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معالم التنزيل

Al-Baghawī

الحسين بن مسعود البغوي (ت ٥١٦ هـ)

Plain and narration-based. The easiest of the classical works to read straight through.

Al-Aḥzāb 33:73 Juzʾ 22 Page 427

‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏

[It was] so that Allah may punish the hypocrite men and hypocrite women and the men and women who associate others with Him and that Allah may accept repentance from the believing men and believing women. And ever is Allah Forgiving and Merciful.

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قَوْلُهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ قَالَ: مُقَاتِلٌ: لِيُعَذِّبَهُمْ بِمَا خَانُوا الْأَمَانَةَ وَنَقَضُوا الْمِيثَاقَ، ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ يَهْدِيهِمْ وَيَرْحَمُهُمْ بِمَا أَدَّوْا مِنَ الْأَمَانَةِ.

وَقَالَ ابْنُ قُتَيْبَةَ: أَيْ: عَرَضْنَا الْأَمَانَةَ لِيَظْهَرَ نِفَاقُ الْمُنَافِقِ وَشِرْكُ الْمُشْرِكِ فَيُعَذِّبُهُمَا اللَّهُ، وَيَظْهَرُ إِيمَانُ الْمُؤْمِنِ فَيَتُوبُ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ، أَيْ: يَعُودُ عَلَيْهِ بِالرَّحْمَةِ وَالْمَغْفِرَةِ إِنْ حَصَلَ مِنْهُ تَقْصِيرٌ فِي بَعْضِ الطَّاعَاتِ.

The same ayah, in another commentary

Al-Aḥzāb 33:73