Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: “Are you disputing with him over what he sees?”
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Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: “Are you disputing with him over what he sees”]
Allah the Exalted said: [Surat al-Najm: 12] The interrogative here is for negation and wonder, and the meaning of “disputing with him” is: you argue with him with the intent of prevailing, which is why it is followed by “over” rather than “in”,Meaning: he did not say: “Are you disputing with him in what he sees”,Rather He said: “over what he sees” indicates that the action carries the meaning of striving to prevail,Meaning: are you arguing with him, intending to prevail over him “over what he sees” meaning: over something he saw, but he expressed the past in the present tense, indicating the presence of this thing, and that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), when he reported it, is as if he is seeing it now; because when a person reports about the past, someone might say: perhaps he forgot and made a mistake, but when he expresses it in the present tense, it is as if he is talking about something he is witnessing.
So is the meaning “over what he sees now” or “over what he saw before,” but he expressed what he saw in the present tense?
Allah the Exalted said:
