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تفسير القرآن

Al-Samʿānī

أبو المظفر السمعاني (ت ٤٨٩ هـ)

Short and steady — the plain meaning and the reports behind it.

Fuṣṣilat 41:21 Juzʾ 24 Page 479

‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏

And they will say to their skins, "Why have you testified against us?" They will say, "We were made to speak by Allah, who has made everything speak; and He created you the first time, and to Him you are returned.

Read in the muṣḥaf

قَوْله تَعَالَى: ﴿وَقَالُوا لجلودهم لما شهدتم علينا قَالُوا أنطقنا الله الَّذِي أنطق كل شَيْء﴾ أَي: كل شَيْء ينْطق.

وَقَوله تَعَالَى: ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ أَي: تردون.

The same ayah, in another commentary

Fuṣṣilat 41:21