Al-Qalam 68:38
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Is All You Choose Yours?
إِنَّ لَكُمۡ فِيهِ لَمَا تَخَيَّرُونَ ٣٨
That ye shall indeed have all that ye choose.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
That in it is whatever you choose?
Insight
According to Elmalılı, this means: “Is it written in a book above you that whatever you like and think good is your right?”
Reflect
Accept that not everything you like is your right.
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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