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Scholarly commentary explaining a verse — its context, its meaning and how the scholars have understood it.

Hud 11:7

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وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ فِى سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍ وَكَانَ عَرْشُهُۥ عَلَى ٱلْمَآءِ لِيَبْلُوَكُمْ أَيُّكُمْ أَحْسَنُ عَمَلًا ۗ وَلَئِن قُلْتَ إِنَّكُم مَّبْعُوثُونَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ ٱلْمَوْتِ لَيَقُولَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌ مُّبِينٌ

And it is He who created the heavens and the earth in six days - and His Throne had been upon water - that He might test you as to which of you is best in deed. But if you say, "Indeed, you are resurrected after death," those who disbelieve will surely say, "This is not but obvious magic."

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

وهو الذي خلق السماوات والأرض وما فيهن في ستة أيام، وكان عرشه على الماء قبل ذلك; ليختبركم أيكم أحسن له طاعةً وعملا وهو ما كان خالصًا لله موافقًا لما كان عليه رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم. ولئن قلت -أيها الرسول- لهؤلاء المشركين من قومك: إنكم مبعوثون أحياءً بعد موتكم، لسارعوا إلى التكذيب وقالوا: ما هذا القرآن الذي تتلوه علينا إلا سحر بيِّن.

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