Tafsir Al-Jalalayn: Al-Insaan, Ayah 30

Al-Insaan · Ayah 30 · View Ayah
وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ عَلِيمًا حَكِيمًۭا
And you do not will except that Allah wills. Indeed, Allah is ever Knowing and Wise.

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Al-Jalalayn Commentary

But you will not tashā’ūna may also be read yashā’ūna ‘they will’ choose a way through obedience unless God wills this. Assuredly God is ever Knower of His creatures Wise in what He does.

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(Yet ye will not) good or evil, faith or disbelief, (unless Allah willeth) that you will it. (Lo! Allah is Knower) of what you will whether it is good or evil, (Wise) He decreed that you do not will anything of good or evil except that which He wills.

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