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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-Anfāl 8:42 Juzʾ 10 Page 182

‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏

[Remember] when you were on the near side of the valley, and they were on the farther side, and the caravan was lower [in position] than you. If you had made an appointment [to meet], you would have missed the appointment. But [it was] so that Allah might accomplish a matter already destined - that those who perished [through disbelief] would perish upon evidence and those who lived [in faith] would live upon evidence; and indeed, Allah is Hearing and Knowing.

Read in the muṣḥaf

‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏.

قَالَ قَتَادَةُ: الْعُدْوَتَانِ: شَفِيرُ الْوَادِي؛ كَانَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ بِأَعْلاهُ، وَالْمُشْرِكُونَ بأسفله ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ قَالَ الْكَلْبِيُّ: يَعْنِي: أَبَا سُفْيَانَ وَالْعِيرَ؛ كَانَ أَبُو سُفْيَانَ وَالْعِيرُ أَسْفَلَ مِنَ الْوَادِي - زَعَمُوا بِثَلاثَةِ أَمْيَالٍ - فِي طَرِيقِ السَّاحِلِ لَا يَعْلَمُ الْمُشْرِكُونَ مَكَانَ عِيرِهِمْ، وَلا يَعْلَمُ أَصْحَابُ الْعِيرِ مَكَانَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ.

قَالَ مُحَمَّد: الْقِرَاءَة (أَسْفَل) بِالنّصب؛ على معنى: والراكب مَكَانًا أَسْفَلَ مِنْكُمْ.

‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ أَنْتُمْ وَالْمُشْرِكُونَ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ أَيْ: فِيهِ نَصْرُكُمْ، وَالنِّعْمَةُ عَلَيْكُمْ ﴿لِيَهْلِكَ مَنْ هَلَكَ عَنْ بَيِّنَةٍ وَيَحْيَى مَنْ حَيَّ عَنْ بَيِّنَةٍ﴾ يَعْنِي: بعد الْحجَّة.

The same ayah, in another commentary

Al-Anfāl 8:42