[He] said, 'The knowledge thereof is with my Lord in a Record. My Lord neither errs nor forgets.' (i.e., He does not lose it [folio 208b] such that it disappears, nor does He forget what is in it. This is the interpretation of al-Hasan.
Muhammad said: Whoever reads 'la yadillu' with a fathah on the ya' (y), it is from the saying: 'dalaltu al-shay' adilluhu' (I misplaced the thing), when you place it in a location where you do not know where it is.
And whoever reads 'la yudillu' with a dammah on the ya' (y), it is from the saying: 'adlaltu al-shay'' (I lost the thing), and the meaning of 'adlaltuhu' is: I caused it to be lost.)
﴿قَالَ عِلْمُهَا عِنْدَ رَبِّي فِي كِتَابٍ لَا يَضِلُّ رَبِّي وَلا ينسى﴾ لَا يضله (ل ٢٠٨) فَيَذْهَبَ، وَلَا يَنْسَى مَا فِيهِ؛ هَذَا تَفْسِيرُ الْحَسَنِ.
قَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ: من قَرَأَ (يضل) بِفَتْحِ الْيَاءِ، فَهُوَ مِنْ قَوْلِكَ: ضَلَلْتُ الشَّيْءَ أَضِلُّهُ؛ إِذَا جَعَلْتُهُ فِي مَكَانٍ لَمْ تَدْرِ أَيْنَ هُوَ.
وَمِنْ قَرَأَ (يُضِلُّ) بِضَمِّ الْيَاءِ، فَهُوَ مِنْ قَوْلِكَ: أَضْلَلْتُ الشَّيْء، وَمعنى أضللته: أضعته.
