Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Al-Fath, Ayah 2

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لِّيَغْفِرَ لَكَ ٱللَّهُ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِن ذَنۢبِكَ وَمَا تَأَخَّرَ وَيُتِمَّ نِعْمَتَهُۥ عَلَيْكَ وَيَهْدِيَكَ صِرَٰطًۭا مُّسْتَقِيمًۭا
That Allah may forgive for you what preceded of your sin and what will follow and complete His favor upon you and guide you to a straight path

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Ibn Abbas Commentary

(That Allah may forgive thee of thy sin that which is past) before the revelation came to you (and that which is to come) and that which is after the revelation and until you die, (and may perfect His favour unto thee) through prophethood, Islam and forgiveness, (and may guide thee on a right path) and may hold you firm on an established way with which He is pleased, i.e. Islam,

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that God may forgive you by virtue of your struggle what is past of your sin and what is to come of it so that your community might then desire to struggle like you — this verse also constitutes a justification of the concept of the infallibility ‘isma of prophets peace be upon them against sin by way of a definitive rational proof the lām in li-yaghfira ‘that He may forgive’ is for indicating the ultimate reason for the conquest so that the content of this latter statement constitutes an effect and not the cause and that He may perfect by way of the mentioned victory His favour to you and guide you thereby to a straight path upon which He will confirm you — and this straight path is the religion of Islam;

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