Tafsir Al-Jalalayn: Al-Israa, Ayah 96

Al-Israa · Ayah 96 · View Ayah
قُلْ كَفَىٰ بِٱللَّهِ شَهِيدًۢا بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَكُمْ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ بِعِبَادِهِۦ خَبِيرًۢا بَصِيرًۭا
Say, "Sufficient is Allah as Witness between me and you. Indeed he is ever, concerning His servants, Acquainted and Seeing."

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Al-Jalalayn Commentary

Say ‘God suffices as a witness between me and you of my sincerity. Truly He is Aware Seer of His servants’ Knower of what they hide and what they manifest.

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(Say) O Muhammad, to the people of Mecca: (Allah sufficeth for a witness between me and you) that I am a messenger to you (Lo! He is) in relation to sending messengers to His servants (Knower, Seer of His slaves) those who believe and those who do not.

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