Explanation of the author's statement and his saying: (On thrones, they look on)
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The Shaykh : And He the Exalted said: [Al-Mutaffifin 83:23] [Al-Mutaffifin 83:23] The word as we observe, the object is omitted, the object is omitted, or is it not? The object is omitted, the object means He did not say they look on at such and such, or such and such, or such and such. So what are they looking at?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : It is general, general. They look on at all the pleasure prepared for them, all the pleasure prepared for them. They said, "This verse contains no proof for you; there is no proof for you in it. Why?" They said, "Because the object was omitted." So what is our answer to this? Our answer is to say that omitting the object implies
The student: Generality.
The Shaykh : generality. Omitting the object implies generality, and it is known that among the best of pleasures is seeing Allah the Mighty and Majestic. The best of pleasures is seeing Allah. Is that clear? So we see that "they look on" means they look on at the Face of Allah, they look on at what Allah has given them of pleasure, they look on at their companions, the bad companions in this world.[As-Saffat 37:51-53] Here
The student: When we die
The Shaykh :[Al-Mu'minun 23:82]
The student: Into dust
The Shaykh :[As-Saffat 37:53] meaning to his companions [As-Saffat 37:54] to excite them, he excites them, they look out at what they will look upon.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : At this companion.[As-Saffat 37:54-55] -I seek refuge in Allah- Its origin and its bottom. He saw him in the midst of the Hellfire. Look, Subhan Allah, meaning this one is in the highest of the highest, and this one is in the lowest of the lowest. And he looks at him despite the great distance. But the gaze of the people of Paradise is not like our gaze here. Our gaze in Paradise—we ask Allah to make us and you among them—is not like our gaze here. A person looks at his kingdom, a journey of two thousand years, two thousand years. He looks at the farthest point as he looks at the nearest, due to the perfection of the pleasure. Because if a person's gaze were like his gaze in this world, he would not enjoy the pleasure. How far does he look? To a near distance. And the one who looks to a near distance, much of it is hidden from him, is it not?
The student : Yes
The Shaykh : So look from the highest of the highest to the lowest of the lowest. He looked and saw him in the midst of the Hellfire. He said, he addresses him:[As-Saffat 37:56] And this indicates that he is always trying
The student: To mislead him
The Shaykh : To mislead him. And for this reason he said: meaning, if you had come close, if you had come close. Meaning, the "in" that lightens the heavy "in". [As-Saffat 37:56-58] to the end. I say that people at first reject this greatly. How can he be in the farthest place, addressing him, looking at him, and speaking to him? Now it has become apparent from the works of humans. Here
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Artificial satellites and telephones, televisions, telephone, television. Here he says, they sit in West Germany and in America, two people converse as if they are in the same coffee shop. Yes, he addresses him, and he addresses him. They joke and look at each other. This one, for example, takes the cup and drinks, and that one takes the cup and drinks and sees him. Yes.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Hehe. In any case, we ask Allah to protect us and you from trials and their causes. In any case, I say that the Qur'an, Subhan Allah the Great, events testify to its truth, even though it is not possible for us to measure what is in the Hereafter by what is in this world. So then, What?
The student: general
The Shaykh : Generally, they look on at Allah, they look on at the pleasure they have, they look on at what the people of the Fire receive of punishment. So if someone says, "There is a problem here. How do they look at the people of the Fire? Do they mock them? Do they mock the people of the Fire and rebuke them?" We say, "By Allah, how much the people of the Fire have made the people of Paradise taste of punishment and affliction in this world. Yes.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : And harassment.[Al-Mutaffifin 83:29]
The student: They were among those who believed
The Shaykh : Here.[Al-Mutaffifin 83:29] They laugh, whether in their gatherings or with them. [Al-Mutaffifin 83:30] Look, look, the one who is easygoing, look, the one who is a returner, look, the one who has what others do not have. Yes. [Yusuf 12:62]
The student: They turned into jesters
The Shaykh : They went to the gatherings where they used to mock the believers. Enjoying their words. [Al-Mutaffifin 83:32] Allah the Exalted said: [Al-Mutaffifin 83:34-35] They look on at them, and they, may Allah protect us, are in the Hellfire, in the midst of the Hellfire. So this is part of the perfect justice of Allah the Mighty and Majestic, that He made those who were harassed in the abode of this world. Yes, He made them now. Here, they rejoice in the blessing of Allah the Exalted upon them and rebuke those who are in the midst of the Hellfire.
