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عبد الله بن أحمد النسفي (ت ٧١٠ هـ)

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Ghāfir 40:82 Juzʾ 24 Page 476

‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏

Have they not traveled through the land and observed how was the end of those before them? They were more numerous than themselves and greater in strength and in impression on the land, but they were not availed by what they used to earn.

Read in the muṣḥaf

‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏، عَدَدًا،

‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏، بَدَنًا،

‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏، قُصُورًا، ومَصانِعَ،

‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏، "ما"، نافِيَةٌ،

‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏

The same ayah, in another commentary

Ghāfir 40:82