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1. Ḥā Mīm. The discussion on similar letters has already passed in Sūrah Al-Baqarah.

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2. Allah takes an oath on the Qur’ān which clearly explains the path of guidance towards the truth.

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3. I have revealed it as a Qur’ān in the language of the Arabs, in the hope that you, O people in whose language it was revealed - will comprehend and understand its meanings to transmit it to other nations.

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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

, the one that manifests the path of guidance and what one needs of [the prescriptions of] the Law. [43:3] Lo! We have made it. We have brought the Book into existence [as], an Arabic Qur’an, in the lan¬ guage of the Arabs, that perhaps you, O people of Mecca, may understand, [that you may] comprehend its meanings. [43:4] And it is indeed, fixed, in the Mother Book, the source of all the scriptures, namely, the Preserved Tablet, [which is] with Us ( ladayna substitutes [for fi ummi’l-kitabi, ‘in the Mother Book’]) [and it is] indeed exalted, above [all] the scriptures [that came] before…

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4. This Qur’ān is in the Preserved Tablet with us in the highest gathering and is high in status, honour and position. It is wise in that the instructions contained in it are not devoid of wisdom, and it is perfect without any contradiction or disagreement.

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5. I will not leave out the revelation of the Qur’ān to you and calling you to monotheism because you are engrossed in ascribing partners to Allah and violating His prohibitions. I will not do so, as mercy for you demands otherwise.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

ndeed exalted, above [all] the scriptures [that came] before it, wise, containing excellent wisdoms. [43:5] Shall We turn away, [shall We] withhold, from you the Remembrance, the Qur’an, utterly, an utter withholding, so that you are then neither commanded nor forbidden, because you are a profligate, an idolatrous, folk? No! [43:6] And how many a prophet did We send among the ancients! [43:7] And never did a prophet come to them but that they used to deride him, in the same way that your people deride you — this [Statement] is intended to comfort the Prophet (s).

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6. How many a messenger did I send in previous nations.

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7. Whenever a prophet came to those previous nations from Allah they used to mock at him.

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8. I destroyed those who were mightier than those nations, so we not incapable of destroying those who are weaker than them. The description of the destruction of the previous nations has passed in the Qur’ān, such as the Ad, Thamud, nation of Lot and the people of Madyan.

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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

the same way that your people deride you — this [Statement] is intended to comfort the Prophet (s). [43:8] So We destroyed those who were mightier than them — than your people — in prowess. Strength, and [already] there passed, there has been mentioned in previous verses, the example of the ancients, the description of how they were destroyed, and thus the sequel for your people will be the same.

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9. O Messenger! If you ask these idolaters who deny, “Who created the heavens and who created the earth?” they will say in response to your question, The Mighty whom none can overpower, the Knower of everything, created them.

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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

, the description of how they were destroyed, and thus the sequel for your people will be the same. [43:9] And if (wa-la-in: the lam is for oaths) you ask them, ‘Who created the heavens and the earth?’ they will surely say (the indicative nun has been omitted because of the other nun coming after it, and likewise the wdw [replaced by the damma in -lunna], because of two unvowelled consonants coming together), ‘The Mighty, the Knower created them’ — [this would have to be] their eventual response, that is to say, God [created them], Lord of Might and Knowledge. God, exalted be He, adds:

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10. Allah is the One who made the earth for you stable and firm. He made for you in it paths in its mountains and valleys, in the hope that you will be guided by them in your travel.

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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

esponse, that is to say, God [created them], Lord of Might and Knowledge. God, exalted be He, adds: [43:10] He Who made the earth a cradle for you, a flat reSting-place, like a child’s cradle, and placed for you therein ways, routes, that perhaps you may be guided, to your destinations during your travels; [43:11] and Who sent down water from the heaven in measure, that is to say, in the measure that you require thereof and did not send it down in a deluge, and We revived with it a dead land. Thus — like this revivification — will you be brought forth, from your graves, alive;

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11. The one who sends down water from the heavens in proportion to what suffices you, your animals and crops, then revives with it a barren land in which there is no growth. Just as Allah revives that barren land with growth, He will revive you for the resurrection.

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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

therein ways, routes, that perhaps you may be guided, to your destinations during your travels; [43:11] and Who sent down water from the heaven in measure, that is to say, in the measure that you require thereof and did not send it down in a deluge, and We revived with it a dead land. Thus — like this revivification — will you be brought forth, from your graves, alive; [43:12] and Who created the pairs, the Species, all of them, and made for you ships and cattle, such as camels, on which you ride (the referential pronoun has been omitted here for brevity; it is genitive in the case of the…

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12. And He has made ships and livestock for you which you ride on your travels; boarding the ships over the sea and mounting the livestock over land.

