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

Az-Zumar 39:19

Word by word

أَفَمَنْ حَقَّ عَلَيْهِ كَلِمَةُ ٱلْعَذَابِ أَفَأَنتَ تُنقِذُ مَن فِى ٱلنَّارِ

Then, is one who has deserved the decree of punishment [to be guided]? Then, can you save one who is in the Fire?

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يقول تعالى : أفمن كتب الله أنه شقي تقدر تنقذه مما هو فيه من الضلال والهلاك ؟ أي : لا يهديه أحد من بعد الله ; لأنه من يضلل الله فلا هادي له ، ومن يهده فلا مضل له .

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