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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Explanation of the author's statement and his saying: (And I have cast upon you love from Me, and you shall be made in My sight)

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The Shaykh : He said:
And I bestowed upon you love from Me that you would be brought up under My eye. وألقيت عليك محبة مني ولتُصنع على عيني
[Taha 20:39]
The address here is to Musa (peace be upon him). Allah the Exalted said:
And I bestowed upon you love from Me وألقيت عليك محبة مني
[Taha 20:39]
The exegetes differed on its meaning. Some said:
I bestowed upon you love from Me ألقيت عليك محبة مني
[Taha 20:39]
It means that I loved you. Others said:
I bestowed upon you love ألقيت عليك محبة
[Taha 20:39]
It is love from people, and the casting is from Allah. The love is from people, and the casting is from Allah. That is, whoever sees you loves you. Evidence for this is that when the wife of Pharaoh saw him, she loved him and said:
Do not kill him; perhaps he may benefit us, or we may adopt him as a son. لا تقتلوه عسى أن ينفعنا أو نتخذه ولدا
[Al-Qasas 28:9]
If someone were to ask, can you take the verse to mean both?
The student: Yes.

The Shaykh : We said, yes, based on the previous rule, which is that if a verse carries two meanings that do not contradict each other, it is taken to mean both. So Musa (peace be upon him) is beloved to Allah (Mighty and Majestic), and when people see Musa (peace be upon him), they love him. In fact, the two meanings are concomitant, because when Allah the Exalted loves a servant, He casts his love into the hearts of the people. Then He said:
And it will be made upon My two eyes ولتُصنع على عيني
You shall be made. "Making" (sana'a) means to shape a thing into a specific form, such as making iron sheets into pots. And making wood into what?
The student: Doors

The Shaykh : Doors. And He made every thing according to its nature. So the making of the house is here
The student: Its construction

The Shaykh : The construction of the house. The making of iron is to turn it into vessels, for example, or engines. The making of the human being, what is it?
The student: His creation

The Shaykh : His creation. But
You shall be made in My sight لتُصنع على عيني
He is addressing Musa here
The student: His upbringing

The Shaykh : It means physical and mental upbringing. So the making of the human being is his physical and mental upbringing. His physical upbringing is through food, and his mental upbringing is through manners and morals and the like. And Musa (peace and blessings be upon him) received that. He received that, for he was raised in the sight of Allah. When the family of Pharaoh picked him up, Allah the Exalted protected him from their killing. He protected him from their killing, even though they were killing the sons
The student: Of the Children of Israel

The Shaykh : Of the Children of Israel. So Allah the Exalted said, in His cosmic decree: This one for whom you are killing people will be raised in your bosom. Look at the great power. Yes, people are killed for his sake, and he becomes in the family of Pharaoh. He was raised in their bosom. Do you understand? And among Allah's upbringing of him was that he was presented to the wet nurses, the women who would nurse him, but he did not nurse from any of them.
And We had prevented from him [all] wet nurses before وحرمنا عليه المراضع من قبل
[Al-Qasas 28:12]
He did not nurse. And his sister had been appointed, or had volunteered, by his mother. She saw them and said to them:
Shall I direct you to a household that will be responsible for him for you while they are to him [for his upbringing] sincere?" هل أدلكم على أهل بيت يكفلونه لكم وهم له ناصحون
[Al-Qasas 28:12]
They said, yes, we would like this. She said, follow me. So they followed her. Allah the Exalted said:
So We restored him to his mother that she might be content and not grieve فرددناه إلى أمه كي تقر عينها ولا تحزن
[Al-Qasas 28:13]
And he did not nurse from any woman, even though he was a nursing infant. But this is from the perfection of the promise of Allah the Exalted and the truth of Allah's promise. For Allah the Exalted said to her:
but when you fear for him, cast him into the river and do not fear and do not grieve. Indeed, We will return him to you and will make him [one] of the messengers." فإذا خفت عليه فألقيه في اليم ولا تخافي ولا تحزني إنا رادوه إليك وجاعلوه من المرسلين
[Al-Qasas 28:7]
Meaning, her mother, her compassion for her son; no one can imagine it. She was told to put her son in a chest, in a box, and cast him into the sea, and he would come back to her. Yes, were it not for the faith that was with this woman, she would not have done this thing, casting her son into the sea. If her son had fallen into his chest in the sea, she would have pulled him out. How much more so when she is the one casting him? But because of her trust in the Lord (Mighty and Majestic) and His promise, Allah the Exalted said:
So We returned him to his mother فرددناه إل أمه
And he did not nurse from any woman. This is from Allah's making of him in His sight. Is that so? Yes. And likewise, what happened to him after this of Allah's care for him until he reached the message.
Source alathar.net

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