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النكت والعيون

Al-Māwardī

أبو الحسن الماوردي (ت ٤٥٠ هـ)

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Az-Zumar 39:47 Juzʾ 24 Page 463

‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏

And if those who did wrong had all that is in the earth entirely and the like of it with it, they would [attempt to] ransom themselves thereby from the worst of the punishment on the Day of Resurrection. And there will appear to them from Allah that which they had not taken into account.

Read in the muṣḥaf

‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ يَحْتَمِلُ وجْهَيْنِ:

أحَدُهُما: السِّرُّ والعَلانِيَةُ.

الثّانِي: الدُّنْيا والآخِرَةُ.

‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ مِنَ الهُدى والضَّلالَةِ.

وَيَحْتَمِلُ ثانِيًا: مِنَ التَّحاكُمِ إلَيْهِ في الحُقُوقِ والمَظالِمِ.

قالَ ابْنُ جُبَيْرٍ: إنِّي لَأعْرِفُ مَوْضِعَ آيَةٍ ما قَرَأها أحَدٌ فَسَألَ اللَّهَ شَيْئًا إلّا أعْطاهُ، قَوْلُهُ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏

The same ayah, in another commentary

Az-Zumar 39:47