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

At-Tur 52:30

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أَمْ يَقُولُونَ شَاعِرٌ نَّتَرَبَّصُ بِهِۦ رَيْبَ ٱلْمَنُونِ

Or do they say [of you], "A poet for whom we await a misfortune of time"?

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ثم قال تعالى منكرا عليهم في قولهم في الرسول صلوات الله وسلامه عليه : ( أم يقولون شاعر نتربص به ريب المنون ) أي : قوارع الدهر . والمنون : الموت : يقولون : ننظره ونصبر عليه حتى يأتيه الموت فنستريح منه ومن شأنه ،

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