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تفسير القرآن

Al-Samʿānī

أبو المظفر السمعاني (ت ٤٨٩ هـ)

Short and steady — the plain meaning, with the reports that bear on it and little else.

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

قَوْله تَعَالَى: ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏ قَالَ مُجَاهِد: قَوْله: {وآثارا فِي الأَرْض) مَعْنَاهُ: الْمَشْي فِيهَا بأرجلهم. وَيُقَال: الْآثَار فِي الأَرْض هِيَ العروش والزروع والأبنية.

وَقَوله: ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ أَي: لم يدْفع عَنْهُم كسبهم شَيْئا حِين ينزل الْعَذَاب بهم.

The same ayah, in another commentary

Ghāfir 40:82