Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: ((And Allah was Seeing of what you did))

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And ever is Allah, of what

وَكَانَ اللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ

[Al-Ahzab 33:9]

"With the taa from digging the trench, and with the yaa from the plotting of the polytheists" means there are two readings in it:

of what they do

بما يعملون

and

of what you do, is Seeing

بما تعملون بَصِيرًا

[Al-Baqarah 2:265-266]

His saying:

and We sent upon them a wind

فَأَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ رِيحًا

[Al-Ahzab 33:9]

What is this wind? I told you it is the eastern wind, and that is why it came in the hadith:

I have been helped by the east wind and the 'Ad were destroyed by the west wind.

نصرت بالصبا وأهلكت عاد بالدبور

Sahih Muslim 900a

The Dabur is the western wind. Yes, he says:

of what you do

بما تعملون

"With the taa from digging the trench" but this specification of the verse is not appropriate. Take note of this. Why is it not appropriate? Because if we specify the generality in the verse, we restrict the meaning of the word, or we restrict the word to part of its meaning. The correct view is that it is

of what they do

بما تعملون

from digging the trench and everything else you did in this expedition.

Seeing

بصير

That is, All-Knowing, or

of what they do

بما يعملون

meaning the armies.

when armies came to [attack] you

إِذْ جَاءَتْكُمْ جُنُودٌ

[Al-Ahzab 33:9]

So Allah the Exalted was Seeing of what they did, regarding their plotting against the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and their coming to the land of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) in order to eliminate him, as they claimed.

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