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

Al-Mulk 67:20

Word by word

أَمَّنْ هَـٰذَا ٱلَّذِى هُوَ جُندٌ لَّكُمْ يَنصُرُكُم مِّن دُونِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ۚ إِنِ ٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَ إِلَّا فِى غُرُورٍ

Or who is it that could be an army for you to aid you other than the Most Merciful? The disbelievers are not but in delusion.

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Mufti Muhammad Shafi

أَمَّنْ هَـٰذَا الَّذِي هُوَ جُندٌ لَّكُمْ يَنصُرُ‌كُم مِّن دُونِ الرَّ‌حْمَـٰنِ ۚ إِنِ الْكَافِرُ‌ونَ إِلَّا فِي غُرُ‌ورٍ‌ (Now, who is there to become a force for you to help you, except the Rahman? The disbelievers are in nothing but delusion...67:20).

Then the next verse warns the disbelievers that the sustenance Allah grants them by sending down rain from the clouds and by growing plants/ vegetation in the earth is not their personal property. It is a gift and bounty from Allah. If He wills, He can withhold it. This is the import of the following verse:

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