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تفسير الجلالين

Al-Jalālayn

المحلي والسيوطي (ت ٨٦٤/٩١١ هـ)

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Al-Anʿām 6:165 Juzʾ 8 Page 150

‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏

And it is He who has made you successors upon the earth and has raised some of you above others in degrees [of rank] that He may try you through what He has given you. Indeed, your Lord is swift in penalty; but indeed, He is Forgiving and Merciful.

Read in the muṣḥaf

‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ جَمْع خَلِيفَة: أيْ يَخْلُف بَعْضكُمْ بَعْضًا فِيها ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ بِالمالِ والَجاه وغَيْر ذَلِكَ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ لِيَخْتَبِركُمْ ‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ أعْطاكُمْ لِيَظْهَر المُطِيع مِنكُمْ والعاصِي ‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ لِمَن عَصاهُ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ‏‏‏‏ بِهِمْ

The same ayah, in another commentary

Al-Anʿām 6:165