المعنى
What is meant here by "that which we have not the strength to bear"?
الجواب
Imām Ibn al-Jawzī (d. 597/1201) summarized the scholars' opinions in his book "Zād al-Masīr" as follows:
- It refers to difficult and burdensome deeds. [Majority view]
- It refers to love. [Ibrāhīm]
- It refers to intense desire. [Makḥūl]
- It refers to inner thoughts and whispers of the self.
- It refers to the punishment of the Fire.

