Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Az-Zumar, Ayah 56

Az-Zumar · Ayah 56 · View Ayah
أَن تَقُولَ نَفْسٌۭ يَٰحَسْرَتَىٰ عَلَىٰ مَا فَرَّطتُ فِى جَنۢبِ ٱللَّهِ وَإِن كُنتُ لَمِنَ ٱلسَّٰخِرِينَ
Lest a soul should say, "Oh [how great is] my regret over what I neglected in regard to Allah and that I was among the mockers."

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Ibn Abbas Commentary

(Lest any soul should say) so that no soul should say: (Alas, my grief) I am remorseful (that I was unmindful of Allah) that I have left the obedience of Allah, (and I was indeed among the scoffers) and I was indeed among those who mocked the Scripture and Messenger!

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so apply yourselves to this before any soul should say ‘Alas for me yā hasratā is actually yā hasratī meaning ‘O regret of mine’ for what I have neglected of my duty to God in other words of obedience to Him. Indeed wa-in in is softened in place of the hardened form in other words understand it as wa-innī I was among those who ridiculed’ His religion and His Book;

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