He is Closely Counting Every Single Thing They Do
November 1, 2023 § 2 Comments
Allaah said, “So do not be in haste against them ˹O Prophet˺, for indeed We are ˹closely˺ counting down their days.” [Maryam:84]
Aṭ-Ṭabarī said, “He عزّ ذكره is saying, ‘We only delay their destruction so that they can increase in sin. We are counting every single one of their deeds and adding them up—even the [very] breaths they take so that We can repay them for it all. And We have not left speeding up their destruction for any good that We have intended for them.’”
“Cursed were those who disbelieved among the Children of Israel by the tongue of David and of Jesus, the son of Mary. That was because they disobeyed and [habitually] transgressed.” [Maaʾidah:78]
October 16, 2023 § Leave a comment
Ibn ʿAbbās said, “They were cursed with every tongue. Cursed in the time of Moses (alaihis-salām) in the Tawrāh. Cursed in the time of David (alaihis-salām) in the Zabūr. Cursed in the time of Jesus (alaihis-salām) in the Injīl. And cursed in the time of Muhammad ﷺ in the Qurʾān.”
Mujāhid said, “They were cursed by the tongue of David and so become apes. And they were cursed by the tongue of Jesus and turned into pigs.”
Tafsīr aṭ-Ṭabarī.
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