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

Al-Ahzab 33:38

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مَّا كَانَ عَلَى ٱلنَّبِىِّ مِنْ حَرَجٍ فِيمَا فَرَضَ ٱللَّهُ لَهُۥ ۖ سُنَّةَ ٱللَّهِ فِى ٱلَّذِينَ خَلَوْا۟ مِن قَبْلُ ۚ وَكَانَ أَمْرُ ٱللَّهِ قَدَرًا مَّقْدُورًا

There is not to be upon the Prophet any discomfort concerning that which Allāh has imposed upon him. [This is] the established way of Allāh with those [prophets] who have passed on before. And ever is the command of Allāh a destiny decreed.

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

ما كان على النبيِّ محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم من ذنب فيما أحلَّ الله له من زواج امرأة مَن تبنَّاه بعد طلاقها، كما أباحه للأنبياء قبله، سنة الله في الذين خَلَوا من قبل، وكان أمر الله قدرًا مقدورًا لا بد من وقوعه.

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