response to those who say heaven and hell will perish ibn taymiyyah

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وَقَوْلُهُAnd His saying,{لِيَقْضِ{Let Your Lord decide,عَلَيْنَاupon us,رَبُّكَ}Your Lord}

And His saying: {Let Your Lord decide upon us}.

أَي:That is,يُمِيتُنَا،He brings about our death,وَهَكَذَاand likewise

That is, He brings about our death, and likewise.

قَالَSaidالْمُفَسِّرُونَthe interpreters,: مِثْلُ:: such as:السُّدِّيُّAl-Saddi,وَابْنُand IbnزَيْدٍZayd,وَغَيْرِهِمَا.and others.

The interpreters said: such as Al-Saddi, Ibn Zayd, and others.

قَالَSaidالسُّدِّيُّ:Al-Saddi:يَقْضِيHe decidesعَلَيْنَاupon usبِالْمَوْتِ،with death,وَقَالَand saidابْنُIbnزَيْدٍ:Zayd:الْقَضَاءُThe decisionهَاهُنَا:here is:الْمَوْتُdeath

Al-Saddi said: He decides upon us with death, and Ibn Zayd said: The decision here is death.

وَكَذَلِكَAnd similarlyقَالَsaidسَائِرُthe rest ofالْمُفَسِّرِينَthe interpreters,هَذَاthisكَقَوْلِهِis like His saying

And similarly, the rest of the interpreters said this, and it is like His saying.

{لَا{Thereيُقْضَىis no decisionعَلَيْهِمْupon themفَيَمُوتُواthat they dieوَلَاand notيُخَفَّفُis alleviatedعَنْهُمْfrom themمِنْofعَذَابِهَا}its punishment}

{There is no decision upon them that they die, nor is alleviated from them of its punishment}.

وَعَنِAnd concerningالْفَرَّاءَAl-Farra

And concerning Al-Farra,

فِيinقَوْلِهِHis sayingتَعَالَى:the Most High:{وَأَمَّا{And as forمَنْthose whoأُوتِيَwere givenكِتَابَهُhis bookبِشِمَالِهِ}in his left hand}

In His saying the Most High: {And as for those who were given their book in their left hand},

إِلَىup toقَوْلِهِHis sayingتَعَالَىthe Most High{يَا{OيَالَيْتَهَاI wish it wereكَانَتِa finality}

up to His saying the Most High: {O, I wish it were a finality}.