It is inscribed in the original Book (of Books) with Us, sublime, dispenser of (all) laws.
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Tafseer
'Abdullāh Ibn 'Abbās / Muḥammad al-Fīrūzabādī
تفسير : (and lo! in the source of decrees) in the guarded tablet, (which we possess) where it is written, (it) i.e. the qur'an (is indeed sublime) exalted, noble and glorious, (decisive) in explaining the lawful and the unlawful,
Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥallī
تفسير : and it is indeed, fixed, in the mother book, the source of all the scriptures, namely, the preserved tablet, [which is] with us (ladaynā substitutes [for fī ummi’l-kitābi, ‘in the mother book’]) [and it is] indeed exalted, above [all] the scriptures [that came] before it, wise, containing excellent wisdoms.
Sahl al-Tustari
تفسير : and it is indeed (with us) in the mother of the book…he said:this is the preserved tablet.
…[and it is] indeed exalted, wise.he said:that is, it is elevated and dominant over all the other scriptures.his words, exalted is he:
