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تفسير القرآن العزيز

Ibn Abī Zamanīn

ابن أبي زمنين الأندلسي (ت ٣٩٩ هـ)

An Andalusian abridgement of the earliest reports, kept very short.

Al-Baqarah 2:247 Juzʾ 2 Page 40

‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏

And their prophet said to them, "Indeed, Allah has sent to you Saul as a king." They said, "How can he have kingship over us while we are more worthy of kingship than him and he has not been given any measure of wealth?" He said, "Indeed, Allah has chosen him over you and has increased him abundantly in knowledge and stature. And Allah gives His sovereignty to whom He wills. And Allah is all-Encompassing [in favor] and Knowing."

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‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ وَكَانَ طالوت من سبط قد عمِلُوا ذَنبا عَظِيما، فَنُزِعَ مِنْهُم الْملك فِي ذَلِكَ الزَّمَان فأنكروه ﴿وَقَالُوا أَنَّى يَكُونُ لَهُ الْمُلْكُ عَلَيْنَا﴾ وَهُوَ من سبط الْإِثْم، يعنون: الذَّنب الَّذِي كَانُوا أَصَابُوا ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ اخْتَارَهُ لكم ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ وَكَانَ طالوت أعلمهم يَوْمئِذٍ وأطولهم.

قَالَ مُحَمَّد: قَوْله ‏‏‏‏ أَي: سَعَة؛ من قَوْلك: بسطت الشَّيْء؛ إِذا فرشته ووسعته.

The same ayah, in another commentary

Al-Baqarah 2:247