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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

a dead land. Thus — like this revivification — will you be brought forth, from your graves, alive; [43:12] and Who created the pairs, the Species, all of them, and made for you ships and cattle, such as camels, on which you ride (the referential pronoun has been omitted here for brevity; it is genitive in the case of the firSt, that is ,fihi [sc. tarkabuna fihi, ‘you ride in them] and accusative in the case of the second [sc. tarkabunahd, ‘you ride them’]),

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13. He had created for you all that, in the hope that you settle yourselves on the backs of your mounts during your travels and then remember the blessing of your Lord over you in your hearts, in that He has made them subservient to you when you mount them, saying with your tongues: “The being who made these mounts subservient for us is pure and glorified. We control them, whilst we would not have been able to do so if it had not been for His making them subservient to us.”

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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

i, ‘you ride in them] and accusative in the case of the second [sc. tarkabunahd, ‘you ride them’]), [43:13] that you may sit, that you may find a firm position, upon their backs (He has made the [suffixed] pronoun a masculine plural and rendered zahr, ‘back’, plural because of the particle md and its [plural] import); and then remember your Lord’s grace when you are settled on them, and say, ‘Glory be to Him Who has disposed this for us, and we [by] ourselves were no match for it, [not] capable [of it]. [43:14] And indeed it is to our Lord that we shall return’, [to Him that] we shall dep…

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14. “And indeed, we are definitely going to return to our Lord alone for accountability and requital.”

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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

[of it]. [43:14] And indeed it is to our Lord that we shall return’, [to Him that] we shall depart. [43:15] And they assign to Him from among His own servants apart, when they say that the angels are Gods daughters — for a child is a part of its parent — even though the angels are [like them] servants of His, exalted be He. Man, [such as the one] who says the above-mentioned [words], is verily a manifest ingrate, one whose ungratefulness is manifest and clear.

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15. The idolaters claim that some of the creations are the offspring of the Creator (may He be glorified), when they said, “The angels are the daughters of Allah”. Indeed, the human who makes these kind of statements is very ungrateful and deviant.

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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

it is to our Lord that we shall return’, [to Him that] we shall depart. [43:15] And they assign to Him from among His own servants apart, when they say that the angels are Gods daughters — for a child is a part of its parent — even though the angels are [like them] servants of His, exalted be He. Man, [such as the one] who says the above-mentioned [words], is verily a manifest ingrate, one whose ungratefulness is manifest and clear. [43:16] Or (am has the significance of the hamza of denial; the ‘saying’ is implied, in other words, a-taquluna, ‘[or] do you say that...’) He has adopted, fr…

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16. O idolaters! Do you say: “Allah has chosen daughters for Himself from among the things He creates”, whilst He has privileged you with male offspring? What an absurd distribution this is which you claim!

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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

ve-mentioned [words], is verily a manifest ingrate, one whose ungratefulness is manifest and clear. [43:16] Or (am has the significance of the hamza of denial; the ‘saying’ is implied, in other words, a-taquluna, ‘[or] do you say that...’) He has adopted, from all that He has created, daughters, for Him¬ self, and preferred you, privileged you, with sons? — that which is the necessary inference from what you claim and which by itself is an abomination.

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17. When one of them is given news of the birth of a female whom he attributes to his Lord, his face becomes gloomy out of severe grief and sadness, and he himself becomes full of anger. How then can he attribute to his Lord the very thing that he himself is saddened by when informed of it?

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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

— that which is the necessary inference from what you claim and which by itself is an abomination. [43:17] And when one of them is given the good tidings of that which he has attributed to the Compas¬ sionate One, [of that which] he has likened to Him by the ascription to Him of daughters — for a child is likened to its parent; in other words, when one of them is informed that a daughter has been born to him, his face becomes darkened, transformed into one laden with anguish, and he chokes inwardly, filled with anguish: so how can such a person then attribute daughters to Him? Exalted be…

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Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary

18. Do they attribute to their Lord the one who is brought up in adornment and is unclear in speech when arguing due to its femininity?

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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

: so how can such a person then attribute daughters to Him? Exalted be He high above such [claims]. [43:18] What! (a-wa contains both the hamza of denial and the conjunctive waw, ‘and’, in other words, ‘do they ascribe to God ...’) one that is brought up amid trinkets, ornaments, and is incoherent in a dispute?, [unable] to argue clearly because of an [inherent] inability [in this re^edt] as a result of [that person belonging to] the female sex. [43:19] And they have made the angels, who are themselves servants of the Compassionate One, fe¬ males.…

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19. They also regard as feminine the angels that are in reality the servants of The Merciful. Were they present at the time of Allah created them, so that they would know that they are actually females? The angels will record this statement of theirs and they will be questioned regarding it on the Day of Judgement. And they will be punished for it because of their lies.

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20. And they say, using divine decree as evidence, “If Allah willed that we did not worship the angels, we would not have worshipped them. So because He willed for it to happen, it proves He was happy with it.” They make this statement out of ignorance; they are only lying.

