Tafseer of The Moon · Al-Qamar · 54:27
Indeed, We are sending the she-camel as trial for them, so watch them and be patient.
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The explanation of the saying of the Exalted: إِنَّا مُرْسِلُو النَّاقَةِ فِتْنَةً لَهُمْ فَارْتَقِبْهُمْ وَاصْطَبِرْ "We are going to send the she-camel as a trial for them, so watch them and be patient." (54:27)
The Exalted, whose mention is exalted, says: We are going to send the she-camel which Thamūd asked Ṣāliḥ for, from the rocky hill from which they asked him to bring her forth, as a sign for them and as a proof for Ṣāliḥ of the truthfulness of his prophethood and the sincerity of his word.
And His saying فِتْنَةً لَهُمْ "as a trial for them" — He says: as a trial and a test for them: will they believe in Allah and follow Ṣāliḥ and hold him to be truthful in that to which he calls them, namely the oneness of Allah, when He sends the she-camel, or will they declare him a liar and deny Allah?
And His saying فَارْتَقِبْهُمْ "so watch them" — the Exalted, whose mention is exalted, says to Ṣāliḥ: We are going to send the she-camel as a trial for them, so watch them and observe carefully what they will do with her. وَاصْطَبِرْ "and be patient" — He says to him: Be patient in watching them and do not be hasty, and wait to see what they will do with the she-camel of Allah. And it has been said: وَاصْطَبِرْ — the original ṭāʾ is a tāʾ, which has been made into a ṭāʾ; for it is an iftaʿala form derived from al-ṣabr (patience).
