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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-Anfāl 8:66 Juzʾ 10 Page 185

‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏

Now, Allah has lightened [the hardship] for you, and He knows that among you is weakness. So if there are from you one hundred [who are] steadfast, they will overcome two hundred. And if there are among you a thousand, they will overcome two thousand by permission of Allah. And Allah is with the steadfast.

Read in the muṣḥaf

وَأما قَوْله: ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ هَذِه الْآيَة ناسخة لِلْآيَةِ الأولى، وَقَرَأَ أَبُو جَعْفَر يزِيد بن الْقَعْقَاع: " وَعلم أَن فِيكُم ضعفاء " وَالْمَعْرُوف: " ضعفا " و " ضعفا " ومعناهما وَاحِد.

‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ وَبَاقِي الْآيَة مَعْنَاهُ مَعْلُوم.

The same ayah, in another commentary

Al-Anfāl 8:66