Tafsir Al-Jalalayn: Al-Fath, Ayah 23
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(It is the law of Allah which hath taken course aforetime) regarding past nations that they were exposed to killing and defeat when their rebelled against the prophets of Allah. (Thou wilt not find for the law of Allah) you will not find for the law of Allah of punishing those who rebel against the prophets (aught of power to change) any change.
Related Hadiths
The aforesaid tradition has also been transmitted by Al Dahhak to the same effect through a different chain of narrators. This version has Allaah prohibited that (practice).
This tradition has been hanoed down through a different chain of transmitters on the authority of Hisham with aslight variation in the wording.
The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by ‘Umar through a different chain of narrators.” He said “The Apostle of Allaah(ﷺ) said to the same effect. The former version is ore perfect.”
The aforesaid tradition has also been transmitted by ‘Ali through a different chain of narrators from the Prophet (ﷺ) to the same effect.
This tradition has been narrated by the same authority through different chain of transmitters.
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Yahya with a slight change of wording.
The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by 'Alqamah b. Wa'il through a different chain of narrators and to the same effect.
A hadith like this is reported on the authority of the same chain of transmitters but with a slight change of words.
This tradition has been narrated on the authority of Abu Ayyub through a different chain of transmitters having the same wording.
A hadith like this has been transmitted on the authority of Ayyub with a slight variation of words.
Al-Jalalayn Commentary
That is the way of God sunnata’Llāhi is a verbal noun emphasising the import of the preceding sentence about the defeat of the disbelievers and the victory of the believers that is to say sanna’Llāhu dhālika sunnatan ‘God has established this as His way of dealing with believers and disbelievers’ which has taken its course before and you will never find in God’s way any change by Him.