سُبۡحَٰنَهُۥ وَتَعَٰلَىٰ عَمَّا يَقُولُونَ عُلُوࣰّ ا كَبِيرࣰ ا
Glory to Him! He is high above all that they say!- Exalted and Great (beyond measure)
Glorified is He, and High Exalted above what they say
Glorified and Exalted is He high above what they say
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تنزَّه الله وتقدَّس عَمَّا يقوله المشركون وتعالى علوًا كبيرًا.
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{ سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى } أي: تقدس وتنزه وعلت أوصافه { عَمَّا يَقُولُونَ } من الشرك به واتخاذ الأنداد معه { عُلُوًّا كَبِيرًا } فعلا قدره وعظم وجلت كبرياؤه التي لا تقادر أن يكون معه آلهة فقد ضل من قال ذلك ضلالا مبينا وظلم ظلما كبيرا. لقد تضاءلت لعظمته المخلوقات العظيمة وصغرت لدى كبريائه السماوات السبع ومن فيهن والأرضون السبع ومن فيهن { والأرض جميعا قبضته يوم القيامة والسماوات مطويات بيمينه } وافتقر إليه العالم العلوي والسفلي فقرا ذاتيا لا ينفك عن أحد منهم في وقت من الأوقات.هذا الفقر بجميع وجوهه فقر من جهة الخلق والرزق والتدبير، وفقر من جهة الاضطرار إلى أن يكون معبودهم ومحبوبهم الذي إليه يتقربون وإليه في كل حال يفزعون
Source: Saadi via spa5k/tafsir_api · reference
فقال "سبحانه وتعالى عما يقولون" أي هؤلاء المشركون المعتدون الظالمون في زعمهم أن معه آلهة أخرى "علوا كبيرا" أي تعاليا كبيرا بل هو الله الأحد الصمد الذي لم يلد ولم يولد ولم يكن له كفوا أحد.
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سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى عَمَّا يَقُولُونَ
(Glorified and Exalted is He high above what they say!) meaning these idolators who transgress and do wrong when they claim that there are other gods besides Him.
عُلُوّاً كَبِيراً
(high above) means, far above. He is Allah, the One, the Self-Sufficient Master, Whom all creatures need. He begets not, nor was He begotten, and there is none comparable or coequal unto Him.
Source: Ibn Kathir abridged via spa5k/tafsir_api · reference
Glory be to Him — an affirmation of His transcendence — and exalted be He above what they say in the way of His having associates greatly!
Source: Jalalayn (English) via spa5k/tafsir_api · reference
Commentary
According to the proof of Tauhid (the Oneness of Allah) given in the verse: إِذًا لَّابْتَغَوْا إِلَىٰ ذِي الْعَرْشِ سَبِيلًا (then they would have found out a way to the Lord of the Throne - 42), Allah alone is the creator, owner and master of the entire universe. The argument is if it was not so and He had other partners in this godhead, differences would have necessarily emerged among them. And, in the eventuality of a difference, the whole universal system would have gone to ruins - because, ever abiding peace among them is habitually impossible. Though, this argument has been enunciated here in a prohibitive manner, but there are books of Scholastic Theology (` Ilm al-Kalam) where the logical rationale behind this argument has also been described in great details. The learned may consult these at their discretion.
Source: Maarif-ul-Quran via spa5k/tafsir_api · reference
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