What is the meaning of: {Indeed, those whom the angels take in death while they are wronging themselves}?
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The listener, Isa Muhammad Saleh, a Sudanese resident in the State of Qatar, asks about the interpretation of the saying of Allah the Exalted: I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Shaytan: [An-Nisa: 97]?
Answer: The scholars of tafsir (exegesis) mentioned that this verse was revealed concerning those who remained among the polytheists and did not migrate without an excuse. They have committed a great sin by the consensus of the Muslims, as al-Hafiz Ibn Kathir (may Allah have mercy on him) and others mentioned. So the angels say to them: [An-Nisa: 97], meaning: Why did you not migrate and leave the lands of shirk (associating partners with Allah)?
These are lands where a person cannot manifest his religion and is unable to display his religion. It is not permissible for him to reside among them; rather, it is obligatory for him to migrate, unless he is unable because he does not know the way and has no funds for someone to guide him to the path. Such a person is excused; due to the saying of the Exalted: [An-Nisa: 98]. They cannot find a way out due to lack of funds, and they do not find a way due to lack of guidance to the path if they were to leave: [An-Nisa: 99]. These are the ones who remained in the lands of shirk and did not migrate despite having the ability. Allah threatened them with Hellfire. We ask Allah for safety. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you.
Indeed, those whom the angels take [in death] while wronging themselves - [the angels] will say, "In what [condition] were you?" They will say, "We were oppressed in the land." The angels will say, "Was not the earth of Allah spacious [enough] for you to emigrate therein?" For those, their refuge is Hell - and evil it is as a destination.
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ تَوَفَّاهُمُ الْمَلائِكَةُ ظَالِمِي أَنفُسِهِمْ قَالُوا فِيمَ كُنتُمْ قَالُوا كُنَّا مُسْتَضْعَفِينَ فِي الأَرْضِ قَالُوا أَلَمْ تَكُنْ أَرْضُ اللَّهِ وَاسِعَةً فَتُهَاجِرُوا فِيهَا فَأُوْلَئِكَ مَأْوَاهُمْ جَهَنَّمُ وَسَاءَتْ مَصِيرًاAnswer: The scholars of tafsir (exegesis) mentioned that this verse was revealed concerning those who remained among the polytheists and did not migrate without an excuse. They have committed a great sin by the consensus of the Muslims, as al-Hafiz Ibn Kathir (may Allah have mercy on him) and others mentioned. So the angels say to them:
Was not the earth of Allah spacious [enough] for you to emigrate therein?
أَلَمْ تَكُنْ أَرْضُ اللَّهِ وَاسِعَةً فَتُهَاجِرُوا فِيهَاThese are lands where a person cannot manifest his religion and is unable to display his religion. It is not permissible for him to reside among them; rather, it is obligatory for him to migrate, unless he is unable because he does not know the way and has no funds for someone to guide him to the path. Such a person is excused; due to the saying of the Exalted:
Except for the oppressed among men, women and children who cannot devise a plan nor are they directed to a way -
إِلَّا الْمُسْتَضْعَفِينَ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ وَالنِّسَاءِ وَالْوِلْدَانِ لا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ حِيلَةً وَلا يَهْتَدُونَ سَبِيلًاFor those it is expected that Allah will pardon them, and Allah is ever Pardoning and Forgiving.
فَأُوْلَئِكَ عَسَى اللَّهُ أَنْ يَعْفُوَ عَنْهُمْ وَكَانَ اللَّهُ عَفُوًّا غَفُورًاThe presenter: May Allah reward you.
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