Tafseer of The Cattle · Al-An'aam · 6:98
And it is He who produced you from one soul and [gave you] a place of dwelling and of storage. We have detailed the signs for a people who understand.
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The discourse on the explanation of His saying: وَهُوَ الَّذِي أَنْشَأَكُمْ مِنْ نَفْسٍ وَاحِدَةٍ فَمُسْتَقَرٌّ وَمُسْتَوْدَعٌ قَدْ فَصَّلْنَا الْآيَاتِ لِقَوْمٍ يَفْقَهُونَ (98) (And it is He who produced you from a single soul; there is a place of dwelling and a place of storage. We have expounded the signs for a people who understand.) (98)
Abū Jaʿfar said: The Exalted, whose praise is proclaimed, says: And your God, O you who associate others with Allah besides Him, is الَّذِي أَنْشَأَكُمْ ("who produced you"), that is: He who began your creation out of nothing, and brought you into existence after you were nothing. مِنْ نَفْسٍ وَاحِدَةٍ ("from a single soul"), that is: from Ādam, as in:
13613 — Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥusayn related to me, saying: Aḥmad ibn al-Mufaḍḍal related to us, saying: Asbāṭ related to us, on the authority of al-Suddī: مِنْ نَفْسٍ وَاحِدَةٍ ("from a single soul"), he said: Ādam — peace be upon him.
13614 — Bishr ibn Muʿādh related to us, saying: Yazīd related to us, saying: Saʿīd related to us, on the authority of Qatāda concerning His saying: وَهُوَ الَّذِي أَنْشَأَكُمْ مِنْ نَفْسٍ وَاحِدَةٍ ("and it is He who produced you from a single soul"), from Ādam — peace be upon him.
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As for His saying فَمُسْتَقَرٌّ وَمُسْتَوْدَعٌ ("there is a place of dwelling and a place of storage"): the people of interpretation differed about its explanation.
Some of them said: its meaning is: and it is He who produced you from a single soul, and some of you dwell (mustaqirr) in the womb, and some of you are deposited (mustawdaʿ) in the grave until Allah raises him for the rising of the Resurrection.
* Mention of those who said that:
13615 — Abū Kurayb related to us, saying: Abū Muʿāwiya related to us, on the authority of Ismāʿīl ibn Abī Khālid, on the authority of Ibrāhīm, on the authority of ʿAbdallāh: وَيَعْلَمُ مُسْتَقَرَّهَا وَمُسْتَوْدَعَهَا [sūra Hūd: 6] (and He knows its place of dwelling and its place of storage). He said: مُسْتَقَرَّهَا ("its place of dwelling"), in the wombs. وَمُسْتَوْدَعَهَا ("and its place of storage"), where it dies.
13616 — Yaʿqūb related to me, saying: Hushaym related to us, on the authority of Ismāʿīl, on the authority of Ibrāhīm, on the authority of ʿAbdallāh, that he said: "the place of storage" (al-mustawdaʿ) is where it dies, and "the place of dwelling" (al-mustaqarr) is what is in the womb.
13617 — It was related to me on the authority of ʿUbaydallāh ibn Mūsā, on the authority of Isrāʾīl, on the authority of al-Suddī, on the authority of Murra, on the authority of ʿAbdallāh ibn Masʿūd, he said: "the place of dwelling" is the womb, and "the place of storage" is the place where it dies.
13618 — Muḥammad ibn ʿUbayd al-Muḥāribī related to me, saying: Muḥammad ibn Fuḍayl and ʿAlī ibn Hāshim related to us, on the authority of Ismāʿīl ibn Abī Khālid, on the authority of Ibrāhīm: وَيَعْلَمُ مُسْتَقَرَّهَا وَمُسْتَوْدَعَهَا (and He knows its place of dwelling and its place of storage), he said: مُسْتَقَرَّهَا ("its place of dwelling"), in the wombs. وَمُسْتَوْدَعَهَا ("and its place of storage"), in the earth, where it dies therein.
13619 — Abū Kurayb and Abū al-Sāʾib related to us, both of them saying: Ibn Idrīs related to us, on the authority of Layth, on the authority of Miqsam, he said: مُسْتَقَرَّهَا ("its place of dwelling"), in the spinal column, to which it returns. وَمُسْتَوْدَعَهَا ("and its place of storage"), where it dies.
