Al-Qawl al-Mufid ala Kitab al-Tawhid — Volume 1 (القول المفيد على كتاب التوحيد) — Page 352

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وَفِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنِ ابْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ: لَمَّا حَضَرَتْ أَبَا طَالِبٍ الْوَفَاةُ، فَلَمْ يُخَصِّصْ سُبْحَانَهُ فُلَانًا وَفُلَانًا لِيُبَيِّنَ أَنَّ الْمُرَادَ: تَدُلُّ، فَأَنْتَ الْآنَ تَفْتَحُ الطَّرِيقَ أَمَامَ النَّاسِ فَقَطْ وَتُبَيِّنُ لَهُمْ وَتُرْشِدُهُمْ، وَأَمَّا إِدْخَالُ النَّاسِ فِي الْهِدَايَةِ، فَهَذَا أَمْرٌ لَيْسَ إِلَى الرَّسُولِ، وَلَا، إِنَّمَا هُوَ مِمَّا تَفَرَّدَ اللَّهُ بِهِ سُبْحَانَهُ، فَنَحْنُ عَلَيْنَا أَنْ نُبَيِّنَ وَنَدْعُوَ وَنُبَلِّغَ، وَأَمَّا هِدَايَةُ التَّوْفِيقِ أَيْ: أَنَّ الْإِنْسَانَ يَهْتَدِي فَهَذَا إِلَى اللَّهِ سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى، وَهَذَا هُوَ الْجَمْعُ بَيْنَ الْآيَتَيْنِ.

It is recorded in the Sahih, on the authority of Ibn al-Musayyib from his father, who said: When death approached Abu Talib, He (the Almighty) did not specify a certain person or another to clarify that the intended meaning is: you guide; so you are now merely opening the path before people, clarifying for them, and guiding them, but as for bringing people into guidance, this is a matter that does not belong to the Messenger, nor is it anything other than that which Allah, the Almighty, has reserved for Himself alone; therefore, it is our duty to clarify, invite, and convey, while the guidance of divine enablement—that is, that a person becomes guided—belongs to Allah, the Almighty and Exalted, and this is the reconciliation between the two verses.

قَوْلُهُ: إِنَّكَ لَا تَهْدِي مَنْ أَحْبَبْتَ فِيهِ إِشَارَةٌ إِلَى أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ، يُحِبُّ أَبَا طَالِبٍ.

His statement: 'Indeed, you do not guide whom you love' contains an indication that the Prophet loved Abu Talib.

وَالْجَوَابُ: إِمَّا أَنْ يُقَالَ: إِنَّهُ عَلَى تَقْدِيرِ أَنَّ الْمَفْعُولَ مَحْذُوفٌ وَالتَّقْدِيرُ: مَنْ أَحْبَبْتَ هِدَايَتَهُ لَا مَنْ أَحْبَبْتَهُ هُوَ.

The answer is: either it is said that it is based on the assumption that the object is omitted, and the intended meaning is: 'whom you loved his guidance,' not 'whom you loved himself.'

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Vocabulary · المفردات (18 verbs · 40 nouns)

• حَضَرَ — to approach
• خَصَّصَ — to specify
• بَيَّنَ — to clarify
• صَحِيح — authentic
• ابْن — son
• أَب — father