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

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

, the Compassionate, the Merciful: [46:1] Ha mini: God knows beSt what He means by these [letters]. [46:2] The revelation of the Book, the Qur’an ( tanzilu’l-kitabi , the subjecft) is from God {mina’Llahi , the predicate thereof), the Mighty, in His kingdom, the Wise, in His ad ions. [46:3] We have not created the heavens and the earth and all that is between them except, as a creation, in truth, so that it may be an indication of Our power and Our Oneness, and for an appointed term, un¬ til [the point of] their annihilation on the Day of Resurrection.…

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2. The revelation of the Qur’ān is from Allah, the Mighty whom nobody can overpower, Wise in His creating, decreeing and planning.

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3. I did not create the heavens and the earth and I did not create what is between them in vain, but rather I created all of it with truth and with complete wisdom. Amongst that is for His servants to recognise Him through them and so worship Him alone and not associate any partner with Him, and so that they fulfil the demands of their being made deputy on earth until a fixed time which Allah alone knows. And those who disbelieve in Allah are turning away from the Book of Allah they are being warned through, without paying attention to it.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

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

, the predicate thereof), the Mighty, in His kingdom, the Wise, in His ad ions. [46:3] We have not created the heavens and the earth and all that is between them except, as a creation, in truth, so that it may be an indication of Our power and Our Oneness, and for an appointed term, un¬ til [the point of] their annihilation on the Day of Resurrection. Yet those who disbelieve are disregardful of what they are warned, [of what] they are threatened with in the way of [impending] chastisement.

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4. O Messenger! Say to these idolaters who turn away from the truth: “Tell me about your idols you worship besides Allah: what parts of the earth have they created? Have they created a mountain? Have they created a river? Or do they have partnership and a share with Allah in creating the heavens? Bring me a book revealed from Allah before the Qur’ān or some trace of knowledge which the previous people left, if you are true in your claim that your idols deserve to be worshipped”.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

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

of what they are warned, [of what] they are threatened with in the way of [impending] chastisement. [46:4] Say: ‘Have you considered, [say] Inform me [about], what you invoke, [what] you worship, be¬ sides God?, namely, the idols ( min duni’Llahi, constitutes the firSt objed [of the verb]). Show me — inform me — {arum, [repeated] for emphasis), what they have created {madha khalaqu, the second object) of the earth (mina’l-ardi, the explication of ma, ‘what [part]’).…

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5. And there is nobody more misguided than the one who worships an idol besides Allah which cannot respond to his call until the day of judgment. And these idols which they worship besides Allah are unaware of their slaves calling upon them, because they are inanimate and cannot hear, see or understand.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

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

claim that your worship of the idols brings you closer to God, if you are truthful’, in your claim. [46:5] And who is {man here is interrogative but meant [rhetorically] as a negation: in other words, ‘no one is’) further aftray than him who invokes, [him who] worships, besides God, that is to say, other than Him, such as would not respond to him [ even ] until the Day of Resurrection — these are the idols, who never answer those who worship them in anything that they ask for — and who are heedless of their supplication?, their worship, because they are inanimates that possess no [faculty…

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6. And alongside not benefiting them in the world, when they are raised on the Day of Judgment, they will be enemies to those who used to worship them and disassociate themselves from them, and they will deny having any knowledge of their worshipping them.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

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

upplication?, their worship, because they are inanimates that possess no [faculty of] comprehension. [46:6] And when mankind are gathered, they, the idols, will be enemies to them, to those who had worshipped them, and they will deny, they will disavow, their worship, the worship of those who had worshipped them. [46:7] And when Our signs, the Qur’an, are recited to them, namely, [to] the people of Mecca, being clear signs, manifest [signs] {bayyinatin is a circumstantial qualifier), those who disbelieve, from among them, say of the truth, that is, the Qur’an, when it comes to them, ‘This…

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7. And when My verses which are revealed to My Messenger are read to them, the disbelievers say regarding the Qur’ān when it came to them at the hands of their Messenger: “This is clear magic. It is not revelation from Allah”.

