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CH. 42 ASH-SHŪRĀ PT. 25 تَكَادُ السَّمُوتُ يَتَفَطَرْنَ مِنْ فَوْقِهِنَّ The heavens may well-nigh. 6 وَالْمَلكَةُ يُسَبِّحُونَ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّهِمْ and the angels glorify their وَيَسْتَغْفِرُونَ لِمَنْ فِي الْأَرْضِ أَلَا. forgiveness for those on earth اِنَّ اللهَ هُوَ الْغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ ) rend asunder from above them; Lord with His praise and ask Behold! it is surely Allah Who is the Most Forgiving, the Merciful. 3605 وَالَّذِينَ اتَّخَذُوا مِن دُونِةٍ اَوْلِيَاءَ اللهُ And as for those who take for. 7 beside حَفِيظٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَمَا أَنْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ بِوَكِيلٍ ;Him-Allah watches over them وَكَذَلِكَ أَوْحَيْنَا إِلَيْكَ قُرْآنًا عَرَبِيًّا b themselves protectors and thou art not a guardian over them. 3606 8. Thus have "We revealed to thee the Quran in Arabic, that لِتُنْذِرَ أُمَّ الْقُرَى وَمَنْ حَوْلَهَا وَتُنْذِرَ thou mayest warn the Mother of يَوْمَ الْجَمْعِ لَا رَيْبَ فِيهِ فَرِيقٌ فِي الْجَنَّةِ that thou mayest warn them of وَفَرِيقٌ فِي السَّعِيرِ towns, and all around it; and the Day of Gathering, whereof there is no doubt: A party will 13:14; 16:50-51. 6:108; 88:23. subject of revelation of the Quran as implied in the Divine attributes Ḥa Mīm, placed at its beginning. 3605. Commentary: The verse may mean that man's sins and his ingratitude are so great that their enormity might cause the heavens to rend asunder but God's mercy and forgiveness are greater 20:114; 39:29; 43:4; 46:13. d6:93. The reference in the verse may also be to the blasphemous dogma of the Sonship of Jesus, which is so heinous a doctrine that in spite of God's grace and mercy and of the fact that angels beg of God forgiveness for His sinful creatures, God will destroy those people who hold this belief. But to those who repent God is Most Forgiving and Merciful. 3606. Commentary: than man's sins. These Divine attributes demanded the revelation of the Quran in order that mankind The particle ✓✓ (over) being might be delivered from sin. Besides generally used in the sense of this, angels beg of God forgiveness "against," the meaning of the and mercy for His erring creatures. expression would be that 2826