Sad, verse 88

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1. And surely you will know walataʿlamunna
2. its information naba-ahu
3. after baʿda
4. a time ḥīnin

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 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 إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ this is only a warning for all people.
• Verse 88

• علم ʿayn lām mīm
• نبا nūn bā alif
• بعد bā ʿayn dāl
• حين ḥā yā nūn

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