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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Commentary on Tafsir al-Jalalayn: ((Until when they came to it)) the word "ma" is superfluous ((their hearing, their sight, and their skins testified against them as to what they used to do)).

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Until, when they reach it, their hearing حتى إذا ما جاءوها شهد عليهم سمعُهم
[Fussilat 41:20]
to the end of it.
Until when they came to itحتى إذا ما
The author said: "superfluous", meaning the word
notما
is superfluous, because it occurred after
Ifإذا
, and whenever
notما
occurs after
Ifإذا
, it is superfluous. And you should memorize this verse:
O seeker, take a benefit:
notما
after
Ifإذا
is superfluous.
....
Until when they came to it حتى إذا ما جاءوها
He says:
not ما
"excess"
came to it جاءوها
meaning they reached it
their hearing and their eyes and their skins will testify against them of what they used to do. شَهِد عليهم سمعهم وأبصارهم وجلودهم بما كانوا يعملون
[Fussilat 41:20]
before entering it. These limbs will testify against them so that they enter while being certain that they were treated with justice and fairness. Does their hearing testify to what they heard of idle talk and forbidden speech, or does the hearing testify to all their actions? It carries two possibilities: either the meaning is that their hearing testified to what they heard of falsehood, their sight to what they witnessed of falsehood, and their skin to what they touched of falsehood; or that these limbs testify to every action they performed. Both are possible, and the second is greater: that the hearing testifies to what occurred through it, to what occurred through the sight, and to what occurred through touch. This is greater than if it testified only to what occurred through it.
their hearing and their eyes and their skins will testify against them of what they used to do. سمعُهم وأبصارُهم وجلودُهم بما كانوا يعملون
[Fussilat 41:20]
Is this after denial, or for verification and emphasis? The verse contains nothing indicating that, but it was said that these limbs, along with their hands and feet as in another verse, that this only occurs after their denial of having associated partners with Allah, as He the Exalted said:
Then there will be no [excuse upon] examination except they will say, "By Allah, our Lord, we were not those who associated." ثم لم تكن فتنتُهم إلا أن قالوا والله ربِّنا ما كنا مشركين
[Al-An'am 6:23]
And His saying:
their skinsجلودهم
"by what you touched" is more general than the testimony of the hearing and sight, because it includes the hand, the foot, the sense of smell, and so on, all of which are through contact.
Source alathar.net

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