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199. Nawwâs bin Sam'ân Al-Kilâbi said: "I heard the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ say: 'There is no heart that is not between two of the Fingers of the Most Merciful. If He wills, He guides it and if He wills, He sends it astray.' The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ used to say: 'O You Who makes hearts steadfast, make our hearts steadfast in adhering to Your religion.' And he said: 'The Scale is in the Hand of the Most Merciful; He will cause some peoples to rise and others to fall until the Day of Resurrection.''' (Sahih)
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Commentary
a. The author has included this Hadith to prove the attribute of the Fingers for Allāh. With regard to all such Ahādīth the unanimous view of the pious predecessors is that we must have faith in them without imputing any kind of resemblance in them to anything in the world.
b. Giving guidance is the prerogative of Allāh alone. We must, therefore, keep asking Him for guidance and steadfastness in our adhering to faith.
c. Making someone high or low or enduing someone with honor and the other with disgrace, is sometimes decreed by Allāh in consequence of man's acts of commission or omission. At other times it is a test and trial from Allāh, and it is on the basis of his conduct in these tests and trials that man earns his high or low grades with Allāh.
