Transliteration:( Allazeena yastami'oonal qawla fayattabi'oona ahsanah; ulaaa'ikal lazeena hadaahumul laahu wa ulaaa'ika hum ulul albaab )
50. By 'sayings' is meant the sayings of the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم. Each one of them is great and an embodiment of excellence. This restriction is that of narration of the incident and not of division.Â
Or, it could mean that people act upon these sayings of the Holy Prophet which are excellent and worthy of practice for them, e.g. the wealthy act upon the command of giving Zakaat, the healthy and strong carry out the command of Jihad. In short, there is no objection on the verse.
51. Reason for its revelation:
 Both these verses were revealed regarding Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddiq (May Allah be pleased with him). After accepting Islam, he informed Hazrat Uthman, Hazrat Abdur Rahman bin Auf, Hazrat Talha, Hazrat Zubair, Hazrat Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas and Hazrat Saeed bin Zaid (May Allah be pleased with them) about him accepting faith.Â
Furthermore, he invited them to accept Islam. They responded to his preaching and entered into the fold of Islam. Allah be praised! Fortunate is that tree which.bears such fruit (tafseer Khazainul Irfan. Rohul Mu'an)Â
52. This tells us that excellent intelligence that from which Religion can be obtained. The which is merely used for gaining the world is not complete
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The tafsir of Surah Az-Zumar verse 18 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Zumar ayat 17 which provides the complete commentary from verse 17 through 18.
36. This verse can have two meanings:
(1) That they do not follow every voice but ponder over what every man says and accept only what is right and true.
(2) That they do not try to give a false meaning to what they hear but adopt its good and righteous aspect
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