YuAAaththibu man yashao wayarhamu man yashao wailayhi tuqlaboona
English
Ahmed Ali
Punish whom He will, and have mercy on whom He please. And to Him will you be brought back in the end.
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Tafseer
'Abdullāh Ibn 'Abbās / Muḥammad al-Fīrūzabādī
تفسير : (he punisheth whom he will) he makes die whoever he will as a disbeliever and thus torments him (and showeth mercy unto whom he will) and makes to die whoever he will as a believer and thus shows mercy upon him, (and unto him ye will be turned) after death and he will reward each according to his works.
Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥallī
تفسير : he chastises whomever he will, to chastise, and has mercy on whomever he will, to have mercy, and to him you shall be returned.
Sahl al-Tustari
تفسير : he chastises whomever he wishes…by [abandoning him] to follow innovation, and has mercy on whomever he wishes by [assisting him] in adherence to the sunna.his words, exalted is he:
