What is the meaning of: {Do they not see that We come to the earth and diminish it from its edges}?
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Question:
He also inquires about the noble verse, O Shaykh: [Al-Anbiya: 44]?
Answer:
A number of scholars have mentioned that its diminishment from its edges is the death of the scholars, and that the scholars die off little by little, and the strangeness of Islam intensifies, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sunan Ibn Majah 3986Sahih (Darussalam) And among its strangeness is the fewness of the scholars, yes.
He also inquires about the noble verse, O Shaykh:
Then do they not see that We set upon the land, reducing it from its borders? So it is they who will overcome?
أَفَلا يَرَوْنَ أَنَّا نَأْتِي الأَرْضَ نَنقُصُهَا مِنْ أَطْرَافِهَا أَفَهُمُ الْغَالِبُونَAnswer:
A number of scholars have mentioned that its diminishment from its edges is the death of the scholars, and that the scholars die off little by little, and the strangeness of Islam intensifies, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Islam began as something strange and will go back to being strange
بدأ الإسلام غريبًا، وسيعود غريبًا كما بدأ
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