Transliteration:( Wa maaa adraaka mal'aqabah )
12. It means O believer! What do you know about that difficult path to Paradise? This tells us that the things of the Hereafter cannot be understood through one's personal intellect and understanding without the guidance of Divine revelation. Intellect is a worldly commodity, which can only understand the world and matters relating to it. Or, O My beloved! What do you understand about that deep valley? In that case this sentence or expression is to show the importance of the subject matter that follows and not for the negation of the Holy Prophet's صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم knowledge, because the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم was fully active on these issues prior to Prophethood which is being mentioned in the discussion that is to follow. That which Allah Almighty has declared as steep and difficult cannot be kept beyond the knowledge of the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم
The tafsir of Surah Balad verse 12 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Balad ayat 11 which provides the complete commentary from verse 11 through 20.
(90:12) And what do you know what that difficult steep is?
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