ثُمَّ قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى...
ثُمَّ قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى: انْظُرْ كَيْفَ ضَرَبُوا لَكَ الْأَمْثالَ- فَضَلُّوا فَلا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ سَبِيلًا. ‘Then, Allah -azwj the Exalted Said: Look how they are striking the examples for you. They have strayed, therefore they are unable to find a way [25:9] .
فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص: يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ أَمَّا مَا ذَكَرْتَ مِنْ أَنِّي آكُلُ الطَّعَامَ- كَمَا تَأْكُلُونَ، وَ زَعَمْتَ أَنَّهُ لَا يَجُوزُ لِأَجْلِ هَذِهِ أَنْ أَكُونَ لِلَّهِ رَسُولًا، فَإِنَّمَا الْأَمْرُ لِلَّهِ يَفْعَلُ ما يَشاءُ وَ يَحْكُمُ ما يُرِيدُ، وَ هُوَ مَحْمُودٌ، وَ لَيْسَ لَكَ وَ لَا لِأَحَدٍ الِاعْتِرَاضُ عَلَيْهِ بِلِمَ وَ كَيْفَ. ‘Rasool-Allah -saww said to him: ‘O Abdullah Bin Ameyt!
As for what you mentioned than I -saww eat the food just as you are eating, and you claimed that it is not allowed due to this reason that I -saww happen to be a Rasool -saww of Allah -azwj , so rather the Command is Allah -azwj ’s. He -azwj Does whatever He -azwj so Desires to and Decides whatever He so Wants to, and He -azwj is the Most Praised One, and it isn’t for you, nor for anyone to object to Him -azwj with ‘why’, and ‘how’.
أَ لَا تَرَى أَنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى كَيْفَ أَفْقَرَ بَعْضاً وَ أَغْنَى بَعْضاً، وَ أَعَزَّ بَعْضاً، وَ أَذَلَّ بَعْضاً وَ أَصَحَّ بَعْضاً وَ أَسْقَمَ بَعْضاً، وَ شَرَّفَ بَعْضاً وَ وَضَعَ بَعْضاً، وَ كُلُّهُمْ مِمَّنْ يَأْكُلُ الطَّعَامَ.
‘‘Do you not see Allah -azwj the Exalted how He -azwj Impoverishes some, and Enriches some, and Honours some, and Disgraces some, and Grants health to some, and Causes others to be sick, and Ennobles some, and Ignoble some, and all of them are from the ones who eat the food?
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