in the religion of Allah, but in the religion of Allah, the essence of Allah, and everything related to Allah the Exalted. And his saying:
after He has been responded to من بعد ما استجيب له
[Ash-Shuraa 42:16]
means after those whom Allah granted the response responded to him. This clause is like establishing proof against these people.
“
after He has been responded to من بعد ما استجيب له
[Ash-Shuraa 42:16]
by faith due to the manifestation of his miracles, and they are the Jews”
This is his saying: “
after He has been responded to من بعد ما استجيب له
[Ash-Shuraa 42:16]
by faith”
which is correct. And his saying: “due to the manifestation of his miracle” is based on the assumption that they dispute the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). And if we say by generality, there is no need for this restriction. And his saying: “and they are the Jews” is also questionable. Rather, we say: everyone who disputes about Allah, even the polytheists of Quraysh and others, disputed the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Are they not always arguing with him, mocking him, and ridiculing him? So restricting this to the Jews is also questionable. So now we have three things in this verse that the author specified with something:
The first: his saying:
in the religion of Allah في دين الله
[An-Nur 24:2]
which is more general.
The second: “His Prophet,” which is also more general.
their argument is invalid with their Lord حجتهم داحضة عند ربهم
[Ash-Shuraa 42:16]
He says: “
Refuted داحضة
invalid”
But refutation is stronger than invalidity, meaning invalid in a way that nothing is above it.
invalid with their Lord داحضة عند ربهم
[Ash-Shuraa 42:16]
Will it benefit them? No. And the explanation of the benefit of his saying:
before their Lord عند ربهم
will come, if Allah wills.
and upon them is [His] wrath, and for them is a severe punishment. وعليهم غضب ولهم عذاب شديد
[Ash-Shuraa 42:16]
Upon them is anger. From whom? From Allah and from the awliya (close friends of Allah). For this reason, the anger was not restricted to being from Allah to imply generality. Reflect on Surat al-Fatihah where Allah the Exalted said:
The path of those upon whom You have bestowed favor صراط الذين أنعمت عليهم
[Al-Fatihah 1:7]
because the blessing is from Allah, and attributing it to the Lord the Exalted is praise and commendation for Allah.
not of those who have evoked [Your] anger غير المغضوب عليهم
[Al-Fatihah 1:7]
And He did not say: other than those I am angry with, but He said:
Those against whom is anger المغضوب عليهم
which includes the anger of Allah and the anger of His awliya (close friends of Allah) from the prophets, the truthful, the martyrs, and the righteous. And so that the anger is not attributed to Allah the Exalted in this context. Otherwise, the anger has been attributed to Allah the Exalted in His saying:
those whom Allah has cursed and with whom He became angry and made of them apes and pigs and slaves of Taghut من لعنه الله وغضب عليه وجعل منهم القردة والخنازير وعبد الطاغوت
[Al-Ma'idah 5:60]
.
and upon them is [His] wrath, and for them is a severe punishment. وعليهم غضب ولهم عذاب شديد
[Ash-Shuraa 42:16]
meaning severe. When? It may be in this world, it may be in the Hereafter, or it may be in both.
Source alathar.net

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