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Commentary on Tafsir al-Jalalayn: “Allah who sent down the Book” the Qur’an “with the truth” attached to “sent down” “and the balance” justice “and what

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The Shaykh : Allah the Exalted said:
It is Allah who has sent down the Book in truth and [also] the balance اللَّهُ الَّذِي أَنْزَلَ الْكِتَابَ بِالْحَقِّ وَالْمِيزَانَ
[Ash-Shuraa 42:17]

He said: "
the Book الكتاب
the Qur’an
with the truth بالحق
attached to sent down "
First, the author’s statement: “the Book means the Qur’an” is questionable, because the Book is more general than the Qur’an, as evidenced by the saying of Allah the Exalted:
We have already sent Our messengers with clear evidences and sent down with them the Scripture لَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا رُسُلَنَا بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ وَأَنْزَلْنَا مَعَهُمُ الْكِتَابَ بالحق والميزان
[Al-Hadid:25] You see that the verse we cited matches the verse we are discussing, and the author restricted the Book to the Qur’an, which is questionable. Rather, the correct view is that the Book refers to every book Allah sent down, so the al- here is for the genus. And his statement:
with the truth بالحق
the author says: " attached to sent down " On this basis, the meaning is that the sending down of these books from Allah is truth. But we say: the verse is more general than what the author said; it is sent down with the truth, meaning it was truly sent down from Allah, and it is also characterized by the truth, meaning it came with the truth. The difference between the two meanings is clear, because according to our interpretation, it includes that these books are truth from Allah, and that what these books brought is truth. So the ba here, according to the author’s statement, is for transitivity, and according to what we said, it is for transitivity and accompaniment or association.
with the truth and the balance بالحق والميزان
The author said: " justice " and he expressed justice as the balance because justice is known by it.
And what do you know وما يدريك
meaning what teaches you, O addressee.
Perhaps the Hour is near. لعل الساعة قريب
[Ash-Shuraa 42:17]
meaning its coming is near. And the author expressed: " meaning its coming " to match his statement:
near قريب
because qareeb is masculine, my brothers, and al-Sa’ah is feminine. The requirement would have been to say: “And what do you know, perhaps the Hour is near,” but he said: qareeb. The author needed to interpret this as “its coming” so that it would be masculine and qareeb would match it. So the verse, assuming the implied addition, led him to assume that the predicate is masculine and the Hour is feminine. Some scholars said: qareeb is an attribute that is the same for masculine and feminine, like qatil (one killed) and jarih (one wounded). He said: this has parallels in the Qur’an, among them the saying of Allah the Exalted:
And what may make you perceive? Perhaps the Hour is near." وما يدريك لعل الساعة تكون قريب
[Al-Ahzab 33:63]
and the saying of Allah the Exalted:
Indeed, the mercy of Allah is near to the doers of good. إن رحمت الله قريب من المحسنين
[Al-A'raf 7:56]
He said: when its masculinization became consistent in several places, it must be said that qareeb means this word is the same for masculine and feminine. Based on this, we do not need to assume an implied addition, because the default in speech is no assumption.
near قريب
And true is Allah, Mighty and Majestic. The Hour, no matter how long the time, is near, not in terms of the general Hour, nor in terms of the specific Hour. The specific Hour is the Hour of each person according to his case. Is the Hour of each of us near or far? Near. Even if we reach thousands of years, because what has passed of your years is as if it were nothing; what passed yesterday as if it had not been, and the day of your birth as if it were yesterday. So the Hour is near in consideration of each person himself. And likewise the great Hour is also near, as Allah the Exalted said:
It will be, on the Day they see it, as though they had not remained [in the world] except for an afternoon or a morning thereof. كأنهم يوم يرونها لم يلبثوا إلا عشية أو ضحاها
[An-Nazi'at 79:46]
And what will make you perceive? Perhaps the Hour is near. وما يدريك لعل الساعة قريب
[Ash-Shuraa 42:17]
And among the expressions of people: " Every coming thing is near and every past thing is far " The author said: " And la‘alla suspends the verb from acting, and what follows it fills the place of two objects " Is this foreign speech or Arabic?
And what do you know? وما يدريك
It takes three objects:
The first object is present, and it is his statement:
And what do you know? وما يدريك
.
The second and third objects are made accusative by it, but it is suspended from acting by the coming of la‘alla, because la‘alla is one that suspends the verbs of the heart from acting, so it fills the place of the two objects. Now you understand that la‘alla suspends the verb from acting. Where is la‘alla?
Perhaps the Hour is near. لعل الساعة قريب
[Ash-Shuraa 42:17]
Where is the suspended verb? Ya‘lamuka (teaches you). And what follows it, meaning what is after la‘alla, fills the place of the two objects. Where is what is after la‘alla?
The Hour is near. الساعة قريب
So here la‘alla suspended it from acting, meaning it nullified its action in form but not in place. And the suspended particles are many; Ibn Malik (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned them in the Alfiyyah, so refer to them.
Source alathar.net

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