He is asking about the words of Allah, the Blessed and Exalted: a multitude from the former generations and a few.
I say to him, be patient, after six years, the text of soera al-Waqi'a, but he is not willing to be patient.
In any case, in this soera.
Allah mentioned the foremost and mentioned the people of the right.
So when He mentioned the foremost, He said a multitude from the former generations and a few.
As for the others, and when He mentioned the people of the right, He said a multitude from the former generations and a multitude.
from the later generations, so the issue is with the first group.
And it is a group from the first generations and a few from the later generations, even though in the narration it is established.
that the umma of Muhammad makes up two-thirds of the people of Paradise.
Two-thirds of the people of Paradise, so how can they be considered few compared to.?
the first generations and a few from the later generations, and the correct view, which was favored by al-Hafidh Ibn Kathir and others among the scholars, is that all of this refers to the umma of Muhammad ﷺ.
And that it is a group from the first generations and a few from the later generations, the discussion is about the umma of Muhammad, not about the other nations.
The previous point, is it clear?
The sahaba and the tabi'un, these, most of them are from these, and those who came later are few.