Transliteration:( Illaa maa shaaa'al laah; innahoo ya'lamul jahra wa maa yakhfaa )
📖 Tafseer (Commentary) of Ayah 87:7-9
✅ (اللَّهُ) Allah has full control over remembrance and forgetfulness.
✅ The Qur’an is protected by (اللَّهُ) Allah Himself, ensuring that it remains unaltered and preserved forever.
1️⃣ The Holy Prophet ﷺ does not forget due to any weakness but only if (اللَّهُ) Allah Wills.
2️⃣ (اللَّهُ) Allah has guaranteed the preservation of the Qur’an:
✅ (اللَّهُ) Allah has absolute knowledge of what is seen and unseen.
✅ This has multiple meanings:
1️⃣ Human Deeds and Intentions – (اللَّهُ) Allah knows both outer actions and inner thoughts. Therefore, a person should purify both the heart and mind.
2️⃣ Balance Between Public & Private Worship – Some acts of worship, like Jumu’ah and Eid prayers, should be done publicly, while others, like Tahajjud, should be performed privately.
3️⃣ The Holy Prophet ﷺ is Apparent Yet Beyond Comprehension – His physical presence is known, but his true spiritual reality is understood only by (اللَّهُ) Allah.
4️⃣ If mankind cannot fully understand the power behind the sun’s light, then how can they comprehend the divine status of the Holy Prophet ﷺ?
📖 The knowledge of (اللَّهُ) Allah is perfect, and His wisdom governs all things, seen and unseen. 🌍
The tafsir of Surah Al-Ala verse 7 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Al-Ala ayat 1 which provides the complete commentary from verse 1 through 13.
(87:7) except what Allah should wish.[8] He knows all that is manifest and all that is hidden.[9]
8. This sentence can have two meanings: First, that the preservation of the entire Quran word for word in your memory is not a manifestation of your own power but the result of Allah Almighty’s bounty and grace; otherwise if Allah so willed, He could cause it to be forgotten. This same theme has been expressed at another place in the Quran, thus: O Muhammad! We may, if We so will, take back from you all of what We have revealed to you. (Surah Bani Israil, Ayat 86). Another meaning can also be: Your forgetting something temporarily, or your forgetting a verse or a word occasionally is an exception from this promise. What has been promised is: You will not forget any word of the Quran permanently. This meaning is confirmed by the following tradition of Bukhari: Once while leading the Fajr Prayer the Prophet (peace be upon him) happened to omit a verse during the recitation. After the Prayer Ubayy bin Kaab asked if the verse had been abrogated. The Prophet (peace be upon him) replied that he had forgotten to recite it.
9. Although the words are general, and they mean that Allah knows everything, whether it is open or hidden, yet in the context in which they occur, they seem to mean: O Prophet, your reciting the Quran along with Gabriel is known to Allah and your fear for which you do so is also in Allah’s knowledge. Therefore, the Prophet (peace be upon him) is being assured that he will not forget it.
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