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Others said: "the place of storage" is what is in the loins (spinal column) of the fathers, and "the place of dwelling" is what is in the bellies of the women, and in the belly of the earth, or on its surface.
* Mention of those who said that:
13620 — Yaʿqūb ibn Ibrāhīm related to me, saying: Ibn ʿUlayya related to us, saying: Kulthūm ibn Jabr related to us, on the authority of Saʿīd ibn Jubayr concerning His saying فَمُسْتَقَرٌّ وَمُسْتَوْدَعٌ ("there is a place of dwelling and a place of storage"), he said: they are deposited so long as they are in the loins of the men. When they then come to rest in the wombs of the women, or on the surface of the earth, or within it, then they have dwelt.
13621 — Ibn Ḥumayd related to us, saying: Ibn ʿUlayya related to us, on the authority of Kulthūm ibn Jabr, on the authority of Saʿīd ibn Jubayr: فَمُسْتَقَرٌّ وَمُسْتَوْدَعٌ ("there is a place of dwelling and a place of storage"), he said: they are deposited so long as they are in the loins of the men. When they then come to rest in the wombs of the women or on the surface of the earth, then they have dwelt.
13622 — Muḥammad ibn al-Muthannā related to us, saying: Muḥammad ibn Jaʿfar related to us, saying: Shuʿba related to us, on the authority of al-Mughīra ibn al-Nuʿmān, on the authority of Saʿīd ibn Jubayr, he said: Ibn ʿAbbās said: وَيَعْلَمُ مُسْتَقَرَّهَا وَمُسْتَوْدَعَهَا [sūra Hūd: 6] (and He knows its place of dwelling and its place of storage), he said: "the place of storage" is in the spinal column, and "the place of dwelling" is what is on the surface of the earth or in the earth.
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Others said: no, its meaning is: there is a place of dwelling in the earth on its surface, and a place of storage with Allah.
* Mention of those who said that:
13623 — Ibn Wakīʿ related to us, saying: Yaḥyā ibn Yamān related to us, on the authority of Sufyān, on the authority of al-Mughīra, on the authority of Abī al-Jabr ibn Tamīm ibn Ḥadhlam, on the authority of Saʿīd ibn Jubayr, on the authority of Ibn ʿAbbās: "the place of dwelling" is the earth, and "the place of storage" is with the Most Merciful.
13624 — Ibn Wakīʿ related to us, saying: ʿUbaydallāh related to us, on the authority of Isrāʾīl, on the authority of Ibn Abī Najīḥ, on the authority of Mujāhid, he said: "the place of dwelling" is the earth, and "the place of storage" is with your Lord.
13625 — Al-Ḥasan ibn Yaḥyā related to us, saying: ʿAbd al-Razzāq informed us, saying: Ibn ʿUyayna informed us, on the authority of Ismāʿīl ibn Abī Khālid, on the authority of Ibrāhīm, he said: ʿAbdallāh said: مُسْتَقَرَّهَا ("its place of dwelling"), in this world, وَمُسْتَوْدَعَهَا ("and its place of storage"), in the Hereafter — that is: فَمُسْتَقَرٌّ وَمُسْتَوْدَعٌ ("there is a place of dwelling and a place of storage").
13626 — Al-Muthannā related to me, saying: Suwayd ibn Naṣr related to us, saying: Ibn al-Mubārak informed us, on the authority of Shuʿba, on the authority of Abī Bishr, on the authority of Saʿīd ibn Jubayr, he said: "the place of storage" is in the spinal column, and "the place of dwelling" is in the Hereafter and on the surface of the earth.
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Others said: its meaning is: there is a place of dwelling in the womb, and a place of storage in the spinal column.
* Mention of those who said that:
13627 — Hannād related to us, saying: Abū al-Aḥwaṣ related to us, on the authority of Abī al-Ḥārith, on the authority of ʿIkrima, on the authority of Ibn ʿAbbās concerning the saying of Allah: فَمُسْتَقَرٌّ وَمُسْتَوْدَعٌ ("there is a place of dwelling and a place of storage"), he said: a place of dwelling in the womb, and a place of storage in the spinal column — not yet created, it will be created.
