Al-A’la 87:7
The Most High · Meccan · Juz 30 · Page 591
Unless Allah Wills
إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُۚ إِنَّهُۥ يَعۡلَمُ ٱلۡجَهۡرَ وَمَا يَخۡفَىٰ ٧
Save that which Allah willeth. Lo! He knoweth the disclosed and that which still is hidden.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
Except what Allah wills. He knows what is open and what is hidden.
Insight
According to Elmalılı, the promise not to forget does not mean Allah would no longer have the power to make him forget. Nothing can make Him powerless.
Reflect
Begin something you say today with “in sha’ Allah”.
This short note is based on Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır’s Turkish commentary and has not yet been reviewed by a scholar.
Elmalılı’s commentary
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