Verse. 1889

'Abdullāh Ibn 'Abbās / Muḥammad al-Fīrūzabādī

تفسير : (we have given thee seven of the oft repeated (verses)) he says: we honoured you with seven verses of the qur'an which are read in every unit of the prayer, i.e. the opening chapter of the book (al-fatihah); it is also said that this means: we honoured you with the following of the qur'an, for the whole qur'an consists of pairs or couples: commands and prohibitions, promises and threats, the lawful and the unlawful, the abrogating and the abrogated, a literal meaning and an allegorical meaning, ambiguous verses and unambiguous verses, news of the past and events of the future, the praise of some people and the rebuke of others, (and the great qur'an) he says: and we honoured you with the great, glorious and magnificent qur'an just as we revealed the torah and gospel to the jews and christians.

Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥallī

تفسير : and verily we have given you seven of the oft-repeated [verses] — the prophet (s) said that this meant [sūrat] al-fātiha, as reported by the two shaykhs [bukhārī and muslim], since it is repeated in every unit of prayer (rak‘a) — and the great qur’ān.

Ali ibn Ahmad al-Wahidi

تفسير : (we have given thee seven of the oft-repeated (verses) and the great qur'an…) [15:87]. al-husayn ibn al-fadl said: “seven caravans, belonging to the jews of qurayzah and al-nadir from busrah and adhri'at, arrived in the same day. they brought different kinds of linen, stuff of perfumes and jewels and sea stuff. the muslims said: 'had these riches been ours, we would have derived some strength from them and spent them in the way of allah'. and so allah, exalted is he, revealed this verse. he said: 'i have given you seven verses which are better than these seven caravans'. the authenticity of this report is evidenced by what allah, exalted is he, says after this verse (strain not thine eyes toward that which we cause some wedded pairs among them to enjoin) [15:88]”.