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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.

Fuṣṣilat 41:15 Juzʾ 24 Page 478

‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏

As for 'Aad, they were arrogant upon the earth without right and said, "Who is greater than us in strength?" Did they not consider that Allah who created them was greater than them in strength? But they were rejecting Our signs.

Read in the muṣḥaf

قَوْلُهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: ﴿فَأَمَّا عَادٌ فَاسْتَكْبَرُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ الْحَقِّ وَقَالُوا مَنْ أَشَدُّ مِنَّا قُوَّةً﴾

وَذَلِكَ أَنْ هُودًا عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ هَدَّدَهُمْ بِالْعَذَابِ، فَقَالُوا: مَنْ أَشَدُّ مِنَّا قُوَّةً؟ نَحْنُ نَقْدِرُ عَلَى دَفْعِ الْعَذَابِ عَنَّا بِفَضْلِ قُوَّتِنَا، وَكَانُوا ذَوِي أَجْسَامٍ طِوَالٍ، قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى رَدًّا عَلَيْهِمْ: ﴿أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا أَنَّ اللَّهَ الَّذِي خَلَقَهُمْ هُوَ أَشَدُّ مِنْهُمْ قُوَّةً وَكَانُوا بِآيَاتِنَا يَجْحَدُونَ﴾ .

The same ayah, in another commentary

Fuṣṣilat 41:15