Tabari

Tafseer of The Overwhelming · Al-Ghaashiya · 88:18

وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ

And at the sky - how it is raised?

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Tabari (1 passage)

  1. Full Dutch translation of Tabari's text

    His statement: وَإِلَى السَّمَاءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ ("And at the heaven, how it is raised up?"). He, exalted is His praise, says: do they not also look at the heaven, how He has raised it up — He who has informed you that He has prepared for His protected ones what He has described, and for His enemies what He has mentioned — so that they may know that His power is the power that cannot be prevented from doing anything He wishes to do?

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    وقوله: ( وَإِلَى السَّمَاءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ ) يقول جلّ ثناؤه: أفلا ينظرون أيضا إلى السماء كيف رفعها الذي أخبركم أنه معِدّ لأوليائه ما وصف، ولأعدائه ما ذكر، فيعلموا أن قُدرته القدرة التي لا يُعجزه فعل شيء أراد فعله.