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الْقُرْآنَ؛the Quran;لِأَنَّbecauseاللَّهَAllahسَمَّاهُcalled itفُرْقَانًاthe Criterionنَزَّلَrevealedالْفُرْقَانَthe CriterionعَلَىuponعَبْدِهِHis servant.

The Quran; because Allah called it the Criterion: He revealed the Criterion upon His servant.

وَنَسْتَفِيدُAnd we benefitأَيْضًاalsoمِنْfromالناحيةِthe aspectالمَسْلَكِيَّةِbehavioralالتَّرْبَوِيَّةِeducationalأَنْthatتَتَأَكَّدُواyou confirmوَتَزْدَادَand increaseمَحَبَّتُنَاour loveلِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ؛for the Messenger of Allah;حَيْثُwhereكَانَwasعَبْدًاa servantلِلَّهِ،to Allah,قَائِمًاstandingبِإِبْلَاغِin deliveringالرِّسَالَةَthe messageوَإِنْذَارِand warningالْخَلْقِ.the creation.

And we benefit also from the behavioral educational aspect: that you confirm and increase our love for the Messenger of Allah; where he was a servant of Allah, standing in delivering the message and warning creation.

وَنَسْتَفِيدُAnd we benefitأَيْضًاalsoمِنْfromأَنْthatالنَّبِيِّthe Prophetعَلَيْهِpeace be upon himالصَّلَاةَprayersوَالسَّلاَمَand peace;آخِرَlastالرُّسُلِ؛the messengers;فَلَاso do notنُصَدِّقْwe believeبِأَيِّin anyدَعْوَىclaimلِلنُّبُوَّةِto prophethoodمِنْfromبَعْدِهِ؛after him;لِقَوْلِهِ:for his saying:لِلْعَالَمِينَ،for all the worlds,وَلَوْand ifكَانَthere wasبَعْدَهُafter himرَسُولٌ؛a messenger;لَكَانَit would beتَنْتَهِيendsرِسَالَتُهُhis messageبِهَذَاwith thisالرَّسُولِ،messenger,وَلَاnorكَانَتْthere wasلِلْعَالَمِينَfor worldsكُلُّهُمْ.all of them.

And we also benefit that the Prophet, peace be upon him, is the last of the messengers; so do not believe in any claim to prophethood after him; for his saying: 'for all the worlds,' and if there had been a messenger after him, it would be that his message would end with this messenger, nor was there for all the worlds of them.

الْآيَةَThe verseالتَّاسِعَةَthe ninthوَالْعَاشِرَةَand the tenthقَوْلُهُ:His saying:مَاWhatاتَّخَذَhe has takenاللَّهُAllahمِنْfromوَلَدٍa childوَمَاand whatكَانَwasمَعِيَwith meمِنْofإِلَهٍa godإِذَاifلَذَهَبَwould have goneكُلُّeverythingإِلَهٍgodبِمَاwith whatخَلَقَhe createdوَلَعَلَاand some would have exaltedبَعْضُهُمْsome of themعَلَىoverبَعْضٍothersسُبْحَانَGlory beاللَّهِto Allahعَمَّاfrom whatيَصِفُونَthey describe**عَلِيمٌHe knowsالْغَيْبَthe unseenوَالشَّهَادَةَand the witnessedفَتَعَالَىso He is exaltedعَمَّاfrom whatيُشْرِكُونَthey associate.

The verse 9 and 10: His saying: 'What Allah has taken a child, and what was with me as a god, if each god would have gone with what he created, and some of them would have exalted over others. Glory be to Allah from what they describe. He knows the unseen and the witnessed, so He is exalted from what they associate.'

يَنْفِيHe negatesاللَّهُAllahتَعَالَىexaltedفِيinهَذِهِthisالْآيَةِverseأَنْthatيَكُونَthere isاتَّخَذَtakenوَلَدًا،a child,أوorأَنْthatيَكُونَthere isمَعَهُ.with him.

Allah, exalted, negates in this verse that He has taken a child, or that there is a god with Him.

وَيَتَأَكَّدُAnd it confirmsهَذَاthisالنَّفْيَnegationبِدُخُولِby the entrance ofمِنْfromفِيinقَوْلِهِ:his saying:ومِينand from;وَكُلَّهِيرand all.وَقَوْلِهِAnd his saying:of:مِنْfromاللَّهِ؛Allah;لِأَنَّbecauseزِيَادَةًthe increaseحَرْفِof letterالْجَرِّof the prepositionفِيinسِيَاقِcontextالنَّفْيِof the negationوَنَحْوِهِand similar;تُفيدُbenefit.

And it confirms this negation by the entrance of 'from' in his saying: and from; and all. And his saying: from Allah; because the increase of the preposition in the context of the negation and the like benefits.

فَقَوْلُهُ:So his saying:مَاWhatاتَّخَذَhe has takenاللَّهُAllahمِنْfromوَلَدٍ؛a child;يَعْنِي:means:مَاwhatاصْطَفَىHe has chosenأَحَدًاanyoneيَكُونَto beوَلَدًا؛a child;لَهُ؛for Him;لَاneitherعُزَيْرٌEzra,وَلَاnorالْمَسِيحُthe Messiah,وَلَاnorالْمَلَائِكَةَ،the angels,وَلَاnorغَيْرَهُمْ؛others;

So his saying: 'What Allah has taken from a child; means: what He has chosen anyone to be a child for Him; neither Ezra nor the Messiah nor the angels, nor others;