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

Ali 'Imran 3:128

Word by word

لَيْسَ لَكَ مِنَ ٱلْأَمْرِ شَىْءٌ أَوْ يَتُوبَ عَلَيْهِمْ أَوْ يُعَذِّبَهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ ظَـٰلِمُونَ

Not for you, [O Muḥammad, but for Allāh], is the decision whether He should [cut them down] or forgive them or punish them, for indeed, they are wrongdoers.

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

ليس لك -أيها الرسول- من أمر العباد شيء، بل الأمر كله لله تعالى وحده لا شريك له، ولعل بعض هؤلاء الذين قاتلوك تنشرح صدورهم للإسلام فيسلموا، فيتوب الله عليهم. ومن بقي على كفره يعذبه الله في الدنيا والآخرة بسبب ظلمه وبغيه.

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