Explanation of the author's statement and his saying: (He who sees you when you stand and turns you over among those who prostrate. Indeed, He is the Hearing, the Knowing) - (And say: Work, and Allah will see your work)

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The Shaykh : And He, Blessed and Exalted is He, said:

⁽²¹⁸⁾ Who sees you when you arise ⁽²¹⁹⁾ And your movement among those who prostrate.

الذي يراك حين تقوم وتقلبَك في الساجدين

[Ash-Shu'ara 26:218-219]

Before this verse, He said:

⁽²¹⁷⁾ And rely upon the Exalted in Might, the Merciful, ⁽²¹⁸⁾ Who sees you when you arise ⁽²¹⁹⁾ And your movement among those who prostrate.

وتوكل على العزيز الرحيم * الذي يراك حين تقوم وتقلبك في الساجدين

[Ash-Shu'ara 26:217-219]

The seeing here means seeing with the eyes, because His saying:

He who sees you when you stand

الذي يراك حين تقوم

cannot be interpreted as meaning knowledge, because Allah knows it when he stands and before he stands. Also, we say

And your movement among those who prostrate.

وتقلبك في الساجدين

[Ash-Shu'ara 26:219]

also supports that the intended meaning of seeing here is seeing
The student: with the eyes

The Shaykh : with the eyes. Good. And His saying:

Indeed, it is He who is the Hearing, the Knowing.

إنه هو السميع العليم

[Al-Anfal 8:61]

Indeed, he

إنه

means Allah, He

who sees you when you stand

لذي يراك حين تقوم

The All-Hearing, the All-Knowing

السميع العليم

In this verse here, there is a separating pronoun

He is the Hearing

هو السميع

It has passed us that one of its benefits is restriction. Is the restriction here real, meaning that nothing of the restricted thing exists outside the thing it is restricted to? Or is it relative? The answer is that it is relative, because the intended meaning of the Hearing here is the One possessing perfect hearing that perceives every sound, and this is specific to Allah, Mighty and Majestic. As for hearing in general, it can be from a human, as in His saying, the Exalted:

Indeed, We created man from a sperm-drop mixture that We may try him; and We made him hearing and seeing.

إنا خلقنا الأنسان من نطفة أمشاج نبتليه فجعلناه سميعا بصيرا

[Al-Insan 76:2]

So Allah, the Exalted, called the human

hearing and seeing

سميعاً بصيرا

Likewise, we say the Knowing, for the human is knowing, as Allah, the Exalted, said:

So We gave him good news of a knowledgeable boy

فبشرناه بغلام عليم

But absolute knowledge, meaning perfect knowledge, this is specific to Allah, Blessed is He. And His saying:

And say, "Do [as you will], for Allah will see your deeds, and [so, will] His Messenger and the believers

وقل اعملوا فسيرى الله عملكم ورسوله والمؤمنون

[At-Tawbah 9:105]

What is before the verse?
The student:

Take, [O, Muhammad], from their wealth a charity

خذ من أموالهم صدقة

[At-Tawbah 9:103]

The Shaykh : Yes

⁽¹⁰³⁾ Take, [O, Muhammad], from their wealth a charity by which you purify them and cause them increase, and invoke [Allah 's blessings] upon them. Indeed, your invocations are reassurance for them. And Allah is Hearing and Knowing. ⁽¹⁰⁴⁾ Do they not know that it is Allah who accepts repentance from His servants and receives charities and that it is Allah who is the Accepting of repentance, the Merciful? ⁽¹⁰⁵⁾ And say, "Do [as you will], for Allah will see your deeds, and [so, will] His Messenger and the believers. And you will be returned to the Knower of the unseen and the witnessed, and He will inform you of what you used to do."

خذ من أموالهم صدقة تطهرهم وتزكيهم بها وصل عليهم إن صلاتك سكن لهم والله سميع عليم * ألم يعلموا أن الله يقبل التوبة عن عباده ويأخذ الصدقات وأن الله هو التواب الرحيم * وقل اعملوا فسيرى الله عملكم ورسوله والمؤمنون وستردون إلى عالم الغيب والشهادة فينبئكم بما كنتم تعملون

[At-Tawbah 9:103-105]

The student: And you will be returned

The Shaykh :

then you will be taken back to the Knower of the unseen and the witnessed, and He will inform you of what you used to do."

وستردون إلى عالم الغيب والشهادة فينبئكم بما كنتم تعملون

[At-Tawbah 9:94]

In this verse, it says:

for Allah will see your deeds, and [so, will] His Messenger and the believers

فسيرى الله عملكم ورسولُه والمؤمنون

[At-Tawbah 9:105]

Is the seeing here knowledge-based or visual?
The student: Knowledge-based

The Shaykh : Or comprehensive
The student: Comprehensive

The Shaykh : Comprehensive, because our knowledge of what others do may be through seeing or through knowledge from others, meaning someone informed us that he is doing it. So in His saying:

for Allah will see your deeds, and [so, will] His Messenger

فسيرى الله عملكم ورسوله

[At-Tawbah 9:105]

there is an affirmation of seeing in both its meanings: knowledge-based seeing and visual seeing.
The author, may Allah have mercy on him, combined the attribute of seeing with the attribute of hearing in these verses. Earlier, we divided hearing into two categories: hearing which is the perception of sounds or what is heard. We mentioned that this category has three types: what implies support, what implies threat, and what is intended to mean encompassing.
Seeing is divided into two categories: seeing meaning knowledge, and seeing meaning the perception of what is seen. Both are affirmed for Allah, Mighty and Majestic. He is Knowing of matters and is above them. Good. Regarding hearing, we mentioned from its examples that imply victory and support, His saying, the Exalted:

Indeed, I am with you both; I hear and I see.

إنني معكما أسمع وأرى

[Taha 20:46]

And it is possible to say that seeing, which means the perception of what is seen, is also divided into two categories: a category that implies support, such as:

Indeed, I am with you both; I hear and I see.

إنني معكما أسمع وأرى

[Taha 20:46]

Where do we place the line?
The student: And I see

The Shaykh :

And I see

وأرى

And I see, affirming seeing. And a category intended to mean encompassing and knowledge, such as
The student: ...

The Shaykh : No, what is it? Hearing, seeing
The student: So Allah will see

The Shaykh :

And say, "Do [as you will], for Allah will see your deeds, and [so, will] His Messenger and the believers

وقل اعملوا فسيرى الله عملكم ورسولُه والمؤمنون

[At-Tawbah 9:105]

And it may sometimes imply threat. It may imply threat, such as when seeing is linked to a criminal act or oppression or something similar. The intended meaning is threat. Good. His saying:

The One who sees you when you stand [in prayer]

الذي يراك حين تقوم

What is the intended meaning?
The student: The one praying

The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: The one praying

The Shaykh : Yes, but what does it imply? Support or threat or encompassing?
The student: Encompassing

The Shaykh : It appears, and Allah knows best, that it is encompassing, because He said:

⁽²¹⁷⁾ And rely upon the Exalted in Might, the Merciful, ⁽²¹⁸⁾ Who sees you when you arise

توكل على العزيز الرحيم الذي يراك حين تقوم

[Ash-Shu'ara 26:217-218]

Yes, that is right.

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