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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

and they will be questioned, about it in the Hereafter, wherefore punish¬ ment will ensue for them. [43:20] And they say, ‘Had the Compassionate One [so] willed, we woidd not have worshipped them’, the angels: therefore our worship of them happens by His will and so He muft be satisfied with it. God, exalted be He, says: They do not have any knowledge of that, which is said of His being satisfied with the worship of these [angels]; and they are only surmising, inventing lies in this [ rested] and so punishment will befall them as a result thereof. [43:21] Or have We brought them a script…

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21. Or, have I given these idolaters a book before the Qur’ān that allows them to worship other than Allah, which they are holding fast to and using as evidence?

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22. No! That has not happened. Rather, they are using their blind following as evidence, saying, “Indeed, we found our forefathers before us upon a belief and they used to worship idols. We are continuing in their footsteps in worshipping them.”

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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

wor¬ ship other than God, so that they are holding faSt to it? In other words, this never happened. [43:22] Nay, but they say, ‘Lo! we found our fathers following a [certain] creed and we are indeed, pro¬ ceeding, in their footsteps to be guided’, by them, for they used to worship other than God. [43:23] And thus We never sent a Warner before you into any city without that its affluent folk, those of comfortable means, said, the like of what your people say: ‘Lo! we found our fathers following a [ cer¬ tain] creed and [so] we are indeed following in their footsteps’.

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23. And just as these people have lied and used the blind following of their forefathers as evidence, O Messenger, I did not send any messenger to any community before you, except that those living in luxury in that village said, “Indeed, we found our forefathers upon a belief, and we are following in their footsteps”, so your nation is not any different in that regard.

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24. Their messengers said to them, “Will you follow your forefathers even if I brought to you something that was better than the belief they were on?” They said, “Indeed, we reject whatever you and the messengers before you have been sent with.”

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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

nd our fathers following a [ cer¬ tain] creed and [so] we are indeed following in their footsteps’. [43:24] Say, to them: ‘What! Will you follow them, even if I bring you a better [means to] guidance than what you found your fathers following?’ They say, ‘Lo! we disbelieve in what you, and those before you, are sent with’.…

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25. So I took retribution from the nations that rejected the messengers before you and I destroyed them. So ponder over what the outcome of the rejectors was, because their outcome was painful.

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26. O Messenger! Remember when Abraham said to his father and his people: “Indeed, I am innocent of the idols you worship instead of Allah.”

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27. “Except for Allah who created me, because He will soon guide me to follow the true religion of His and that will benefit me.”

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28. And Abraham made this monotheistic statement of his remain in his progeny after him. There remained among them those who would worship Allah alone and not attribute any partners with Him, in the hope that they turn to Allah having repented from ascribing partners with Him and sins.

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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

Who originated, created, me; for He will indeed guide me’. He will show me the way to His religion. [43:28] And he made it, namely, the statement of the affirmation of [Gods] Oneness, understood from his words, I shall indeed depart to my Lord; He will guide me [Q. 37:99], a word enduring among his posterity, his descendants, and thus there Still remains among them those who affirm the Oneness of [God]; that perhaps they, that is, the people of Mecca, might recant, what they follow [and return] to the religion of their forefather Abraham.

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Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary

29. I did not hasten the destruction upon these rejecting idolaters. Rather, I let them enjoy remaining in the world and I let their forefathers do the same, until the Qur’ān and a clear Messenger: Muhammad (peace be upon him) came to them.

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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

of Mecca, might recant, what they follow [and return] to the religion of their forefather Abraham. [43:29] Nay, but I have let these, idolaters, and their fathers enjoy [life], without hastening to punish them, until there came to them the truth, the Qur’an, and a messenger who makes [things] clear, one who manifests to them the Stipulations of the Law — and this [messenger] is Muhammad (s). [43:30] But when the truth, the Qur’an, came to them, they said, ‘This is sorcery, and we are indeed disbelievers in it’. [43:31] And they said, ‘If only this Qur’an had been revealed to some great m…

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30. And when this Qur’ān came to them, which was the undoubted truth, they said, “This is sorcery which Muhammad intends to bewitch us with. We definitely reject it and will never believe in it.”

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31. The rejecting idolaters say, “Why did Allah not reveal this Qur’ān upon one of the two great men of Makkah or Taif: Al-Walīd ibn ‘Uqbah or ‘Urwah ibn Mas‘ūd Al-Thaqafī, instead of revealing it upon the poor, orphaned Muhammad?”

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Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary

32. O Messenger! Do they distribute the mercy of your Lord, that they can give it to and prevent from it whomsoever they wish? It is I who distributed their provisions between them in the world making some of them rich and some poor, so that they are subservient to each other. The mercy of your Lord to His servants in the afterlife is better than the temporary, mortal things of the world that these people hoard.

