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

Al-Hashr 59:16

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كَمَثَلِ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنِ إِذْ قَالَ لِلْإِنسَـٰنِ ٱكْفُرْ فَلَمَّا كَفَرَ قَالَ إِنِّى بَرِىٓءٌ مِّنكَ إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ ٱللَّهَ رَبَّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

[The hypocrites are] like the example of Satan when he says to man, "Disbelieve." But when he disbelieves, he says, "Indeed, I am disassociated from you. Indeed, I fear Allāh, Lord of the worlds."

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

ومثل هؤلاء المنافقين في إغراء اليهود على القتال ووَعْدهم بالنصر على رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم، كمثل الشيطان حين زيَّن للإنسان الكفر ودعاه إليه، فلما كفر قال: إني بريء منك، إني أخاف الله رب الخلق أجمعين.

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