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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.

Ar-Rūm 30:9 Juzʾ 21 Page 405

‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏

Have they not traveled through the earth and observed how was the end of those before them? They were greater than them in power, and they plowed the earth and built it up more than they have built it up, and their messengers came to them with clear evidences. And Allah would not ever have wronged them, but they were wronging themselves.

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﴿وَكَانُوا أَشد مِنْهُم قُوَّة﴾ أَي: بطشا ﴿وأثاروا الأَرْض﴾ أَيْ: حَرَثُوهَا ﴿وَعَمَرُوهَا أَكْثَرَ مِمَّا عمروها﴾ أَكْثَرَ مِمَّا عَمَرَ هَؤُلَاءِ ﴿فَمَا كَانَ الله ليظلمهم﴾ يَعْنِي: كُفَّارَ الْأَمَمِ الْخَالِيَةِ فَيُعَذِّبَهُمْ عَلَى غَيْرِ ذَنْبٍ ﴿وَلَكِنْ كَانُوا أنفسهم يظْلمُونَ﴾ بِكُفْرِهِمْ وَتَكْذِيبِهِمْ؛ أَيْ: قَدْ [سَارُوا] فِي الْأَرْضِ وَرَأَوا آثَارَ الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ يُخَوِّفُهُمْ أَنْ يَنْزِلَ بِهِمْ مَا نَزَلَ بِهِمْ إِنْ لم يُؤمنُوا.

The same ayah, in another commentary

Ar-Rūm 30:9