13628 — Ibn Wakīʿ related to us, saying: Jarīr related to us, on the authority of Yaḥyā al-Jābir, on the authority of ʿIkrima: فَمُسْتَقَرٌّ وَمُسْتَوْدَعٌ ("there is a place of dwelling and a place of storage"), he said: "the place of dwelling" is the one who has already dwelt in the womb, and "the place of storage" is the one who has already been deposited in the spinal column.
13629 — Ibn Ḥumayd related to us, saying: Jarīr related to us, on the authority of Mughīra, on the authority of Abī al-Jabr Tamīm, on the authority of Saʿīd ibn Jubayr, he said: Ibn ʿAbbās said: Ask! So I said: فَمُسْتَقَرٌّ وَمُسْتَوْدَعٌ ("there is a place of dwelling and a place of storage")? He said: "the place of dwelling" is in the womb, and "the place of storage" is what is deposited in the spinal column.
13630 — Abū Kurayb and Abū al-Sāʾib related to us, both of them saying: Ibn Idrīs related to us, on the authority of Qābūs, on the authority of his father, on the authority of Ibn ʿAbbās concerning His saying: فَمُسْتَقَرٌّ وَمُسْتَوْدَعٌ ("there is a place of dwelling and a place of storage"), he said: "the place of dwelling" is the womb, and "the place of storage" is what is with the Lord of the worlds, of that which He is going to create but has not yet created.
13631 — Yaʿqūb related to me, saying: Hushaym related to us, saying: Abū Bishr informed us, on the authority of Saʿīd ibn Jubayr, on the authority of Ibn ʿAbbās concerning His saying: وَيَعْلَمُ مُسْتَقَرَّهَا وَمُسْتَوْدَعَهَا [sūra Hūd: 6] (and He knows its place of dwelling and its place of storage), he said: "the place of dwelling" is what is in the womb of what is alive and of what has already died, and "the place of storage" is what is in the spinal column.
13632 — Yaʿqūb related to me, saying: Hushaym related to us, saying: Abū Bishr informed us, on the authority of Saʿīd ibn Jubayr, he said: Ibn ʿAbbās said to me — and that was before my face had come out (that is, before my beard had begun to grow): Have you married, O Ibn Jubayr? He said: I said: No, and I have no desire for that on this day! He then said: Well, in spite of that, what is deposited (mustawdaʿīn) in your spinal column will come out.
13633 — Ibn Bashshār related to us, saying: Muḥammad ibn Jaʿfar related to us, saying: Shuʿba related to us, on the authority of Abī Bishr, on the authority of Saʿīd ibn Jubayr, he said: Ibn ʿAbbās said to me: Have you married? I said: No! He then struck my back and said: What is deposited in your back will come out.
13634 — Muḥammad ibn Saʿd related to me, saying: my father related to me, saying: my uncle related to me, saying: my father related to me, on the authority of his father, on the authority of Ibn ʿAbbās concerning His saying: فَمُسْتَقَرٌّ وَمُسْتَوْدَعٌ ("there is a place of dwelling and a place of storage"), he said: "the place of dwelling" is in the wombs, and "the place of storage" is in the spinal column — not yet created, and He is its Creator.
13635 — Al-Muthannā related to me, saying: ʿAbdallāh ibn Ṣāliḥ related to us, saying: Muʿāwiya ibn Ṣāliḥ related to me, on the authority of ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭalḥa, on the authority of Ibn ʿAbbās: فَمُسْتَقَرٌّ وَمُسْتَوْدَعٌ ("there is a place of dwelling and a place of storage"), he said: "the place of dwelling" is in the womb, and "the place of storage" is what is deposited in the loins of the men and of the beasts of burden.
13636 — Ibn Wakīʿ related to us, saying: Jarīr related to us, on the authority of Layth, on the authority of Mujāhid, he said: "the place of dwelling" is what has dwelt in the womb, and "the place of storage" is what is deposited in the spinal column.
13637 — Ibn Wakīʿ related to us, saying: Jarīr related to us, on the authority of Mughīra, on the authority of Abī al-Jabr ibn Tamīm, on the authority of Saʿīd ibn Jubayr, on the authority of Ibn ʿAbbās, with something similar.
