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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Allah the Exalted said: << ولقد وصلنا لهم القول لعلهم يتذكرون >

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And We have [repeatedly] conveyed to them the Qur'an that they might be reminded. ولقد وصلنا لهم القول لعلهم يتذكرون
[Al-Qasas 28:51]
We conveyedوصَّلنا
of the transmission and its original letters
Connect.وصل
The reaching of a thing is the attainment of its ultimate goal, and the meaning is that Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, emphasizes in this sentence—emphasizing with three letters, namely the oath, the lam, and qad—that He has conveyed the statement to them. And regarding His saying:
We conveyed to themوصلنا لهم
It is known that wasala (to convey) is transitive with ila (to), so one says wasala ilayhi (he conveyed to him), and one says wassala ilayhi (he conveyed to him) and awassala ilayhi (he conveyed to him); this is the known usage. Here, it was made transitive with lam (to), its transitivity with lam, because it includes the meaning of clarification, the meaning of reaching and clarification. For this reason, the author said in its interpretation:"We made it clear to them"
We made clearبينا
We have previously discussed how the Arabic language may cause a verb, or more broadly, a grammatical operator, to take a preposition other than its usual one. Why is this? We mentioned that grammarians have two approaches to this: the first is to attribute the variation to the preposition, and the second is to attribute it to the verb. For example, here is the clearest example for you: Allah the Exalted said:
A spring of which the [righteous] servants of Allah will drink عيناً يشرب بها عباد الله
[Al-Insan 76:6]
Is the spring drunk from, or is it drunk with? One drinks from the spring, just as one drinks from a vessel, but the spring is drunk from. The noble verse in which Allah said:
A spring of which the [righteous] servants of Allah will drink عيناً يشرب بها عباد الله
[Al-Insan 76:6]
So it is known that the verb here is transitive with a preposition other than the one it normally takes. Some grammarians said that the license is in the preposition, and that *ba* means *min*, making it partitive. Other grammarians said, rather, the license is in the verb *yashrab* (he drinks), and that it is implied to mean
is quenchedروِي يرْوى
So the meaning of *yashrabu biha* (he drinks with it) is that he is quenched by it if he drinks from it, and this is in fact the most correct of the two. The Basrans hold that this license should be returned to the license in the preposition, agreeing with them in expression. So here we say:
We conveyed to themوصلنا لهم
It is known that *wasala* or *wassala* is transitive with what—Maher!—*wasala* is transitive with which preposition? With *bi*.
toإلى
Here it is transitive with the letter lam, so we say: either the lam means
toإلى
, or we make
We conveyedوصَّل
.. clarification, so the meaning
We conveyed to them with clarificationوصَّلنا إليهم ببيان
conveyed to them the Qur'an وصلنا لهم القول
[Al-Qasas 28:51]
the speechالقول
The author says:"The Qur'an"And perhaps it is broader than what the author said; the intended meaning is "the saying," that is, our saying. Yes, so Allah the Exalted continues to send down to His servants, Glorified and Exalted is He, from His speech and His revelation, that which sets their affairs right, until the goal was reached. To where? — Oh Ghanim! — He, Glorified and Exalted is He, continued... like the flash of lightning... I say that Allah the Exalted continued to convey the saying to His servants, which is the revelation, until it reached Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), to the Qur'an.
We have [repeatedly] conveyed to them the Qur'an that they might be reminded. وصَّلنا لهم القول لعلهم يتذكرون
[Al-Qasas 28:51]
Meaning: We did not neglect them, but rather our statements continue to reach the creation and clarify to them
That they might rememberلعلهم يتذكرون
Perhapsلعل
Here, la'alla is for the cause, or in order that they may remember. Tadhakkur ... means the remembrance of a thing, but not for mere remembrance, but for taking a lesson from it. For this reason, the author, may Allah have mercy on him, always interprets "they remember" with its necessary consequence, which is taking a lesson. Otherwise, the original meaning of tadhakkur is that I remembered the thing, i.e., I was aware of it. But there is a necessary consequence, which is taking a lesson. As for mere remembrance without taking a lesson, this does not benefit. And the author says: "they take a lesson," meaning that the admonition and the statement affect them, and they believe.
Source alathar.net

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