Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Al-Hadid, Ayah 21

Al-Hadid · Ayah 21 · View Ayah
سَابِقُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰ مَغْفِرَةٍۢ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ وَجَنَّةٍ عَرْضُهَا كَعَرْضِ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ أُعِدَّتْ لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ وَرُسُلِهِۦ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ فَضْلُ ٱللَّهِ يُؤْتِيهِ مَن يَشَآءُ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ ذُو ٱلْفَضْلِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ
Race toward forgiveness from your Lord and a Garden whose width is like the width of the heavens and earth, prepared for those who believed in Allah and His messengers. That is the bounty of Allah which He gives to whom He wills, and Allah is the possessor of great bounty.

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Ibn Abbas Commentary

Allah then said to all created beings: (Race) in relation to repentance of your sins (one with another for forgiveness from your Lord and a Garden) and for a Garden by means of righteous works (whereof the breadth is as the breadth of the heavens and the earth) where they to be joined with each other, (which is in store) which is created and prepared (for those who believe in Allah and His messengers) from among all nations. (Such) forgiveness, Allah's good pleasure and the Garden (is the bounty of Allah) are all bounties from Allah, (which He bestoweth upon whom He will) upon whoever deserves it, (and Allah is of Infinite Bounty) in bestowing Paradise.

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Vie with one another for forgiveness from your Lord and a garden the breadth of which is as the breadth of the heaven and the earth if one were placed at the end of the other prepared for those who believe in God and His messengers. That is the bounty of God which He gives to whomever He will and God is dispenser of tremendous bounty.

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