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

Fussilat 41:21

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وَقَالُوا۟ لِجُلُودِهِمْ لِمَ شَهِدتُّمْ عَلَيْنَا ۖ قَالُوٓا۟ أَنطَقَنَا ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنطَقَ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ وَهُوَ خَلَقَكُمْ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ

And they will say to their skins, "Why have you testified against us?" They will say, "We were made to speak by Allāh, who has made everything speak; and He created you the first time, and to Him you are returned.

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

وقال هؤلاء الذين يُحْشرون إلى النار من أعداء الله لجلودهم معاتبين: لِمَ شهدتم علينا؟ فأجابتهم جلودهم: أنطقنا الله الذي أنطق كل شيء، وهو الذي خلقكم أول مرة ولم تكونوا شيئًا، وإليه مصيركم بعد الموت للحساب والجزاء.

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