Tafseer of Jonas · Yunus · 10:46
And whether We show you some of what We promise them, [O Muhammad], or We take you in death, to Us is their return; then, [either way], Allah is a witness concerning what they are doing
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The explanation of the meaning of the word of Allah, the Exalted: وَإِمَّا نُرِيَنَّكَ بَعْضَ الَّذِي نَعِدُهُمْ أَوْ نَتَوَفَّيَنَّكَ فَإِلَيْنَا مَرْجِعُهُمْ ثُمَّ اللَّهُ شَهِيدٌ عَلَى مَا يَفْعَلُونَ (46)
(Whether We show you a part of that which We promise them, or We cause you to die — then to Us is their return; then Allah is Witness over what they do.)
Abū Jaʿfar says: Allah, blessed and exalted be His remembrance, says: "Whether We show you" — O Muḥammad — "during your life a part of that which We promise these polytheists (mushrikīn) of your people in punishment (ʿadhāb)," "or We cause you to die" before We show you that among them, "then to Us is their return" — that is to say: their final destination is in any case to Us, and their return is to Us. "Then Allah is Witness over what they do" — He, exalted be His praise, says: "Then I am Witness over the deeds that they used to perform in the world, and I am aware of them; nothing of that is hidden from Me, and I shall requite them for it when they return to Me and their return takes place, with the recompense that they deserve."
As in:
17663 — Al-Muthanná related to me, saying: Abū Ḥudhayfa related to us, saying: Shibel related to us, on the authority of Ibn Abī Najīḥ, on the authority of Mujāhid: وَإِمَّا نُرِيَنَّكَ بَعْضَ الَّذِي نَعِدُهُمْ — of the punishment during your life — أَوْ نَتَوَفَّيَنَّكَ — beforehand — فَإِلَيْنَا مَرْجِعُهُمْ .
17664 — Al-Muthanná related to me, saying: Isḥāq related to us, saying: Ibn Abī Jaʿfar related to us, on the authority of Warqāʾ, on the authority of Ibn Abī Najīḥ, on the authority of Mujāhid — in accordance with the foregoing.
17665 — Al-Qāsim related to us, saying: Al-Ḥusayn related to us, saying: Ḥajjāj related to me, on the authority of Ibn Jurayj, on the authority of Mujāhid — in accordance with the foregoing.
