Commentary on Tafsir al-Jalalayn: “But as for ‘Aad, they became arrogant in the land without right and said,” when they were warned of the punishment, “Who is stronger than us in power?”

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They said

قالوا

When they were warned of the punishment

Who is greater than us in strength?

مَن أشد منا قوة

[Fussilat 41:15]

” meaning: no one. And here, the question is meant as negation and denial. We have repeated many times that when a question is meant as denial and negation, it is more emphatic than simple negation, because it contains a challenge. And as you know, is an interrogative pronoun, and is the predicate of the subject, because is the subject and is the predicate of the subject, and is the qualifier for . One of the general rules is that if a noun in the accusative case comes after a superlative noun, it is a qualifier. meaning no one. Then the author mentioned an example of their strength, saying: “One of them would uproot a great rock from the mountain and place it wherever he wished”. This example may be true or it may be an Israelite narrative, because it is known that ‘Aad were what?
The student: They carved.

The Shaykh : If carving is established, it is possible they could carry the mountain. Where is their location? It is known that al-Ahqaf are all sand dunes, but in any case, whether this example is true or not, they were undoubtedly strong and fierce. So they said: Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He, responded to them: This is an affirmation that Allah the Exalted is stronger than they in power. He did not say: “That Allah is stronger,” but rather said: , to make clear their weakness and that they are created beings, and that the Creator will be stronger than they. The one who created them is stronger than they in power, because He is the one who gave them strength, and the Giver of perfection is more deserving of it. This is the wisdom behind His saying: He said: His statement: This is conjoined to His statement: , He said: “By Our signs, the miracles” meaning they lie, because denial is lying and rejection, especially since it is transitive with the preposition “by” which indicates that. The author’s statement: “By Our signs, our miracles,” is questionable, because the signs are the indicators and pointers to the Creator, Mighty and Majestic, and are not miracles. We have mentioned that miracles come as signs, and also from the devils through sorcerers and others. But if we say “signs,” its meaning becomes indicators pointing to the truth.