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8. Do these idolaters say: “Muhammad has made up this Qur’ān and attributed it to Allah?” Say to them, O Messenger: “If I have made it up on my own part, you do not have power over any plan for me if Allah wants to punish me, so how can I put myself at risk of punishment by fabricating against Him? Allah knows better the criticism of His Qur’ān and slandering me you engage in. He, (may He be glorified), is sufficient as a witness between me and you. And He is Forgiving of the sins of His servants who repent to Him, Merciful to them”.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

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

hat is, the Qur’an, when it comes to them, ‘This is plain sorcery!’, clear and evi¬ dent [sorcery]. [46:8] Or {am has the significance of bal, ‘nay, but...’ and the [rhetorical interrogative] hamza of denial) do they say, ‘He has invented it?’, that is, the Qur’an. Say: ‘If I have invented it, hypothetically [Sneak¬ ing] , Clill you would have no power to avail me again Cl God, that is to say, againSt His chastisement, in any way, in other words, you would not be able to ward it off from me if God chooses to chaStise me.…

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9. O Messenger! Say to these idolaters who reject your prophethood: “I am not the first Messenger Allah has sent, as many messengers came before me. I do not know what Allah will do with me nor what He will do with you in this life. I only follow what Allah reveals to me, so I do not say or do except according to what He reveals. And I am only a warner who clearly warns of His punishment”.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

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

Forgiving, to the one who repents, the Merciful’, to him, and so He does not hasten to punish you. [46:9] Say: ‘I am not a novelty, unprecedented, among the messengers, that is to say, [I am not] the firSt to be sent [by God as His Messenger]. Already many of them have come before me, so how can you deny me? Nor do I know what will be done with me or with you, in this world: will I be made to leave my [na¬ tive] land, or will I be slain as was done with [some] prophets before me, or will you Stone me to death, or will the earth be made to swallow you as [it did] deniers before you? I only…

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10. O Messenger, say to these deniers: “Tell me if this Qur’ān is from Allah and you deny it, and a witness from the Israelites testifies that it is from Allah, relying on what has come regarding it in the Torah and then he brings faith in it, whilst you scorn bringing faith in it, will you not then be oppressors? Allah does not enable the oppressors to the truth”.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

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

an, and I do not invent anything myself. And I am only a plain Warner’, one whose warning is plain. [46:10] Say: ‘Have you considered?, [say:] inform me, what will be your predicament, if it, the Qur’an, is from God and you disbelieve in it ( wa-kafartum bihi, the sentence is a circumstantial qualifier), and a witness from the Children of Israel has [already] testified, this was ‘Abd Allah b.…

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11. And those who denied the Qur’ān and what their Messenger brought to them say: “If what Muhammad brought was true and guides towards good, these paupers, servants and weak people would not have preceded us towards it”. And because they are not guided to what their Messenger brought them, they will say: “This which he has brought us is an old lie, and we do not follow lies”.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

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

anding of the response] is indicated by [what follows]). Truly God does not guide wrongdoing folk’. [46:11] And those who disbelieve say of those who believe, that is, [they say] with regards to them: ‘Had it, faith, been [anything] good, they would not have attained it before us’. And since they, the ones [now] Sneaking, will not be guided by it, that is, [by] the Qur’an, they say, ‘litis, that is, the Qur’an, is an ancient lie!’

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12. And before this Qur’ān is the Torah, the book which Allah revealed on Moses (peace be upon him) as a leader to be followed in the truth and as a mercy for those who believe in it and follow it amongst the Israelites. And this Qur’ān which has been revealed upon Muhammad (peace be upon him) is a book which confirms the books before it, in the Arabic language, so that he can warn through it those who wronged themselves through associating partners with Allah and by committing sins, and it is a glad tiding to the good-doers who made their relationship with their Creator and their relationship…

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

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

guided by it, that is, [by] the Qur’an, they say, ‘litis, that is, the Qur’an, is an ancient lie!’ [46:12] Yet before it, that is, [before] the Qur’an, [there was] the Book of Moses, that is, the Torah, as a guidepod and a mercy, for those who believed in it ( imaman wa-rahmatan are two circumstantial qualifiers) and this, Qur’an, is a Book that confirms, scriptures before it, in the Arabic tongue ( lisdnan ‘arabiyyan is a circumstantial qualifier referring to the subject of musaddiqun, ‘that confirms’) to warn those who do wrong, the idolaters of Mecca, and, it is, good tidings for the v…

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13. Indeed, those who say, “Our Lord is Allah; we have no Lord besides Him”, then they become firm on faith and good actions, there will be no fear on them in what they face in the Hereafter, nor will they grieve over the fortune of this worlds which escaped them or what they left behind them.

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14. Those who are attributed with those qualities are the people of Paradise who will live in it forever, as a reward for them for their good deeds that they sent forward in the world.

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

remain upright, in [their adherence to] obedience, no fear will befall them, nor will they grieve. [46:14] Those will be the inhabitants of Paradise, abiding therein (khalidina fiha is a circumstantial qualifier) as a reward (jaza’an is in the accusative as a verbal noun, because of the implied verbal adtion, that is to say, yujzawna, ‘they will be rewarded’) for what they used to do.

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15. And I commanded man with emphasis that he should be kind to his parents and that he should be righteous towards them in their lifetime and after their death with what does not oppose the sacred law. And in particular his mother who carried him with difficulty and gave birth to him with difficulty. And the length of his gestation period in which he remained and the beginning of his weaning is thirty months.…

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

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

implied verbal adtion, that is to say, yujzawna, ‘they will be rewarded’) for what they used to do. [46:15] And We have enjoined man to be kind ( husnan: a variant reading has ihsanan ), that is to say, We have commanded him to adt kindly towards both of them (thus ihsanan is in the accusative as a verbal noun, because of the implied verbal adtion; the same applies to husnan) to his parents.…

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16. Those are the ones from whom I accept the good deeds they did and overlook their sins, so I do not seize them due to them. And they are amongst the people of Paradise. This promise they have been given is a true promise which will definitely occur.

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

, all of them were believers. Indeed I repent to You and I am truly of those who submit [ to You]’. [46:16] Those, that is, those who say such words, Abu Bakr and others, are they from whom We accept the bed of what they do, and overlook their misdeeds, [as they dand] among the inhabitants of Para¬ dise (fi ashdbi’ll-jannati, a circumstantial qualifier, in other words, ‘being among them) — [this is] the true promise which they were promised, by His words, God has promised the believers, both men and women, Gardens ... [Q. 9:72].

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17. And the one who said to his parents: “Woe unto you. Do you promise me that I will be taken out of my grave alive after I die, whereas many nations have passed in which people died, but none of them was raised alive?” And his parents are seeking help from Allah to guide their son towards faith, and they say to their son: “Woe unto you if you do not bring faith on the resurrection, so bring faith in it. Allah’s promise of resurrection is true without doubt”.…

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

n, and the latter’s son Abu ‘Atiq Muhammad; on this lait see Ibn al-Athir, Usd, vi, 204 (no. 6090). [46:17] As for him who says to his parents ( li-walidayhi : a variant reading has li-wdlidihi, ‘his parent’, denoting the generic noun): ‘Fie (read uffn or uffan, as a verbal noun, meaning: ‘[something] putrid and disgusting’) on you both: I am exasperated at both of you.…

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18. Those are the ones for whom punishment is established amongst the nations before them from the jinns and men. They were the losers, as they lost themselves and their children by entering the fire.

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

he says, ‘This, belief in resurrection, is nothing but the fables of the ancients’, lies of theirs. [46:18] Such are the ones against whom the Word, of chastisement, is due, is necessary, concerning com¬ munities of jinn and humans that have passed away before them. Truly they are losers.

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19. And for each group - the group of Paradise and the group of the fire - are ranks according to their actions. The ranks of the people of Paradise are high ranks, whilst the ranks of the people of the fire are low ranks. And so that Allah gives them the full reward of their actions, and they will not be oppressed on the day of judgment by their good deeds being decreased or their bad deeds being increased.

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

ncerning com¬ munities of jinn and humans that have passed away before them. Truly they are losers. [46:19] And for each one, of both categories, believer and disbeliever, there will be degrees [of flatus], thus the degrees of the believers in Paradise are high, while the degrees of disbelievers in the Fire are despicable, according to what they have done, that is to say, [according to what] believers [have done] in the way of aCts of obedience, and disbelievers, in the way of acfts of disobedience, and that He may rec¬ ompense them fully, namely, God ( li-yuwaffiyahum: a variant reading…

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20. On the day when those who rejected Allah and His messengers will be exposed to the Fire to be punished in it, it will be said to them in rebuke: “You have finished your good things in your worldly life and you enjoyed the pleasures it contained. On this day, you will be rewarded with the punishment which will disgrace and shame you due to your arrogance on earth unjustly, and due to your leaving the obedience of Allah through disbelief and sins”.

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

d, [not even] in a single thing that may be diminished for believers or increased for disbelievers. [46:20] And on the day when those who disbelieve are exposed to the Fire, by its being revealed for them, it will be said to them: ‘You squandered (read with one hamza, adhhabtum, or with two hamzas [as an interrogative], a-adhhabtum, ‘have you sqaundered ...?’; or with one hamza, adhhabtum, or with an initial long ‘a’, adhhabtum, with both of these [pronounced fully] or without pronouncing the second [hamza]) your good things during your life of the world, by preoccupying yourselves with s…

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21. O Messenger, remember Hud, the brother of Ad in lineage, when he warned his people of Allah’s punishment befalling them, when they were in their homes in Ahqaf in the south of the Arabian Peninsula, and messengers to warn their people had already passed before Hud and after him, saying to their people: “Do not worship anyone except Allah alone; do not worship anything besides Him. O people, I fear for you the punishment of a great day, which is the day of judgment”.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

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

which you used to ail immorally’, and [for] the torture you used to infliCt [upon others] therein. [46:21] And mention the brother of c Ad, namely, Hud, peace be upon him, when ( idh ... [from here] to the end [of the verse] constitutes an inclusive substitution) he warned his people, he threatened them, at Ahqaf [‘the Sand dunes’ is the name of] a valley in Yemen, where their dwellings were located — and already warners, messengers, had passed away before him and after him, that is to say, before Hud [came to them] and after him, to their peoples — saying, ‘Do not worship anyone but God…

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22. His people said to him: “Have you come to us to turn us away from worshipping our gods? That will never happen for you, so bring us the punishment you promise us if you are true in what you claim”.

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

e). Truly I fear for you — should you worship other than God — the chastisement of a dreadful day’. [46:22] They said, ‘Have you come to divert us from our gods?, to turn us away from worship of them. Then bring us what you threaten us with, of chastisement for worshipping them, if you are of the truth¬ ful’, in [saying] that it will befall us. [46:23] He, Hud, said, ‘The knowledge is with God only. He is the One Who knows when chastisement will befall you, and I am [merely] conveying to you what I have been sent with, to you.…

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23. He said: “The knowledge of the time for punishment is only with Allah and I do not have any knowledge of it. I am only a messenger who conveys to you what I have been sent with towards you. However, I see you as a people who are unaware of what contains benefit for you, so you leave it, and of what contains harm for you, so you commit it”.

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24. Then when the punishment they hastened for came to them, and they saw a cloud appearing in one direction of the sky, heading towards their valleys, they said: “This is a cloud which will bring us rain”. Hud said to them: “The matter is not as you think, i.e., that it is a cloud which will rain upon you, but rather it is the punishment you hastened for. It is a wind which contains a painful punishment”.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

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

with, to you. But I see that you are an ignorant lot’, given your hastening on of the chastisement. [46:24] Then, when they saw it, that is, [when they saw] what chastisement [really] was, as a sudden cloud, a cloud that appeared [out of nowhere] on the horizon, heading towards their valleys, they said, ‘This is a cloud that will bring us rain!’. God, exalted be He, says: Nay, but it is what you sought to hasten, of the chastisement — a hurricane ( rihun substitutes for rnd, ‘what’) containing a painful chas¬ tisement,

