Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Al-Mursalaat, Ayah 26
أَحْيَآءًۭ وَأَمْوَٰتًۭا
Of the living and the dead?
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أحياء1x
وأموتا1x
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for the living on its surface and the dead inside it
Related Hadiths
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The dead is punished because of the lamentation of the living.
Narrated by 'Abdullah b. 'Umar reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:
Jami` at-Tirmidhi#2050Sahih
"Do not vilify the dead (and) by that harm the living."
Narrated by ' Al-Mughirah bin Shu'bah narrated that the Messenger of Allah said:
Sahih Muslim#6707Sahih
" From the trial of life and death."
Narrated by Anas reported from Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) (this suppli- cation) but with this variation that these words are not found in that supplication:
Sahih Muslim#4238Sahih
Did you want to eat his flesh?
Narrated by 'Imran b. Husain reported that a person bit the arm of another person; he pulled it out and his foretooth fell down. This matter was taken to Allah's Apostle (ﷺ), and he turned it down saying:
Ibn Abbas Commentary
(Both for the living) on its surface (and the dead) in its belly; it is also said this means: We made the earth a channel for both the living and the dead,