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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.

Al-Māʾidah 5:117 Juzʾ 7 Page 127

‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏

I said not to them except what You commanded me - to worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord. And I was a witness over them as long as I was among them; but when You took me up, You were the Observer over them, and You are, over all things, Witness.

Read in the muṣḥaf

﴿مَا قلت لَهُم إِلَّا مَا أَمرتنِي بِهِ أَن اعبدوا الله بِي وربكم وَكنت عَلَيْهِم شَهِيدا مَا دمت فيهم فَلَمَّا توفيتني﴾ أَي: رفعتني ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ وَقد بَينا معنى التوفي فِيمَا سبق ‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ .

The same ayah, in another commentary

Al-Māʾidah 5:117