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25. Destroying everything it passed by which Allah ordered to be destroyed, so they were destroyed, only their houses in which they lived being visible, bearing witness to their inhabiting them before. With this kind of painful punishment, I punish the transgressors who persist in their disbelief and sins.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

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

hastisement — a hurricane ( rihun substitutes for rnd, ‘what’) containing a painful chas¬ tisement, [46:25] destroying, ruining, everything, it passes through, by the command of its Lord, by His will, that is to say, [destroying] everything that He wants to destroy with it. And so it destroyed their men, women, children and properties by flinging them up into the air high above the ground and tearing them to pieces. Only Hud and those who believed with him remained [unscathed]. So they became such that nothing could be seen except their dwellings.…

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26. And I granted the people of Hud the means of establishment which I have not given you, and I gave them hearing to hear with, vision to see with and hearts to understand with. But their hearing did not benefit them at all, nor did their vision or intellects. They did not repel Allah’s punishment from them when it came to them, as they used to disbelieve in Allah’s signs, and the punishment which they used to mock and which their prophet Hud (peace be upon him) used to warn them of befell them.

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

nothing could be seen except their dwellings. Thus, in the way that We requited them, do We requite [46:26] And verily We had empowered them in ways in which We have not (in is either for negation or extra) empowered you, O people of Mecca, in the way of strength and means, and We had vetted them with ears and eyes and hearts.…

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27. And I destroyed the cities around you, O people of Makkah; I destroyed Ad, Thamud, the people of Lot and the people of Madyan, and I gave them different proof and evidence, in the hope they will return from their disbelief.

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

proofs, and they were be¬ sieged by, there befell them, what they used to deride, of chastisement. [46:27] And We certainly destroyed the towns [ that were] around you, that is, [We destroyed] their in¬ habitants, the likes of Thamud, ‘Ad and the people of Lot, and We dispensed the signs. We repeated the clear proofs, so that perhaps they might return.

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28. So why did their idols which they took as gods besides Allah and which they used to seek closeness to through worship and sacrifice not help them? They did not help them at all, but in fact they disappeared from them when they needed them the most. And that is the lie and fabrication they did to themselves, i.e., that these idols will benefit them and intercede for them with Allah.

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

f Lot, and We dispensed the signs. We repeated the clear proofs, so that perhaps they might return. [46:28] So why did they not help them, by averting from them the chastisement, those whom they had chosen besides God, that is to say, other than Him, as [a means of] nearness, through whom they may secure nearness to God, to be gods?, alongside Him, and these are the idols (the firSt object of ittakhadhu, ‘they had chosen, is the omitted pronoun referred to by the relative clause [alladhina, ‘those who ...’], and it is hum, ‘they’; qurbdnan, ‘nearness’, is the second [object], with alihata…

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29. Remember, O Messenger, when I sent to you a group of the jinn to listen to the Qur’ān that was revealed to you. When they came to hear it they said to one another: Be quiet, so that we are able to hear it. When the Messenger (peace be upon him) completed his recitation they went back to their people to warn them of Allah’s punishment if they do not have faith in this Qur’ān.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

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

or it indicates a relative clause with the referential pronoun omitted, this being fihi, ‘about’). [46:29] And, mention, when We sent a company of jinn your way — the jinn of Nasibin in Yemen, 2 or the jinn of Nineveh, who were seven or nine, [and this was] while the Prophet (s) was leading the dawn prayer with some of his Companions at Batn Nakhla, as reported by the two Shaykhs [al-Bukharl and Muslim] — to listen to the Qur’an and, when they were in its presence, they said, that is, they said to one another: ‘Listen carefully!’, concentrate in order to hear it [carefully].…

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30. They said to them: O our people, we have heard a book that Allah has revealed after Moses, confirming the previous scriptures revealed by Allah. This book that we heard guides to the truth and it guides to a straight path, which is the path of Islam.

