That your companion is not confused, nor has he gone astray,
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Tafseer
'Abdullāh Ibn 'Abbās / Muḥammad al-Fīrūzabādī
تفسير : (your comrade erreth not) this is the reason why allah made the above oath: your prophet muhammad (pbuh) did not lie about what he said to you, (nor is deceived) he is not wrong nor did he err in what he said;
Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥallī
تفسير : your companion, muhammad (s), may god bless him and grant him peace, has neither gone astray, from the path of guidance, nor has he erred, nor has he engaged in error (al-ghayy is ignorance that results from a false belief);
Sahl al-Tustari
تفسير : your companion has neither gone astray nor has he erred,he said:that is, he never ever strayed from the reality of the divine oneness (ḥaqīqat al-tawḥīd), nor ever followed satan under any circumstances.his words, exalted is he:
