What is the interpretation of the saying of Allah the Exalted: {Allah erases what He wills and establishes...}?
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Question:
What is the interpretation of the saying of Allah the Exalted: [Surat al-Ra'd: 39]? Is the intent that He erases what is in the Qur'an or what is in the Preserved Tablet?
Answer:
The meaning is: He erases what He wills and establishes from among the legislations He has prescribed. He abrogates this, as has occurred, for indeed He, the Exalted, abrogated rulings in Makkah, and they were different in al-Madinah. For example, regarding the qiblah, in the early days of the migration, before that, they faced the direction of Sham, then it was abrogated to face the Ka'bah. And other matters in which abrogation is mentioned. So Allah abrogates what He wills. And likewise, what He, the Exalted, has conditioned upon certain things: if those conditions are met, the thing occurs; if they are not met, the thing does not occur. So Allah abrogates what He wills and establishes in what has passed in His prior knowledge and divine decree. In what has passed in His prior knowledge and divine decree, matters are referred back to Him, and they are not changed or altered.
What is the interpretation of the saying of Allah the Exalted:
Allah eliminates what He wills or confirms, and with Him is the Mother of the Book.
يَمْحُو اللَّهُ مَا يَشَاءُ وَيُثْبِتُ وَعِنْدَهُ أُمُّ الْكِتَابِAnswer:
The meaning is: He erases what He wills and establishes from among the legislations He has prescribed. He abrogates this, as has occurred, for indeed He, the Exalted, abrogated rulings in Makkah, and they were different in al-Madinah. For example, regarding the qiblah, in the early days of the migration, before that, they faced the direction of Sham, then it was abrogated to face the Ka'bah. And other matters in which abrogation is mentioned. So Allah abrogates what He wills. And likewise, what He, the Exalted, has conditioned upon certain things: if those conditions are met, the thing occurs; if they are not met, the thing does not occur. So Allah abrogates what He wills and establishes in what has passed in His prior knowledge and divine decree. In what has passed in His prior knowledge and divine decree, matters are referred back to Him, and they are not changed or altered.
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