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

Taha 20:97

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قَالَ فَٱذْهَبْ فَإِنَّ لَكَ فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ أَن تَقُولَ لَا مِسَاسَ ۖ وَإِنَّ لَكَ مَوْعِدًا لَّن تُخْلَفَهُۥ ۖ وَٱنظُرْ إِلَىٰٓ إِلَـٰهِكَ ٱلَّذِى ظَلْتَ عَلَيْهِ عَاكِفًا ۖ لَّنُحَرِّقَنَّهُۥ ثُمَّ لَنَنسِفَنَّهُۥ فِى ٱلْيَمِّ نَسْفًا

[Moses] said, "Then go. And indeed, it is [decreed] for you in [this] life to say, 'No contact.' And indeed, you have an appointment [in the Hereafter] you will not fail to keep. And look at your 'god' to which you remained devoted. We will surely burn it and blow it [i.e., its ashes] into the sea with a blast.

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

قال موسى للسامري: فاذهب فإن عقوبتك في الحياة الدنيا أن تعيش منبوذًا تقول لكل أحد: لا أَمَسُّ ولا أُمَسُّ، وإن لك موعدا لعذابك وعقابك، لن يُخْلفك الله إياه، وسوف تلقاه، وانظر إلى معبودك الذي أقمت على عبادته لنُحرقنَّه بالنار، ثم لنُذرونَّه في البحر ذروا لتذهب به الريح؛ حتى لا يبقى منه أثر.

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