13638 — Hannād related to us, saying: ʿUbayda ibn Ḥumayd related to us, on the authority of ʿAmmār al-Duhnī, on the authority of a man, on the authority of Kurayb, he said: Ibn ʿAbbās called me and said: Write: "In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate. From ʿAbdallāh ibn ʿAbbās to so-and-so, the scholar (ḥabr) of Taymāʾ. Peace be upon you, for I praise before you Allah, besides whom there is no god. To proceed —" He said: I then said: Do you begin it by saying: "Peace be upon you"? He said: Indeed, Allah is al-Salām (the Peace). Then he said: Write: "Peace be upon you. To proceed: tell me about: مُسْتَقَرٌّ وَمُسْتَوْدَعٌ ('a place of dwelling and a place of storage')." He said: Then he sent me with the letter to the Jew, and I gave it to him. When he looked at it, he said: Welcome to the letter of my dear friend among the Muslims! He took me to his house and opened great chests of his, and began putting those things away without looking at them. He said: I said: What is the matter with you? He said: These are things that the Jews have written! — until he brought forth the book of Mūsā — peace be upon him. He said: He looked at it twice and then said: "the place of dwelling" is the womb. He said: Then he recited: وَنُقِرُّ فِي الْأَرْحَامِ مَا نَشَاءُ [sūra al-Ḥajj: 5] (and We cause to dwell in the wombs what We will), and he recited: وَلَكُمْ فِي الْأَرْضِ مُسْتَقَرٌّ وَمَتَاعٌ [sūra al-Baqara: 36, sūra al-Aʿrāf: 24] (and for you there is upon the earth a place of dwelling and an enjoyment). He said: his place of dwelling is above the earth, and his place of dwelling is in the womb, and his place of dwelling is beneath the earth, until he comes to the Garden or to the Fire.
13639 — Hannād related to us, saying: Qabīṣa related to us, on the authority of Sufyān, on the authority of Ibn Jurayj, on the authority of ʿAṭāʾ: فَمُسْتَقَرٌّ وَمُسْتَوْدَعٌ ("there is a place of dwelling and a place of storage"), he said: "the place of dwelling" is what has dwelt in the wombs of the women, and "the place of storage" is what is deposited in the loins of the men.
13640 — Ibn Wakīʿ related to us, saying: ʿUbaydallāh related to us, on the authority of Sufyān, on the authority of Ibn Jurayj, on the authority of ʿAṭāʾ, he said: "the place of dwelling" is the womb, and "the place of storage" is in the loins of the men.
13641 — Ibn Wakīʿ related to us, saying: Rawḥ ibn ʿUbāda related to us, on the authority of Ibn Jurayj, on the authority of ʿAṭāʾ — and on the authority of Ibn Abī Najīḥ, on the authority of Mujāhid — he said: "the place of dwelling" is the womb, and "the place of storage" is in the loins.
13642 — Muḥammad ibn ʿAmr related to me, saying: Abū ʿĀṣim related to us, saying: ʿĪsā related to us, on the authority of Ibn Abī Najīḥ, on the authority of Mujāhid: فَمُسْتَقَرٌّ ("a place of dwelling"), what has dwelt in the wombs of the women, وَمُسْتَوْدَعٌ ("and a place of storage"), what is in the loins of the men.
13643 — Al-Muthannā related to me, saying: Abū Ḥudhayfa related to us, saying: Shibl related to us, on the authority of Ibn Abī Najīḥ, on the authority of Mujāhid, with something similar.
13644 — Ibn Ḥumayd and Ibn Wakīʿ related to us, both of them saying: Jarīr related to us, on the authority of Layth, on the authority of Mujāhid, he said: "the place of dwelling" is what has dwelt in the womb, and "the place of storage" is what is deposited in the spinal column.
13645 — Ibn Wakīʿ related to us, saying: Yaḥyā ibn Yamān related to us, on the authority of Sufyān, on the authority of Ibn Abī Najīḥ, on the authority of Mujāhid, he said: "the place of dwelling" is the womb, and "the place of storage" is the spinal column.
13646 — Ibn Wakīʿ related to us, saying: Muʿādh ibn Muʿādh related to us, on the authority of Ibn ʿAwn, he said: We came to Ibrāhīm toward evening, and they informed us that he had died. We said: Did anyone ask him anything? They said: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn al-Aswad, about "the place of dwelling" and "the place of storage." He then said: "the place of dwelling" is in the womb, and "the place of storage" is in the spinal column.
