Aal-i-Imraan • EN-AL-QUSHAIRI-TAFSIR
﴿ مِن قَبْلُ هُدًۭى لِّلنَّاسِ وَأَنزَلَ ٱلْفُرْقَانَ ۗ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌۭ شَدِيدٌۭ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَزِيزٌۭ ذُو ٱنتِقَامٍ ﴾
“aforetime, as a guidance unto mankind, and it is He who has bestowed [upon man] the standard by which to discern the true from the false. Behold, as for those who are bent on denying God's messages - grievous suffering awaits them: for God is almighty, an avenger of evil.”
He has revealed to you the Book by the truth �You did not know O Muḥammad what the Book was nor the story of the lovers. But a matter of pre-eternal choosing came suddenly upon you and cast you into an amazing affair its proof sublime its place of descent and occurrence precious.� confirming what was before it that is verifying His promise to you in the books that came through the prophets [���� ������]. and He revealed the Torah and the Gospel before as guidance to people and He revealed the criterion. That is to say �Even though We revealed Our books to the messengers before you We did not omit the remembrance dhikr of you from any book.� The one who spoke for them said: With me from our absent beloveds are pages. The remembrance of you is their title page. �Just as We have extended the lights of the prophets through you We have adorned all that We have revealed in remembrances with your remembrance.� As for those who disbelieve in God's signs for them awaits a terrible chastisement. [The chastisement] is the ignominy of the veil but they do not perceive [this]. God is Precious ʿazīz to His friends Lord of Retribution to His enemies. Everyone seeks what is precious but most do not find it.