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

Saba 34:21

Word by word

وَمَا كَانَ لَهُۥ عَلَيْهِم مِّن سُلْطَـٰنٍ إِلَّا لِنَعْلَمَ مَن يُؤْمِنُ بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ مِمَّنْ هُوَ مِنْهَا فِى شَكٍّ ۗ وَرَبُّكَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ حَفِيظٌ

And he had over them no authority except [it was decreed] that We might make evident who believes in the Hereafter from who is thereof in doubt. And your Lord, over all things, is Guardian.

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

وما كان لإبليس على هؤلاء الكفار مِن قهر على الكفر، ولكن حكمة الله اقتضت تسويله لبني آدم; ليظهر ما علمه سبحانه في الأزل؛ لنميز مَن يصدِّق بالبعث والثواب والعقاب ممن هو في شك من ذلك. وربك على كل شيء حفيظ، يحفظه ويجازي عليه.

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