Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Al-Ankaboot, Ayah 21
يُعَذِّبُ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَرْحَمُ مَن يَشَآءُ ۖ وَإِلَيْهِ تُقْلَبُونَ
He punishes whom He wills and has mercy upon whom He wills, and to Him you will be returned.
Common Words
8 total6 unique2 repeated
من2x
يشاء2x
يعذب1x
ويرحم1x
وإليه1x
تقلبون1x
Other Scholars on This Ayah
Tafsir
Scholars offer diverse perspectives
He chastises whomever He will to chastise and has mercy on whomever He will to have mercy and to Him you shall be returned.
Related Hadiths
Sunan Ibn Majah#2339Sahih
“Whoever among you undergoes a Hadd, his punishment has been brought forward, and it is an expiation for him otherwise his case rests with Allah.”
Narrated by It was narrated from Ubadah bin Samit that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:
Sahih Muslim#5814Sahih
When Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, intends to show mercy to an Umma from amongst His servants He calls back His Apostle to his eternal home and makes him a harbinger and recompense in the world to ...
Narrated by Abu Musa reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:
Ibn Abbas Commentary
(He punisheth whom He will) He makes die whoever He will as a disbeliever and thus torments him (and showeth mercy unto whom He will) and makes to die whoever He will as a believer and thus shows mercy upon him, (and unto Him ye will be turned) after death and He will reward each according to his works.