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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 short.

Ghāfir 40:21 Juzʾ 24 Page 469

‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏

Have they not traveled through the land and observed how was the end of those who were before them? They were greater than them in strength and in impression on the land, but Allah seized them for their sins. And they had not from Allah any protector.

Read in the muṣḥaf

﴿كَانُوا هم أَشد مِنْهُم﴾ من مُشْركي الْعَرَب ﴿قُوَّة﴾ أَي: بطشًا ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏ يَعْنِي: مَا عمِلُوا من الْمَدَائِن وَغَيرهَا من آثَارهم ﴿وَمَا كَانَ لَهُمْ مِنَ اللَّهِ مِنْ وَاقٍ﴾ يقيهم من عَذَاب الله

The same ayah, in another commentary

Ghāfir 40:21