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Al-Isra 17:96

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قُلْ كَفَىٰ بِٱللَّهِ شَهِيدًۢا بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَكُمْ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ بِعِبَادِهِۦ خَبِيرًۢا بَصِيرًا

Say, "Sufficient is Allāh as Witness between me and you. Indeed He is ever, concerning His servants, Aware and Seeing."

Ibn Kathir (Abridged)

Hafiz Ibn Kathir

وَلَوْ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيْنَا بَعْضَ الاٌّقَاوِيلِ - لأَخَذْنَا مِنْهُ بِالْيَمِينِ - ثُمَّ لَقَطَعْنَا مِنْهُ الْوَتِينَ (And if he had forged a false saying concerning Us, We surely would have seized him by his right hand, And then We certainly would have cut off his life artery.) (69:44-46) Allah said;إِنَّهُ كَانَ بِعِبَادِهِ خَبِيرًا بَصِيرًا(Verily, He is Ever the All-Knower, the All-Seer of His servants.) meaning, He knows best who among them deserves blessings, good treatment and guidance, and who deserves to be doomed and led astray. He says:

Ma'arif al-Qur'an

Mufti Muhammad Shafi

In the last verse (95), it was said that they, despite being human, can-not demand that their messenger should be an angel. This demand was unreasonable. Yes, if angels had been living on the Earth and there was the need to send a messenger to them, then, indeed, an angel would have been sent as a messenger. It will be noted that the attribute of an-gels living on the Earth has been described here in the words: يَمْشُونَ مُطْمَئِنِّينَ (walking about in peace). This tells us that the need to send an angel deputed as a messenger to other angels would have come up only at a time when the angels of the Earth could not themselves go to the heavens rather remained living on the Earth alone. Otherwise, had they themselves possessed the power to go to the heavens, there would have remained just no need to send a messenger to the Earth.

Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

قل لهم: كفى بالله شهيدًا بيني وبينكم على صِدْقي وحقيقة نبوَّتي. إنه سبحانه خبير بأحوال عباده، بصير بأعمالهم، وسيجازيهم عليها.

Tafsir Ibn Kathir

Hafiz Ibn Kathir

يقول تعالى مرشدا نبيه إلى الحجة على قومه ، في صدق ما جاءهم به : أنه شاهد علي وعليكم ، عالم بما جئتكم به ، فلو كنت كاذبا [ عليه ] انتقم مني أشد الانتقام ، كما قال تعالى : ( ولو تقول علينا بعض الأقاويل لأخذنا منه باليمين ثم لقطعنا منه الوتين ) [ الحاقة : 44 - 46 ] .وقوله : ( إنه كان بعباده خبيرا بصيرا ) أي : عليم بهم بمن يستحق الإنعام والإحسان والهداية ، ممن يستحق الشقاء والإضلال والإزاغة ؛ ولهذا قال :

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