Sad, verse 87

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1. Not in
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3. except illā
4. a Reminder dhik'run
5. to the worlds lil'ʿālamīna

Ibn Kathir (Abridged)

This commentary covers the passage that begins at verse 38:86.

وَمَآ أَنَآ مِنَ الْمُتَكَلِّفِينَ (nor am I one of the Mutakallifin.) means, `and I do not add anything to that which Allah has told me. Whatever I am commanded to do, I do it, and I do not add anything or take anything away. By doing this I am seeking the Face of Allah and the Hereafter.' Sufyan Ath-Thawri, narrated from Al-A`mash and Mansur from Abu Ad-Duha that Masruq said, "We went to `Abdullah bin Mas`ud, may Allah be pleased with him. He said, `O people! Whoever knows a thing should say it, and whoever does not know should say, `Allah knows best."' It is part of knowledge, when one…

• Verse 85 لَأَمْلَأَنَّ جَهَنَّمَ مِنكَ وَمِمَّن تَبِعَكَ مِنْهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ I will fill Hell with you and all those that follow you.’
• Verse 86 قُلْ مَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ وَمَآ أَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلْمُتَكَلِّفِينَ [Prophet], say, ‘I ask no reward from you for this, nor do I claim to be what I am not:
• Verse 87
• Verse 88 وَلَتَعْلَمُنَّ نَبَأَهُۥ بَعْدَ حِينٍۭ In time you will certainly come to know its truth.’

• ذكر dhāl kāf rā
• علم ʿayn lām mīm

• Reminder الذكر

• At-Takwir 81:27 · Identical إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
• Yusuf 12:104 · Same ending وَمَا تَسْـَٔلُهُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۚ إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
• Al-Qalam 68:52 · Same ending وَمَا هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

• هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌۭ لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ 4 places
• إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا 11 places

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