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Al-Samʿānī

أبو المظفر السمعاني (ت ٤٨٩ هـ)

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Fuṣṣilat 41:14 Juzʾ 24 Page 478

‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏

[That occurred] when the messengers had come to them before them and after them, [saying], "Worship not except Allah." They said, "If our Lord had willed, He would have sent down the angels, so indeed we, in that with which you have been sent, are disbelievers."

Read in the muṣḥaf

وَقَوله: ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ أَي: إِلَى الْآبَاء ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ أَي: الْأَبْنَاء الَّذين كَانُوا خلف الْآبَاء، وَيجوز أَن يرجع قَوْله: ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ إِلَى خلف الرُّسُل الْأَوَّلين.

وَقَوله: ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏ ظَاهر.

وَقَوله: ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ أَي: جاحدون.

The same ayah, in another commentary

Fuṣṣilat 41:14