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النكت والعيون

Al-Māwardī

أبو الحسن الماوردي (ت ٤٥٠ هـ)

The possible meanings of a verse, numbered and weighed.

Ash-Shūrā 42:8 Juzʾ 25 Page 483

‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏

And if Allah willed, He could have made them [of] one religion, but He admits whom He wills into His mercy. And the wrongdoers have not any protector or helper.

Read in the muṣḥaf

‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ قالَ أنَسُ بْنُ مالِكٍ: في الإسْلامِ.

‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏ يَمْنَعُ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ يَدْفَعُ.

The same ayah, in another commentary

Ash-Shūrā 42:8