Tafseer of The Pen · Al-Qalam · 68:38
That indeed for you is whatever you choose?
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His statement: إِنَّ لَكُمْ فِيهِ لَمَا تَخَيَّرُونَ ("Indeed, therein you have whatever you choose"). He, exalted is His praise, says: indeed, in that you have whatever you choose for yourselves from among the matters. This is a command from Allah, a rebuke to this people, and a reproach to them for the falsehood that they used to utter and the lying desires that they used to harbor.