Tabari

Tafseer of The Rock · Al-Hijr · 15:23

وَإِنَّا لَنَحْنُ نُحْىِۦ وَنُمِيتُ وَنَحْنُ ٱلْوَٰرِثُونَ

And indeed, it is We who give life and cause death, and We are the Inheritor.

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Tabari (1 passage)

  1. Full Dutch translation of Tabari's text

    The Exalted -- exalted be His renown -- says: وَإِنَّا لَنَحْنُ نُحْيِي him who was dead, when We so will, وَنُمِيتُ him who was living, when We so will, وَنَحْنُ الْوَارِثُونَ: he says: We inherit the earth and whoever is upon it by causing them all to die, so that none remains alive but Us, when the appointed term arrives.

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    يقول تعالى ذكره: ( وَإِنَّا لَنَحْنُ نُحْيِي ) من كان ميتا إذا أردنا( ونُمِيتُ ) من كان حيا إذا شئنا( وَنَحْنُ الْوَارِثُونَ ) يقول: ونحن نرث الأرض ومن عليها بأن نميت جميعهم، فلا يبقى حيّ سوانا إذا جاء ذلك الأجل.