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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

either of the two; such as al-Walid b. al-Mughira at Mecca or ‘Urwa b. Mas'ud al-Thaqafl at Ta’if. [43:32] Is it they who apportion the mercy of your Lord?, [the mercy being] prophethood. We have apportioned among them their livelihood in the life of this world, making some of them wealthy and others poor, and raised some of them, in wealth, above others by degrees, so that some of them, who are wealthy, may take others, who are poor, in service, disposed to work for them in return for a wage (the [final] yd ’ [in sukhriyyd] is attributive; a variant reading has sikhriyyan); and the mercy…

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Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary

33. Had it not been that humanity was on one creed of disbelief, I would have made in the houses of those who disbelieved in Allah roofs of silver and stairs upon which they could climb.

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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

yan); and the mercy of your Lord, that is, Paradise, is better than what they amass, in this world. [43:33] And were it not [for the danger] that mankind woidd be one community, following disbelief, We would have made, for those who disbelieve in the Compassionate One, roofs (read saqfan, or plural suqufan) of silver for their houses (li-buyutihim substitutes for li-man, ‘for those who’) and flairs, such as Steps, [also] of silver, by which they ascend, [by which] they go up to the roof; [43:34] and doors, of silver, for their houses, and, We would have made for them, couches, of silver (…

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Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary

34. And I would make doors for their houses and give them elevated seats to recline on, as a trial and to gradually lead them into destruction.

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Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary

35. I would also give them gold. All that is only the temporary enjoyment of the world; its benefit is little because of its ultimate extinction. However O Messenger, the bounties of the afterlife are better according to your Lord, for those who are mindful of Him by fulfilling His commands and refrain from that which He has prohibited.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

ade for them, couches, of silver (su- rur, couches’, is the plural of sarir) on which they recline, [43:35] and ornaments, gold: in other words, were it not for fear that a believer might disbelieve as a result of Our giving the disbeliever what has been mentioned, We would have given him such [luxuries], since the [affairs of this] world represent no danger to Us and he [the disbeliever] would then have no share in the Bliss of the Hereafter.…

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36. And whoever turns away from this Qur’ān that was revealed to Muhammad (peace be upon him), I shall set a satan upon him who will lure him with falsehood and lead him astray; it will remain with him wherever he goes.

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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

d during it, but then perishes, and the Hereafter, Paradise, with your Lord is for the God-fearing. [43:36] And whoever withdraws from, [whoever] is oblivious, to the Remembrance of the Compassion¬ ate One, namely, the Qur’an, We assign. We produce, for him a devil and he becomes his companion, never leaving his side. [43:37] And indeed they, that is, the devils, bar them, the blind, from the way, [from] the path of guid¬ ance, while they suppose that they are [rightly] guided (the plural [ muhtaduna ] takes into account the [potentially plural] sense of man, ‘whoever’, [of the previous…

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Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary

37. Indeed, these satan companions who have been set upon those who turn away from the Qur’ān, prevent them from the religion of Allah. They are unable to fulfil His commands and refrain from things He has not allowed; they think that they are guided to the truth and so they do not repent from their deviance.

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Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary

38. Until when the one who turns away from the remembrance of Allah will come to Him on the Day of Judgement, he will longingly say, “O companion! If only there had been the distance of the east and west between you and I! You were such a disgraceful companion!”

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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

na ] takes into account the [potentially plural] sense of man, ‘whoever’, [of the previous verse]), [43:38] until when he comes to Us, such a blind one, together with his companion, on the Day of Resur¬ rection, he says, to him: ‘O (ya is for calling attention) would that there were between me and you the distance of the two eaSls!’, that is to say, like the distance between the east and the weSt, What an evil companion then!, you are for me. God, exalted be He, says:

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Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary

39. Allah will say to the disbelievers on the Day of Judgement, “After you have oppressed yourselves by ascribing partners to Me and committing sins, your sharing the punishment will not benefit you in the slightest today, despite you accompanying each other in disbelief and committing sins in the world.”

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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

ween the east and the weSt, What an evil companion then!, you are for me. God, exalted be He, says: [43:39] And it, your wishes or your remorse, will not benefit you, blind ones, this day, given that you did wrong, that is to say, [given that] it has become clear to you that you were wrongdoers, through your idolatry in this world, that you, together with your companions, will be sharing in the chastisement (this constitutes the justification, on the basis of an implied lam [sc.…

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Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary

40. Indeed, these people are deaf from hearing the truth and blind from seeing. O Messenger! Are you then capable of making the deaf hear, guiding the blind, or guiding the one clearly astray from the straight path?

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Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary

41. If I was to take you away by causing you to die before I punish them, I would be taking retribution from them by punishing them in the world and the Hereafter.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

the blind and one who is in manifest er¬ ror?, in other words, such [individuals] will not believe. [43:41] So if (fa-imma: the conditional particle in has been assimilated herein with an extra ma) We take you away, by making you die before chastising them, then We will take vengeance on them, in the Hereafter; [43:42] or We show you, during your lifetime, that which We have promised them, in the way of chas- tisement , for surely We have power over, [surely] We are able to chaStise, them. [43:43] So holdfast to that which has been revealed to you, namely, the Qur’an; surely you are on a…

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42. Or if I was to show you some of the punishment I have prepared for them; indeed, I possess the capability over them and they cannot overpower me in the slightest.

