Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Al-Qalam, Ayah 39
أَمْ لَكُمْ أَيْمَٰنٌ عَلَيْنَا بَٰلِغَةٌ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ ۙ إِنَّ لَكُمْ لَمَا تَحْكُمُونَ
Or do you have oaths [binding] upon Us, extending until the Day of Resurrection, that indeed for you is whatever you judge?
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Or do you have oaths pledges binding secured on Us until the Day of Resurrection ilā yawmi’l-qiyāmati is semantically connected to ‘alaynā ‘on Us’; these words ‘alaynā bālighatun ‘binding on Us’ contain the sense of an oath given in other words ‘Did We swear to you?’ the response to which is what follows that you will indeed have whatever you decide? to have for yourselves.
Related Hadiths
Sahih Muslim#6462Sahih
I have held covenant with Thee which Thou wouldst not break, so for any believer whom I curse or beat, make that an expiation on the Day of Resurrection.
Narrated by Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:
Sunan Ibn Majah#1855Sahih
"Your oath is as your companion understands it to be."
Narrated by It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:
Sahih Muslim#4341Sahih
Ibn 'Abbas reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) pronounced judgment on the basis of oath by the defendant.
Ibn Abbas Commentary
(Or have ye a covenant) pledges (on oath from Us) on firm oaths from Us (that reacheth to the Day of Judgement, that yours shall be all that ye ordain) that you shall have all that you judge for yourselves in Paradise in the Hereafter?