Tabari (1 passage)

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   The Exalted — exalted be His renown — says: This Qurʾān is a proclamation (balāgh) for mankind; through it Allah has completed the establishment of the proof against them and removed their excuse by means of the admonitions and lessons He has sent down within it. وَلِيُنذَرُوا بِهِ: he says: and so that they may be warned thereby of the punishment of Allah and thereby be on their guard against His wrath — He has sent it down to His Prophet ﷺ. وَلِيَعْلَمُوا أَنَّمَا هُوَ إِلَٰهٌ وَاحِدٌ: he says: and so that, through the proofs by which He has established the case against them within it, they may know that He is one God, not multiple gods, as the polytheists (mushrikīn) say — that there is no god but He, to Whom belongs all that is in the heavens and on the earth, Who has subjected for them the sun, the moon, the night, and the day, Who has sent down water from the sky by which He has brought forth fruits as rizq for them, Who has subjected for them the ships so that they sail through the sea by His command, and Who has subjected for them the rivers. وَلِيَذَّكَّرَ أُولُو الْأَلْبَابِ: he says: and so that the people of intellect and understanding may remember and be admonished by the proofs that Allah has established for them in this Qurʾān, and be restrained from setting up another god alongside Him or worshipping anything else besides Him — for they are the people of reflection and remembrance, in contrast to those without intellect and understanding, for those are like cattle, indeed even further astray from the path.

   In accordance with what we have said the exegetes spoke.

   Mention of who said that:

   Yūnus related to me, saying: Ibn Wahb informed us, saying: Ibn Zayd said concerning هَٰذَا بَلَاغٌ لِّلنَّاسِ: he said: the Qurʾān. وَلِيُنذَرُوا بِهِ: he said: by the Qurʾān. وَلِيَعْلَمُوا أَنَّمَا هُوَ إِلَٰهٌ وَاحِدٌ وَلِيَذَّكَّرَ أُولُو الْأَلْبَابِ.

   End of the tafsīr of Sūrat Ibrāhīm — peace be upon him — and all praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the worlds.

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   يقول تعالى ذكره: هذا القرآن بلاغ للناس ، أبلغ الله به إليهم في الحجة عليهم ، وأعذر إليهم بما أنـزل فيه من مواعظه وعبره ( وَلِيُنْذَرُوا بِهِ ) يقول: ولينذروا عقاب الله ، ويحذروا به نقماته ، أنـزله إلى نبيه صلى الله عليه وسلم ( وَلِيَعْلَمُوا أَنَّمَا هُوَ إِلَهٌ وَاحِدٌ ) يقول: وليعلموا بما احتجّ به عليهم من الحجج فيه أنما هو إله واحد ، لا آلهة شتى ، كما يقول المشركون بالله ، وأن لا إله إلا هو الذي له ما في السماوات وما في الأرض ، الذي سخر لهم الشمس والقمر والليل والنهار وأنـزل من السماء ماء فأخرج به من الثمرات رزقا لهم ، وسخر لهم الفلك لتجري في البحر بأمره وسخر لهم الأنهار.( وَلِيَذَّكَّرَ أُولُو الألْبَابِ) يقول: وليتذكر فيتعظ بما احتجّ الله به عليه من حججه التي في هذا القرآن ، فينـزجر عن أن يجعل معه إلها غيره ، ويُشْرِك في عبادته شيئا سواه أهلُ الحجى والعقول ، فإنهم أهل الاعتبار والادّكار دون الذين لا عقول لهم ولا أفهام ، فإنهم كالأنعام بل هم أضلّ سبيلا. وبنحو الذي قلنا في ذلك ، قال أهل التأويل. * ذكر من قال ذلك: حدثني يونس ، قال : أخبرنا ابن وهب ، قال : قال ابن زيد ، في قوله ( هَذَا بَلاغٌ لِلنَّاسِ ) قال: القرآن ( وَلِيُنْذَرُوا بِهِ ) قال: بالقرآن.( وَلِيَعْلَمُوا أَنَّمَا هُوَ إِلَهٌ وَاحِدٌ وَلِيَذَّكَّرَ أُولُو الألْبَابِ) آخر تفسير سورة إبراهيم صلى الله عليه وسلم ، والحمد لله ربّ العالمين.