Tabari (1 passage)

1. Full Dutch translation of Tabari's text

   The explanation of the words of Allah the Exalted: إِنَّا قَدْ أُوحِيَ إِلَيْنَا أَنَّ الْعَذَابَ عَلَى مَنْ كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّى (20:48)

   (Verily, it has been revealed to us that the punishment rests upon whoever lies and turns away.)

   Allah the Exalted says to His messenger Mūsā and Hārūn: say to Pharaoh: it has been revealed to us by your Lord that His punishment—which knows no end and no ceasing—rests upon whoever lies about that to which we summon him: the oneness of Allah and obedience to Him and the answering of His messengers. وَتَوَلَّى —that is to say: he turned around, turning away from the truth which we have brought him.

   As Bishr related to us, he said: Yazīd related to us, he said: Saʿīd related to us, on the authority of Qatāda, concerning His word أَنَّ الْعَذَابَ عَلَى مَنْ كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّى : he denied the Book of Allah and turned away from obedience to Allah.

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   القول في تأويل قوله تعالى : إِنَّا قَدْ أُوحِيَ إِلَيْنَا أَنَّ الْعَذَابَ عَلَى مَنْ كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّى (48) يقول تعالى ذكره لرسوله موسى وهارون: قولا لفرعون إنا قد أوحى إلينا ربك أن عذابه الذي لا نفاد له، ولا انقطاع على من كذب بما ندعوه إليه من توحيد الله وطاعته، وإجابة رسله (وتولى) يقول: وأدبر مُعرضا عما جئناه به من الحقّ. كما حدثنا بشر، قال: ثنا يزيد، قال: ثنا سعيد، عن قتادة، قوله ( أَنَّ الْعَذَابَ عَلَى مَنْ كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّى ) كذب بكتاب الله، وتولى عن طاعة الله.