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

Fatir 35:45

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وَلَوْ يُؤَاخِذُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلنَّاسَ بِمَا كَسَبُوا۟ مَا تَرَكَ عَلَىٰ ظَهْرِهَا مِن دَآبَّةٍ وَلَـٰكِن يُؤَخِّرُهُمْ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى ۖ فَإِذَا جَآءَ أَجَلُهُمْ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ بِعِبَادِهِۦ بَصِيرًۢا

And if Allāh were to impose blame on the people for what they have earned, He would not leave upon it [i.e., the earth] any creature. But He defers them for a specified term. And when their time comes, then indeed Allāh has ever been, of His servants, Seeing.

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

ولو يعاقب الله الناس بما عملوا من الذنوب والمعاصي ما ترك على ظهر الأرض من دابة تَدِبُّ عليها، ولكن يُمْهلهم ويؤخر عقابهم إلى وقت معلوم عنده، فإذا جاء وقت عقابهم فإن الله كان بعباده بصيرًا، لا يخفى عليه أحد منهم، ولا يعزب عنه علم شيء من أمورهم، وسيجازيهم بما عملوا من خير أو شر.

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