Al-Qawl al-Mufid ala Kitab al-Tawhid — Volume 2 (القول المفيد على كتاب التوحيد) — Page 158

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الطَّاغُوتُ وَمِنَ الثَّانِي قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى: وَمَنْ يَتَوَلَّ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا.

The Taghut, and from the second is His saying, the Exalted: 'And whoever takes Allah and His Messenger and those who have believed as allies.'

وَالْوِلَايَةُ الَّتِي مِنَ اللَّهِ إِلَى الْعَبْدِ تَنْقَسِمُ إِلَى عَامَّةٍ وَخَاصَّةٍ، فَالْوِلَايَةُ الْعَامَّةُ هِيَ الْوِلَايَةُ عَلَى الْعِبَادِ بِالتَّدْبِيرِ وَالتَّصْرِيفِ، وَهَذِهِ تَشْمَلُ الْمُؤْمِنَ وَالْكَافِرَ وَجَمِيعَ الْخَلْقِ فَاللَّهُ هُوَ الَّذِي يَتَوَلَّى عِبَادَهُ بِالتَّدْبِيرِ وَالتَّصْرِيفِ وَالسُّلْطَانِ وَغَيْرِ ذَلِكَ، وَمِنْهُ قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى: ثُمَّ رُدُّوا إِلَى اللَّهِ مَوْلَاهُمُ الْحَقِّ أَلَا لَهُ الْحُكْمُ وَهُوَ أَسْرَعُ الْحَاسِبِينَ.

The guardianship (wilayah) that is from Allah to the servant is divided into general and specific. The general guardianship is the guardianship over the servants through management and disposal, and this includes the believer, the disbeliever, and all of creation, for Allah is the One who manages His servants through management, disposal, authority, and other such things, and from this is His saying, the Exalted: 'Then they are returned to Allah, their true Lord. Unquestionably, His is the judgment, and He is the swiftest of accountants.'

وَالْوِلَايَةُ الْخَاصَّةُ أَنْ يَتَوَلَّى اللَّهُ الْعَبْدَ بِعِنَايَتِهِ وَتَوْفِيقِهِ وَهِدَايَتِهِ وَهَذِهِ خَاصَّةٌ بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ قَالَ تَعَالَى: اللَّهُ وَلِيُّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا يُخْرِجُهُمْ مِنَ الظُّلُمَاتِ إِلَى النُّورِ وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا أَوْلِيَاؤُهُمُ الطَّاغُوتُ يُخْرِجُونَهُمْ مِنَ النُّورِ إِلَى الظُّلُمَاتِ.

The specific guardianship is that Allah takes charge of the servant through His care, granting of success, and guidance, and this is specific to the believers; the Exalted said: 'Allah is the ally of those who believe. He brings them out from darknesses into the light. And those who disbelieve - their allies are Taghut. They take them out of the light into darknesses.'

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Vocabulary · المفردات (19 verbs · 42 nouns)

• تَوَلَّى — to take charge
• آمَنَ — to believe
• انْقَسَمَ — to be divided
• طَاغُوتٌ — false deity
• ثَانٍ — second
• قَوْلٌ — saying