Tafsir Al-Jalalayn: Ar-Ra'd, Ayah 39

Ar-Ra'd · Ayah 39 · View Ayah
يَمْحُوا۟ ٱللَّهُ مَا يَشَآءُ وَيُثْبِتُ ۖ وَعِندَهُۥٓ أُمُّ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ
Allah eliminates what He wills or confirms, and with Him is the Mother of the Book.

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Al-Jalalayn Commentary

God effaces of it the Book whatever He will and He fixes read yuthbit or yuthabbit therein whatever He will of rulings or other matters and with Him is the Mother of the Book its source of origin of which nothing is ever changed and which consists of what He inscribed in pre-eternity azal.

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(Allah effaceth what He will) from the scroll of the guardian angels which does not entail a reward or punishment, (and establisheth (what He will)) and leaves that which entails a reward or punishment, (and with Him is the source of ordinance) the source of the Book, i.e. the Preserved or Guarded Tablet, in which nothing is added or taken away.

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