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43. So O Messenger! Hold fast to whatever your Lord has revealed to you and practice it; you are upon the path of truth in which there is no uncertainty.

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44. And indeed, this Qur’ān is an honour for you and your nation. You shall soon be questioned on the Day of Judgement regarding bringing faith in it, following its guidance and calling towards it.

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has been revealed to you, namely, the Qur’an; surely you are on a Straight path, [a Straight] way. [43:44] And it is indeed a Reminder, an honour, for you and for your people, as it has been revealed in their language. And you will [eventually] be questioned, about [the extent of] your fulfilling your duty towards it.

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45. O Messenger! Ask those messengers I sent before you: “Did Allah make deities that were to be worshipped instead of the Merciful?”

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nd you will [eventually] be questioned, about [the extent of] your fulfilling your duty towards it. [43:45] And ask those of Our messengers whom We sent before you: Did We [ever] appoint, besides the Compassionate One, that is to say, [any] other than Him, gods to be worshipped? It is said that this is to be understood literally, in other words, that God gathered for him all the messengers on the Night [of the] Journey; but it is also said that this meant [that he should ask] any communities belonging to either of the two Peoples of the Scripture.…

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46. Verily, I sent Moses with My signs to Pharaoh and the leaders from his people. He said to them, “Indeed, I am the Messenger of the Lord of all creation.”

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that no messenger or scripture ever came from God with the command to worship [any] other than God. [43:46] And verily We sent Moses with Our signs to Pharaoh and his council, namely, the Egyptians ( al-Qibt ), and he said, ‘I am indeed the messenger of the Lord of the Worlds’. [43:47] But when he brought them Our signs, those proving his mission [from God], behold! they laughed at them.

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47. Then when he brought My signs to them, they began to laugh at them, mockingly.

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48. I showed Pharaoh and his leaders proof after proof to establish the authenticity of Moses’ message, each proof was greater in magnitude than the previous one. I seized them with the punishment in the world, in the hope that they turn away from the disbelief they were in, but to no avail.

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when he brought them Our signs, those proving his mission [from God], behold! they laughed at them. [43:48] And We never showed them a sign, from among the signs of chastisement, such as the flood, which was when the waters [of the Nile] penetrated their dwellings and for seven days rose as high as their throats as they sat, or [the chastisement of] the locuSts, but it was greater than the one before it, the one immediately preceding it. And We seized them with chastisement, that perhaps they might recant, their disbelief.

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49. So when some of the punishment came upon them, they said to Moses (peace be upon him), “O sorcerer! Pray to your Lord for us asking Him to remove this punishment just as He said He would if we believed. If it is removed from us, we will be guided to the truth.”

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receding it. And We seized them with chastisement, that perhaps they might recant, their disbelief. [43:49] And they said, to Moses, upon seeing the chastisement, ‘O sorcerer! — that is to say, ‘[O] knowl¬ edgeable, perfect one’, since for them sorcery was an awesome [form of] knowledge — supplicate your Lord for us by the covenant that He has made with you, [to the effecft] that He would relieve us from chastisement if we believe.…

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50. Then, when I removed the punishment from them, they began breaking their covenant and not fulfilling it.

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51. Pharaoh called out among his people, bragging about his kingdom, “O my people! Do I not own the country of Egypt, and these rivers that flow beneath my palaces? Do you not see my kingdom and recognise my greatness?”

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behold! they had broken their pledge, reneging on their covenant and persisting in their disbelief. [43:51] And Pharaoh proclaimed, boastfully, among his people, ‘O my people, does not the kingdom of Egypt belong to me, and these rivers, of the Nile,/lowing beneath me?, that is to say, beneath my palaces.…

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52. “Therefore, I am better than the weak, runaway Moses who cannot even speak well.”

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53. “Why did Allah who sent him not throw down golden bracelets on him so that it becomes clear that he is His Messenger, or why did the angels not come with him, following one another?”

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54. So Pharaoh duped his people and they followed him in deviance. Indeed, they were a nation that came away from the obedience of Allah.

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55. Then, when they angered Me by continuing upon disbelief, I took retribution from them and drowned them all.

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56. So I made Pharaoh and his people an example for those who did actions like theirs, that they would perish just like they did. I also made them a lesson for those who take heed; so that they do not do the same actions as theirs and are then afflicted with whatever came upon them.

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mmoral folk. [43 : 55] So when they had angered Us, We took vengeance on them and drowned them all. [43:56] And We made them a thing pafl ( salaf is the plural of sdlif similar [in pattern] to khadim, khad- am ) that is to say, a precedent, as a lesson, and an example for others, after them, that they [posterity] might take their predicament as a lesson and so not engage in adtions similar to theirs.

