Verse. 541

'Abdullāh Ibn 'Abbās / Muḥammad al-Fīrūzabādī

تفسير : (lo! allah forgiveth not that a partner should be ascribed unto him) if one dies in such a state. he forgiveth (all) save that to whom he will) to whomever repents. (whoso ascribeth partners to allah, he hath indeed invented a tremendous sin) a tremendous lie. this verse was revealed about wahshiyy, the murderer of hamzah, the uncle of the prophet (pbuh).

Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥallī

تفسير : god forgives not that anything should be associated with him. but he forgives other than, save, that, of sins, to whomever he wills, forgiveness for, by admitting him into paradise without punishment. and whomever he wills of the believers he punishes for their sins, and then admits them into paradise. whoever associates anything with god, then he has indeed invented a tremendous, a great, sin.

Sahl al-Tustari

تفسير : god forgives not that anything should be associated with him. but he forgives other than that, to whomsoever he wills…he said:if no one has any grievance against him, and his sins are only between him and god, exalted is he, indeed he forgives those sins, for he is the magnanimous (al-jawād), the generous (al-karīm). it has been related from the prophet <img border="0" src="images/salatonmassenger.jpg" width="24" height="22"> that he said, ‘a slave may be brought forwardon the day of resurrection and directed to the fire, but then he will say, “this is not in accordance with what i supposed [my outcome would be].” then god, mighty and majestic, will ask, “what was your opinion of me?”to which he will reply, “that you would forgive me”, upon which, god, mighty and majestic, will say, “truly i have forgiven you”, and he will direct him to paradise.’ his words: