Tafseer of The Morning Star · At-Taariq · 86:13
Indeed, the Qur'an is a decisive statement,
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And His statement: ( إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلٌ فَصْلٌ — "Verily, it is a decisive word"). The Exalted, whose praise is exalted, says: verily, this word and this report is a decisive word; He says: a word that, through its clarity, makes a separation between the truth and the falsehood.
And in accordance with what we have said about this, the scholars of interpretation (ahl al-taʾwīl) have spoken, despite their mutual difference in its wording. Some said: a word of truth. And others said: a word of judgment.
* Mention of who said that:
ʿAlī related to me, he said: Abū Ṣāliḥ related to us, he said: Muʿāwiya related to me, on the authority of ʿAlī, on the authority of Ibn ʿAbbās, concerning His statement: ( إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلٌ فَصْلٌ ) — he says: truth.
Bishr related to us, he said: Yazīd related to us, he said: Saʿīd related to us, on the authority of Qatāda, concerning His statement: ( إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلٌ فَصْلٌ ) — that is to say: judgment.