On adorned couches, observing.
على الأرائك ينظرونOn adorned couches, observing.
على الأرائك ينظرونLooking
ينظرونThe student: ...
The Shaykh : It is general, general. They look on at all the pleasure prepared for them, all the pleasure prepared for them. They said, "This verse contains no proof for you; there is no proof for you in it. Why?" They said, "Because the object was omitted." So what is our answer to this? Our answer is to say that omitting the object implies
The student: Generality.
The Shaykh : generality. Omitting the object implies generality, and it is known that among the best of pleasures is seeing Allah the Mighty and Majestic. The best of pleasures is seeing Allah. Is that clear? So we see that "they look on" means they look on at the Face of Allah, they look on at what Allah has given them of pleasure, they look on at their companions, the bad companions in this world.
(51) A speaker among them will say, "Indeed, I had a companion [on earth] (52) Who would say, 'Are you indeed of those who believe (53) That when we have died and become dust and bones, we will indeed be recompensed?'"
قال قائل منهم إني كان لي قرين يقول أإنك لمن المصدقين أإذا متنا وكنا ترابا وعظاما أإنا لمدينونThe student: When we die
The Shaykh :
When we have died and become
أإذا متنا وكناThe student: Into dust
The Shaykh :
and become dust and bones, we will indeed be recompensed?'"
ترابا وعظاما أإنا لمدينونHe said:
قالWould you [care to] look?"
هل أنتم مطلعونAre
هلThe student: ...
The Shaykh : At this companion.
(54) He will say, "Would you [care to] look?" (55) And he will look and see him in the midst of the Hellfire.
هل أنتم مطلعون فاطلع فرآه في سواء الجحيمIn its midst
في سوائهاThe student : Yes
The Shaykh : So look from the highest of the highest to the lowest of the lowest. He looked and saw him in the midst of the Hellfire. He said, he addresses him:
By Allah, you almost ruined me.
تالله إن كدت لتُردينThe student: To mislead him
The Shaykh : To mislead him. And for this reason he said:
You nearly led me astray, and had it not been for the favor of my Lord, I would have been among those brought [to the Fire]. Are we then not to die?
إن كدتyou almost ruined me. (57) If not for the favor of my Lord, I would have been of those brought in [to Hell]. (58) Then, are we not to die
إن كدت لتردين ولولا نعمة ربي لكنت من المحضرين أفما نحن بميتينThe student: ...
The Shaykh : Artificial satellites and telephones, televisions, telephone, television. Here he says, they sit in West Germany and in America, two people converse as if they are in the same coffee shop. Yes, he addresses him, and he addresses him. They joke and look at each other. This one, for example, takes the cup and drinks, and that one takes the cup and drinks and sees him. Yes.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Hehe. In any case, we ask Allah to protect us and you from trials and their causes. In any case, I say that the Qur'an, Subhan Allah the Great, events testify to its truth, even though it is not possible for us to measure what is in the Hereafter by what is in this world. So then,
Looking
ينظرونThe student: general
The Shaykh : Generally, they look on at Allah, they look on at the pleasure they have, they look on at what the people of the Fire receive of punishment. So if someone says, "There is a problem here. How do they look at the people of the Fire? Do they mock them? Do they mock the people of the Fire and rebuke them?" We say, "By Allah, how much the people of the Fire have made the people of Paradise taste of punishment and affliction in this world. Yes.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : And harassment.
Indeed, those who committed
إن الذين أجرمواThe student: They were among those who believed
The Shaykh : Here.
used to laugh at those who believed.
كانوا من الذين آمنوا يضحكونAnd when they passed by them, they would exchange derisive glances.
وإذا مروا بهم يتغامزونwhen they have gone back to their people
إذا انقلبوا إلى أهلهمThe student: They turned into jesters
The Shaykh : They went to the gatherings where they used to mock the believers.