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57. When the idolaters thought that the Jesus the Christians worshipped was included in the statement of Allah the Exalted: {Indeed, you [disbelievers] and what you worship other than Allah are the firewood of Hell. You will be coming to [enter] it}, and Allah had prohibited worshipping him just like He had prohibited the worship of idols, your people, O Messenger, began persisting in argument, saying, “We are pleased that our idols are of the same status as Jesus.” So Allah revealed, refuting them, {Indeed, those for whom the best [reward] has preceded from Me - they are from it far removed}.

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posterity] might take their predicament as a lesson and so not engage in adtions similar to theirs. [43:57] And when the son of Mary is cited as an example — after God’s [following] words were revealed: ‘Truly you and what you worship besides God shall be fuel for Hell’ [Q. 21:98] and the idolaters said, ‘We are satisfied that our gods be together with Jesus [in Hell], for he too was worshipped besides God’ — behold! your people, that is, the idolaters, laugh at it, at this example — they clamour with joy at what they hear.

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58. And they say, “Are our deities better or is Jesus better?” Ibn Al-Ziba‘rā and others did not draw up this comparison in love of hope in reaching the truth, rather in love of argumentation. They are a nation quarrelsome in nature.

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le, that is, the idolaters, laugh at it, at this example — they clamour with joy at what they hear. [43:58] And they say, Are our gods better or he?’, Jesus. We are satisfied that our gods be [in the same predicament] with him. They only cite this, that is, the example, to you for the sake of contention, [mere¬ ly] arguing with falsehood, for they know that [the particle] md [of wa-md ta’buduna, ‘and what you worship’] refers [only] to non-rational beings and cannot therefore include Jesus, peace be upon him. Nay, but they are a contentious lot, an extremely disputatious folk.

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59. Jesus, the son of Mary is nothing but a servant from the servants of Allah whom He favoured with messengership and made him an example for the Israelites. They can use him as proof of the power of Allah because He created him without a father, just like He created Adam without parents.

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lude Jesus, peace be upon him. Nay, but they are a contentious lot, an extremely disputatious folk. [43:59] He, Jesus, is only a servant [of Ours] on whom We be flowed favour, through prophethood, and We made him, by his [coming into] being without a father, an exemplar for the Children of Israel, that is to say, like an example because of the wondrousness of his case, one from which one is able to infer God’s power, exalted be He, to do whatever He will. [43:60] And had We willed, We would have appointed among you, instead of you, angels to be [your] successors in the earth, by Our dest…

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60. O children of Adam! If I wish to destroy you and make the angels succeed you on earth in your place, they would worship Me and not ascribe partners with me at all.

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61. Indeed, Jesus is a sign from the major signs of the Hour, when he shall descend towards the end of time. So do not doubt the Hour’s occurrence and follow me in whatever I have brought to you from Allah. This thing I have brought is the straight path in which there is no deviance.

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nted among you, instead of you, angels to be [your] successors in the earth, by Our destroying you. [43:61] And indeed he, that is, Jesus, is a portent of the Hour — [the arrival of] it is known by the send¬ ing down of him — so do not doubt it ( tamtarunna : the indicative nun has been omitted for apocopation together with the waw of the [third] person [plural] on account of two unvowelled consonants coming together) but, say to them: ‘Follow me, in the affirmation of [God’s] Oneness.…

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62. And let Satan not turn you away from the straight path through his lure and deception. Indeed, he is an enemy whose enmity is clear.

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63. After Jesus (peace be upon him) brought clear signs of his messengership to his people, he said to them, “I have brought wisdom to you from Allah so that I can make clear to you some matters of your religion you differ in. So be mindful of Allah by fulfilling His commands and refrain from that which He has prohibited, and obey me in whatever I command you with and prohibit you from.”

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you away from God’s religion. Indeed he is a manifefl enemy of yours, one whose enmity is manifest. [43:63] And when Jesus came with the clear signs, the miracles and the prescriptions [of the Law], he said, ‘Verily I have brought you wisdom, prophethood and the prescriptions of the GoSpel, and [I have come] to make clear to you some of what you are at variance over, in the way of the rulings of the Torah for what concerns religion and otherwise — and he [indeed] made clear to them the matters of religion.…

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64. “Indeed, Allah is my Lord and your Lord; we have no Lord other than Him, so devote your worship to Him alone. This monotheism that I call you towards and devotion of worship to Allah is the straight path in which there is no deviance.”

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obey me. [43:64] Assuredly God is my Lord and your Lord; so worship Him — that is a flraight path’. [43:65] But the faflions differed among themselves, regarding [the Status of] Jesus: was he God, or the son of God, or the third of Three [deities]? So woe ( waylun is a term implying chastisement) to those who do wrong, [those] who blaspheme in what they say about Jesus, from the chaflisement of a painfid day. [43:66] Are they, that is, the Meccan disbelievers, awaiting anything, that is to say — they are [in facft] awaiting nothing — but that Hour should come upon them (an ta’tiyahum sub…

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65. Then, groups of the Christians disagreed in regards to Jesus. Some of them say, “He is a god”, and some say, “He is the son of God”, and others say, “He and his mother are both gods”, so woe be to those who oppress themselves by attributing godhood to Jesus, or sonship, or saying that he is one of the Trinity! Woe be to them from a painful punishment that awaits them on the Day of Judgement.

