Guidance on the recitation: {But you prefer the life of this world} with (Bal yu'thirun...)
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He also has another question regarding recitation. He says that in Surat al-A'la: [Al-A'la:16] some people recite it as with the yā', so we ask for clarification?
Answer: This is not objectionable, because the recitation is sound, and it appears that there are two recitations: with the tā' and with the yā'. The yā' is for the third person, and "tu'thirun" is for the addressee. This is an address to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to whom it was sent, namely the disbelievers. So the yā' is a report about the type of disbelievers that they prefer the life of this world over the Hereafter. And the tā' is an address to those present, an address to them and their like, who disbelieved in Allah and preferred the world over the Hereafter, so they inclined toward it and were not pleased to embrace the religion with which Allah sent His Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). Yes.
But you prefer the life of this world
بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَاyu'thirun
يؤثرونAnswer: This is not objectionable, because the recitation is sound, and it appears that there are two recitations: with the tā' and with the yā'.
yu'thirun
يؤثرونBal tu'thirun
بل تؤثرون
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