The pronoun in the Saying of Allah: ﴿يُضِلُّ مَنْ يَشَآءُ وَيَهْدِى مَنْ يَشَآءُ﴾ [which means] “He misguides whomever He Willed and He guides whomever He Willed,” goes back to Allah; it does not go back to the slave as was claimed by the deniers of the Qadar. This is proven by the Saying of Allah the Exalted, informing about what…
Hafidh Abu Nu^aym narrated from the nephew of Az-Zuhriyy, who narrated from his uncle, that ^Umar Ibnul-Khattab used to love the poem of Labid Ibn Rabi^ah which has these verses: إِنَّ تَقْوى ربّنَا خَيرُ نَفَلْ وبإذنِ الله رَيْثي وعَجَلْ أحمَدُ الله فَلا نِدَّ لهُ بيَدَيْهِ الخيرُ ما شَاءَ فَعلْ مَن هَداهُ سُبُلَ الـخَيرِ اهتَدى ناعِمَ البَالِ ومَنْ شَاءَ أضَل…
Nothing takes place in the world except by the Will of Allah, and nothing will hit the slave, whether good or evil, health or sickness, poverty or richness, or other than that, except by the Will of Allah, and nothing that Allah Willed to hit the slave will miss him. It came that the Prophet taught one of his daughters…
The Meaning of Destiny and Believing in It Some scholars said, “Al-Qadar [the Destining] is Allah’s Management of things in a way that complies with His Eternal Knowledge and His Eternal Will.” He Brings the thing into existence at the time that He Knew it would exist; included in that is the voluntary deed of the slave, whether good…
﴿اللهُ نُورُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ﴾The Explanation of the Verse The meaning of this verse is “Allah the Exalted is the guide of the people of the skies and the people of the earth to the light of belief.”[1] Al-Bayhaqiyy related that from ^Abdullah Ibn ^Abbas, may Allah Accept his and his father’s deeds. So Allah the Exalted is not a light…
The Explanation of the Saying of Allah ﴿فَثَمَّ وَجْهُ اللهِ﴾ Allah Said: ﴿وَللهِ الْمَشْرِقُ وَالْمَغْرِبُ فَأَيْنَمَا تُوَلُّوا فَثَمَّ وَجْهُ اللهِ﴾ [which means] “To Allah belongs the east and the west, so wherever you turn yourselves, there is the Wajh of Allah.” The meaning is that wherever you have directed yourselves in the optional prayer, while traveling, then there is the…
﴿اللهُ نُورُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ﴾The Explanation of the Verse The meaning of this verse is “Allah the Exalted is the guide of the people of the skies and the people of the earth to the light of belief.”[1] Al-Bayhaqiyy related that from ^Abdullah Ibn ^Abbas, may Allah Accept his and his father’s deeds. So Allah the Exalted is not a light…
Explanation of the Saying of Allah ﴿فَثَمَّ وَجْهُ اللهِ﴾ Allah Said: ﴿وَللهِ الْمَشْرِقُ وَالْمَغْرِبُ فَأَيْنَمَا تُوَلُّوا فَثَمَّ وَجْهُ اللهِ﴾ [which means] “To Allah belongs the east and the west, so wherever you turn yourselves, there is the Wajh of Allah.” The meaning is that wherever you have directed yourselves in the optional prayer, while traveling, then there is the Qiblah…
The Interpretation of the Ma^iyyah معية)[1]) of Allah that is Mentioned in the Qur’an The meaning of the Saying of Allah, ﴿وَهُوَ مَعَكُمْ أَيْنَ مَا كُنْتُمْ﴾ [which translates literally as: “He is with you wherever you are,”] is the encompassment by Knowledge. Also, ma^iyyah comes with the meaning of support, like in the Saying of Allah the Exalted, ﴿إِنَّ اللهَ…
Interpretation of the Verse(الرَّحمَنُ عَلَى العَرشِ استَوَى) It is necessary that the interpretation of this verse be other than dwelling, sitting, and the likes of that, and whoever believes that blasphemes. It is obligatory to leave out carrying this verse by its apparent meaning; instead, it is carried by a meaning that is acceptable to the intellect. Therefore, the expression…