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is my Lord and your Lord; so worship Him — that is a flraight path’. [43:65] But the faflions differed among themselves, regarding [the Status of] Jesus: was he God, or the son of God, or the third of Three [deities]? So woe ( waylun is a term implying chastisement) to those who do wrong, [those] who blaspheme in what they say about Jesus, from the chaflisement of a painfid day. [43:66] Are they, that is, the Meccan disbelievers, awaiting anything, that is to say — they are [in facft] awaiting nothing — but that Hour should come upon them (an ta’tiyahum substitutes for al-saata, ‘the Hou…

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66. These disputing parties in regards to Jesus await nothing except the Hour which will come to them suddenly, whilst they do not even perceive its arrival. If it comes to them whilst they are upon disbelief, then their abode is a painful torment.

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67. Those who befriend each other upon disbelief and deviance will be enemies to one another on the Day of Judgement, except for those who are mindful of Allah by fulfilling His commands and refrain from that which He has prohibited. Their friendship is everlasting and will not break.

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‘the Hour’) suddenly, unexpectedly, while they are unaware?, of the time of its coming beforehand. [43:67] Friends, [who shared] in aCts of disobedience in this world, will, on that day, the Day of Resur¬ rection ( yawma’idhin is semantically connected to His [following] words) be foes of one another, except for the God-fearing, those who have love for one another through their [commitment to] obedience of God — such will be friends [on that day] and it will be said to them: [43:68] ‘O My servants, there is no fear for you this day, nor will you grieve, [43:69] those who believed (alladh…

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68. Allah will say to them: “O My servants! There is no fear upon you today in what you will face, nor will you grieve over what you lost out on from the good of the world.”

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69. “Those who believed in the Qur’ān that was revealed upon their Messenger and were submissive to it, fulfilling its commands and refraining from things He did not allow.”

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70. “Enter Paradise; you and your equals in faith. You will be pleased with the everlasting blessings you will encounter, which shall not finish nor expire.”

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qualifies ‘ibadi, ‘My servants’) in Our signs — the Qur’an — and had submitted themselves [to Me]. [43:70] Enter Paradise, you ( antum, the subject) and your spouses, your wives, to be made joy fid, to be made happy and to be honoured ( tuhbaruna, ‘to be made joyful’, is the predicate of the [above] subject). [43:71] They will be served from all around with [large] dishes of gold and goblets (akwab is the plural of kub, which is a [drinking] vessel without a handle so that the person can drink from whichever side he wants) and therein will be whatever souls desire, to relish, and eyes del…

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71. Their servants will roam among them with golden plates and handleless cups. In Paradise there is whatever the hearts desire and the eyes are delighted with seeing. You will reside in it eternally.

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72. That Paradise I have described for you is the one I have made you inherit because of your deeds, through My grace.

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73. There are many fruits in it for you which shall never finish, from which you can eat.

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that is the Paradise which you have been given to inherit [as the reward] for what you used to do. [43:73] Therein are abundant fruits for you, from which, that is, parts of which, you will eat’, for what¬ ever is eaten is [immediately] replaced [with more of the same]. [43:74] Indeed the guilty will abide [forever] in the chastisement of Hell — [43:75] it will not be lightened for them and they will be [utterly] despondent in it, silent in detain [43:76] And We never wronged them, but they themselves were the wrongdoers. [ 43 : 77 ] -A nd they will call out, ‘O Malik — the [name of the]…

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74. Indeed, the criminals who commit disbelief and sins will be in the punishment of hell on the Day of Judgement, wherein they shall remain forever.

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75. The punishment will not be lessened for them. They will lose all hope in the mercy of Allah in it.

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76. I will not oppress them by entering them into the hellfire, rather they oppressed themselves by disbelieving.

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77. They will call out to Mālik, the gatekeeper of the hellfire, saying: “O Mālik! Our Lord should make us die so that we are relieved of this punishment!” Mālik will answer them saying, “You are to remain forever in the punishment. You will not die, nor will the punishment stop from you.”

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78. Indeed, I brought the undisputed truth to you in the world, but the majority of you disliked the truth.

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ssing of] a thousand years, ‘You will surely remain!’, you will remain in the chastisement forever. [43:78] God, exalted be He, says: ‘Verily We brought you, O people of Mecca, the truth, by the tongue of the Messenger, but moSt of you were averse to the truth’. [43:79] Or have they, that is, the disbelievers of Mecca, contrived, consolidated, some matter?, in plot¬ ting againSt the Prophet Muhammad (s). For We [too] are indeed contriving, [We too] are consolidating Our plan to destroy them.

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79. So, if they plot against the Prophet (peace be upon him) and hatch an evil plan against him, I will indeed, hatch a plan against them which will be greater than theirs.

