Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Az-Zukhruf, Ayah 33

Az-Zukhruf · Ayah 33 · View Ayah
وَلَوْلَآ أَن يَكُونَ ٱلنَّاسُ أُمَّةًۭ وَٰحِدَةًۭ لَّجَعَلْنَا لِمَن يَكْفُرُ بِٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ لِبُيُوتِهِمْ سُقُفًۭا مِّن فِضَّةٍۢ وَمَعَارِجَ عَلَيْهَا يَظْهَرُونَ
And if it were not that the people would become one community [of disbelievers], We would have made for those who disbelieve in the Most Merciful - for their houses - ceilings and stairways of silver upon which to mount

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Ibn Abbas Commentary

(And were it not that mankind would have become one community) i.e. follow one religion, the religion of disbelief, (We might well have appointed, for those who disbelieve in the Beneficent, roofs) the roofs of their houses (of silver for their houses and stairs (of silver) whereby to mount) whereby to climb,

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And were it not for the danger that mankind would be one community following disbelief We would have made for those who disbelieve in the Compassionate One roofs read saqfan or plural suqufan of silver for their houses li-buyūtihim substitutes for li-man ‘for those who’ and stairs such as steps also of silver by which they ascend by which they go up to the roof;

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