13647 — Ḥumayd ibn Masʿada related to us, saying: Bishr ibn al-Mufaḍḍal related to us, saying: Ibn ʿAwn related to us, he said: We came to Ibrāhīm, and he had already died. He said: Some of them told me that ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn al-Aswad had asked him before he died about "the place of dwelling" and "the place of storage," and he said: "the place of dwelling" is in the womb, and "the place of storage" is in the spinal column.
13648 — Yaʿqūb ibn Ibrāhīm related to me, saying: Ibn ʿUlayya related to us, on the authority of Ibn ʿAwn: We came to the house of Ibrāhīm and asked for him, and they said: He has died. And ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn al-Aswad had asked him — and he mentioned something similar.
13649 — Yaʿqūb ibn Ibrāhīm related this to me, saying: Ibn ʿUlayya related to us, on the authority of Ibn ʿAwn: that it had reached him that ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn al-Aswad had asked Ibrāhīm about that — and he mentioned something similar.
13650 — ʿUbaydallāh ibn Muḥammad al-Firyābī related to us, saying: Ḍamra ibn Rabīʿa related to us, on the authority of al-ʿAlāʾ ibn Hārūn, he said: I reached the house of Ibrāhīm when he had died, and I said to them: Did anyone ask him anything? They said: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn al-Aswad asked him about "a place of dwelling and a place of storage," and he said: as for "the place of dwelling," that is what has dwelt in the wombs of the women, and "the place of storage" is what is in the loins of the men.
13651 — Abū Kurayb and Abū al-Sāʾib related to us, both of them saying: Ibn Idrīs related to us, on the authority of Layth, on the authority of Mujāhid concerning فَمُسْتَقَرٌّ وَمُسْتَوْدَعٌ ("there is a place of dwelling and a place of storage"), he said: "the place of dwelling" is the womb, and "the place of storage" is the spinal column.
13652 — Yūnus related to me, saying: Sufyān related to me, on the authority of a man who related it to him, on the authority of Saʿīd ibn Jubayr, he said: Ibn ʿAbbās said to me: Will you not marry? Then he said: Indeed, I say this to you, and I know for certain that Allah will bring forth from your spinal column what was deposited therein.
13653 — Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥusayn related to me, saying: Aḥmad ibn al-Mufaḍḍal related to us, saying: Asbāṭ related to us, on the authority of al-Suddī, he said: "the place of dwelling" is in the womb, and "the place of storage" is in the spinal column.
13654 — Bishr ibn Muʿādh related to us, saying: Yazīd related to us, saying: Saʿīd related to us, on the authority of Qatāda, on the authority of Ibn ʿAbbās: فَمُسْتَقَرٌّ وَمُسْتَوْدَعٌ ("there is a place of dwelling and a place of storage"), he said: "a place of dwelling" is in the womb, and "a place of storage" is in the spinal column.
13655 — Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Aʿlā related to us, saying: Muḥammad ibn Thawr related to us, on the authority of Maʿmar, on the authority of Qatāda: فَمُسْتَقَرٌّ وَمُسْتَوْدَعٌ ("there is a place of dwelling and a place of storage"), he said: "a place of dwelling" is in the womb, and "a place of storage" is in the spinal column.
13656 — It was related to me on the authority of al-Ḥusayn ibn al-Faraj, he said: I heard Abū Muʿādh saying: ʿUbayd ibn Sulaymān related to us, on the authority of al-Ḍaḥḥāk: فَمُسْتَقَرٌّ وَمُسْتَوْدَعٌ ("there is a place of dwelling and a place of storage"), as for "a place of dwelling," that is what has dwelt in the womb, and as for "a place of storage," that is what is deposited in the spinal column.
13657 — Yūnus related to me, saying: Ibn Wahb informed us, saying: Ibn Zayd said concerning His saying: فَمُسْتَقَرٌّ وَمُسْتَوْدَعٌ ("there is a place of dwelling and a place of storage"), he said: "a place of dwelling" is in the wombs, and "a place of storage" is in the loins.