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80. Or, do they think that I do not hear their secrets that they hide within their hearts, or those that they whisper to one another? Nay! I hear them all, and the angels with them write everything they do.

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ammad (s). For We [too] are indeed contriving, [We too] are consolidating Our plan to destroy them. [43:80] Or do they reckon that We do not hear their secret thoughts and their conspiring?, that is to say, what they secretly communicate to others and what they openly conSJiire about among them¬ selves. Yes indeed!.…

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81. O Messenger! Say to those who attribute daughters to Allah, who is exalted greatly from their statement: “If, hypothetically, Allah had a child, then I would be the first to worship that child.”

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82. The Lord of the heavens, the earth and the Throne is pure of the statements of attributing partners, wives and children of these idolaters.

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at He, exalted be He, does not have a child and thus there can be no worshipping of such [a child]. [43:82] Glory be to the Lord of the heavens and the earth, the Lord of the Throne (the ‘arsh is the [same as the] kursi) above what they allege!’, [above] the lies which they SJieak in ascribing a child to Him. [43:83] So leave them to indulge, their falsehoods, and play, in this world of theirs, until they encounter that day of theirs which they are promised, chastisement in, and that is the Day of Resurrection.

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83. So O Messenger! Leave them to continue in whatever falsehood they are engrossed in, and let them enjoy until they meet the day which they have been promised. They will soon know the outcome of their actions and regret it.

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84. He (may He be glorified) is the true deity in the heavens and the true deity on earth. And He is the Wise in His creation, decree and management, and Knower of the conditions of His servants. None of them are hidden from Him.

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r that day of theirs which they are promised, chastisement in, and that is the Day of Resurrection. [43:84] And He it is Who in the heaven is God (fi’l-samai ildhun: pronounce here both hamzas, or drop the firft one or softening it into a yd 1 ), in other words, [Who in the heaven] is the Worshipped One, and in the earth is God (both adverbials are semantically connected to what follows); and He is the Wise, in the management of His creatures, the Knower, of their welfare.

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85. Allah’s goodness and blessings continue to increase - (may He be glorified). To Him alone belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the earth and whatever lies between them. And with Him alone is the knowledge of the Hour in which the Day of Judgement will occur; no one else knows it. And to Him alone will you all return in the afterlife for accountability and requital.

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hat follows); and He is the Wise, in the management of His creatures, the Knower, of their welfare. [43:85] And Blessed, Magnificent, be He to Whom belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them; and with Him is the knowledge of the Hour, [of] when it shall come to pass, and to Him they will [all] be returned ( yurja’una, may also be read [second person plural] turja’una, ‘you will be returned’).

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86. Those deities that the idolaters worship instead of Allah are not able to intercede in front of Allah, except those that testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah whilst understanding their testimony, i.e. Jesus, Ezra and the angels.

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e returned ( yurja’una, may also be read [second person plural] turja’una, ‘you will be returned’). [43:86] And those whom they, the disbelievers, call on, [those whom] they worship, besides Him, that is, besides God, have no power of intercession, for anyone, except those who bear witness to the truth, that is, those who say ‘there is no god except God’, with [full] knowledge, in their hearts of what they have testified to with their tongues — such are Jesus, Ezra, and the angels, who will intercede for believers.

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87. And if you ask them, “Who created you?” they would definitely say, “Allah created us”, so how can they then turn away from His worship after this acknowledgement?

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fied to with their tongues — such are Jesus, Ezra, and the angels, who will intercede for believers. [43:87] And if(wa-la-in: the lam is for oaths) you ask them who created them, they will surely say, ‘God’ ( la-yaqulunna: the indicative nun and the [plural] person indicator waw have been omitted). How can they then deviate?, [how] can they be turned away from worshipping God? [43:88] And [as] for his saying: that is, the saying of the Prophet Muhammad (s) ( wa-qilihi is [accusa¬ tive] dependent because it is a verbal noun followed by an implicit verb, in other words wa-qdla [qilihi], ‘an…

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88. With Allah (may He be glorified) is the knowledge of the complaint of His Messenger when they rejected him, and his statement regarding them: “O my Lord! Indeed, these people are a nation that does not believe in what you sent me to take to them.”

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Al-Mukhtasar

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89. So ignore them, and say to them whatever repels their evil - this was in Makkah - they will soon realise what punishment they will face.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

dla [qilihi], ‘and he said [his saying]’) ‘O my Lord! These are indeed a people who have no faith’. [43:89] God, exalted be He, says: Then disregard them, leave [them] be, and say, ‘Peace!’, [I will ft ay away] from you — this was [revealed] before he was commanded to fight them. For they will [soon] come to know ( ya’lamuna, may also be read as [second person plural] talamuna, ‘you will [come to] know’), [meant] to threaten them. Meccan, except for verse 15; it consists of 56, 57 or 59 verses. In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful: [44:1] Ha mim: God knows be it what He m…