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

h the chastisement [from God] if they do not believe — they had been Jews, but then become Muslims. [46:30] They said, ‘O our people! Indeed we have heard a Book, namely, the Qur’an, which has been revealed after Moses, confirming what was before it, what preceded it, such as the Torah. It guides to the truth, submission [to God] (islam), and to a Straight way, that is, the way thereto [to Islam]. [46:31] O our people! Respond to God’s summoner, Muhammad (s), by embracing faith, and believe in him, and He, God, will forgive you some of your sins, because some of these [sins] are wrongs [d…

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31. O our people, respond to the truth that Muhammad calls you towards and believe that he is a messenger from his Lord, and Allah will forgive your sins and save you from a painful punishment that awaits you if you do not respond to the truth that he calls you towards and do not believe that he is a messenger from his Lord.

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Al-Mukhtasar

Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary

32. Those who do not respond to the truth that Muhammad (peace be upon him) calls them towards will not be able to render Allah helpless and escape from Him by fleeing on earth and they will not have besides Allah any protectors to rescue them from the punishment. Such people have clearly deviated from the truth.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

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

only be forgiven after those wronged are reconciled — and shelter you from a painful chastisement. [46:32] And whoever does not respond to God’s summoner cannot thwart God on earth, that is to say, he will not be able to thwart God by escaping from Him and eluding Him, and he, the one who does not respond, will not have, besides Him, that is, [besides] God, any protestors, any helpers to ward off the chastisement from him — those, who do not respond, are in manifest error’, plain and evident [error].

Al-Mukhtasar

Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary

33. Do these idolaters who deny the resurrection not understand that Allah Who created the heavens and created the earth, and did not tire in creating them despite their hugeness and vastness, is able to give life to the dead for reckoning and recompense? Indeed, He is able to bring them to life. He, (may He be glorified), is able to do all things and He is not incapable of bringing the dead to life.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

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

hastisement from him — those, who do not respond, are in manifest error’, plain and evident [error]. [46:33] Have they not seen, [have they not] realised, that is, the deniers of resurrection, that God, Who created the heavens and the earth and [Who] was not wearied by their creation, [Who] did not fail therein, is able to give life to the dead? ( bi-qadirin is the predicate of anna, ‘that’, the hi- having been add¬ ed to it because the Statement has the same force as [the construction]: a-laysa’Llahu bi-qadirin, ‘Is God not able ...?’). Yes, indeed. He is able to give life to the dead.…

Al-Mukhtasar

Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary

34. On the day when those who rejected Allah and His messengers will be exposed to the Fire to be punished in it, it will be said to them in rebuke: Is this punishment that you are seeing not real? Or is it a lie like how you used to say in the world? They will say: Indeed, by Our Lord, it is real. It will then be said them: Taste the punishment on account of your denial of Allah.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

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

le ...?’). Yes, indeed. He is able to give life to the dead. Indeed He has is able to do all things. [46:34] And on the day when those who disbelieve are exposed to the Fire, when they are being chaStised in it, it will be said to them: ‘Is not this, chastisement, the truth?’ They will say, ‘Yes, by our Lord!’ He 2 This is clearly not the famous Nisibis of Northern Mesopotamia; in any case, it has been vocalised thus (as opposed to Nisibin or Nusaybin) in accordance with the comments of Ibn Manzur on the same place-name: see Lisan, xiv, 157, s.v.…

Al-Mukhtasar

Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary

35. So be patient - O Messenger - against your people’s denial of you just as the messengers of firm resolve were patient. These were the following messengers in addition to our Prophet (peace be upon him): Noah, Abraham, Moses and Jesus (peace be upon them). Do not seek to hasten the punishment for them. The deniers from your people, on the day when they will see the punishment that they are warned about in the Hereafter, will be as if they did not remain in the world except for an hour of a day due to the length of their punishment.…

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

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

xiv, 157, s.v. n-s-b. will say, ‘Then taSle the chastisement for what you used to disbelieve [in]’. [46:35] So endure [with patience], the harm done [to you] by your people, juSt as the resolute, those of constancy and [power of] endurance during hardships, from among the messengers endured [with patience], before you, so that you may be one of resolve [like them] ( min [of mina’l-rusuli] is explicative, as all of them were men of resolve; but some say that this [particle min] is [actually] meant to be partitive, since excluded from their number are: Adam, on the basis of Gods saying, exa…