13658 — Al-Muthannā related to me, saying: al-Ḥajjāj ibn al-Minhāl related to us, saying: Ḥammād related to us, on the authority of ʿAṭāʾ ibn al-Sāʾib, on the authority of Saʿīd ibn Jubayr — and Abī Ḥamza, on the authority of Ibrāhīm — both of them said concerning "a place of dwelling and a place of storage": "the place of dwelling" is in the womb, and "the place of storage" is in the spinal column.
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Others said: "the place of dwelling" is in the grave, and "the place of storage" is in this world.
* Mention of those who said that:
13659 — Bishr ibn Muʿādh related to us, saying: Yazīd ibn Zurayʿ related to us, saying: Saʿīd related to us, on the authority of Qatāda, he said: al-Ḥasan used always to say: "a place of dwelling" is in the grave, and "a place of storage" is in this world, and it is near that he should join his companion (in the grave).
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Abū Jaʿfar said: The most correct of the interpretations therein is that one says: Allah, exalted is His praise, intended by His saying فَمُسْتَقَرٌّ وَمُسْتَوْدَعٌ ("there is a place of dwelling and a place of storage") all His creatures whom He produced from a single soul, comprehensively, as dwelling (mustaqirr) and deposited (mustawdaʿ), and He did not single out one of these meanings to the exclusion of the other. There is no doubt that among the children of Ādam there is one dwelling in the womb, and one deposited in the spinal column; and among them is one who dwells on the surface of the earth or within it, and is deposited in the loins of the men; and among them is one who dwells in the grave, deposited on the surface of the earth. Thus every "dweller" or "deposited one" in one of these meanings is included in the generality of His saying فَمُسْتَقَرٌّ وَمُسْتَوْدَعٌ ("there is a place of dwelling and a place of storage") and intended by it — unless there comes a report to which one must submit, that by it one of the meanings is intended to the exclusion of the other, and the specific to the exclusion of the general.
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The reciters differed over the recitation of His saying: فَمُسْتَقَرٌّ وَمُسْتَوْدَعٌ ("there is a place of dwelling and a place of storage").
The general body of reciters of the people of Medina and Kūfa recited it as (fa-mustaqarrun wa-mustawdaʿun), with the meaning: and among them is one whom Allah has caused to dwell in his place of dwelling, so that he is one made to dwell (mustaqar); and among them is one whom Allah has deposited in that in which He has deposited him, so that he is in it one deposited (mustawdaʿ).
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Some of the people of Medina and some of the people of Basra recited it as (fa-mustaqirrun), with a kasra on the "qāf," with the meaning: and among them is one who has come to dwell in his place of dwelling, so that he is in it one dwelling (mustaqirr).
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The most correct of the two recitations, in my view — even though both, in my view, have a sound basis — is (fa-mustaqarrun), with the meaning: Allah has caused him to dwell in his place of dwelling, so that the meaning in it and in "the deposited one" may agree with each other, inasmuch as of each of the two the agent is left unnamed, and inasmuch as the report about it is attributed to Allah, namely that He is the one who causes this one to dwell and deposits that one. The reason for this is that all agree that one recites His saying وَمُسْتَوْدَعٌ ("and a place of storage") with a fatḥa on the "dāl," in the form of that whose agent has been left unnamed. To make the first — namely His saying فَمُسْتَقَرٌّ ("there is a place of dwelling") — run parallel to it is therefore more fitting than to diverge from it.
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As for His saying قَدْ فَصَّلْنَا الْآيَاتِ لِقَوْمٍ يَفْقَهُونَ ("We have expounded the signs for a people who understand"): the Exalted says: We have made clear the proofs, and distinguished and confirmed the indications and signs, لِقَوْمٍ يَفْقَهُونَ ("for a people who understand") — the places where the proofs fall and the places of the lessons, and who understand the signs and the admonition. For when they take a lesson from that to which I have directed them — namely My producing the people whom they behold from a single soul, and My creating that which I have created therefrom of wondrous colors and forms — then they know that this is the work of One who has no equal and no partner, so that they would assign Him partners in their worship of Him, as in:
13660 — Bishr ibn Muʿādh related to us, saying: Yazīd related to us, saying: Saʿīd related to us, on the authority of Qatāda: قَدْ فَصَّلْنَا الْآيَاتِ لِقَوْمٍ يَفْقَهُونَ ("We have expounded the signs for a people who understand"), he says: We have made clear the signs for a people who understand.
