Tafsir of Sūrat al-Baqara
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
My Lord, help me!
(Discourse on the Tafsir of the Surah in which the Cow is mentioned)
Discourse on the interpretation of the statement of Allah, majestic is His praise: {Alif, Lām, Mīm}.
Abū Jaʿfar said: The interpreters of the Qur'an differed regarding the interpretation of the statement of Allah—exalted is His remembrance (1)—"Alif, Lām, Mīm". Some of them said: It is a name among the names of the Qur'an.
225 - Al-Ḥasan ibn Yaḥyā narrated to us, he said: ʿAbd al-Razzāq informed us, he said: Maʿmar informed us, from Qatāda regarding His statement: "Alif, Lām, Mīm", he said: A name among the names of the Qur'an.
226 - Al-Muthannā ibn Ibrāhīm al-Āmulī narrated to me, he said: Abū Ḥudhayfa Mūsā ibn Masʿūd narrated to us, he said: Shibl narrated to us, from Ibn Abī Najīḥ, from Mujāhid, he said: "Alif, Lām, Mīm" is a name among the names of the Qur'an.
227 - Al-Qāsim ibn al-Ḥasan narrated to us, he said: Al-Ḥusayn ibn Dāwūd narrated to us, he said: Ḥajjāj narrated to me, from Ibn Jurayj, he said: "Alif, Lām, Mīm" is a name among the names of the Qur'an.
And some of them said: They are openings with which Allah opens the Qur'an.
187 - Hārūn ibn Idrīs al-Aṣamm al-Kūfī narrated to me, he said: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Muḥammad al-Muḥāribī narrated to us, from Ibn Jurayj, from Mujāhid, he said: "Alif, Lām, Mīm" are openings with which Allah opens the Qur'an.
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