Tafsir al-Tustari

Sahl al-Tustari — b. 203 AH / 818 CE · d. 283 AH / 896 CE Sunni (Sufi) Early Sufi Master

Tafsir al-Tustari al-A`la الأَعْلَىٰ (The Most High, Glory to your Lord in the Highest) 19 verses · Meccan

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
87:1 ›
سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الْأَعْلَى
Abdel Haleem
[Prophet], glorify the name of your Lord the Most High
Sahl al-Tustari

Glorify the name of your Lord Most High,He said:It [means] to proclaim His transcendence (tanzīh) above having rivals (aḍdād) and equals (andād). This is its outward meaning. In its inner meaning, it is to witness Him (mushāhadatuhu) through remembrance (dhikr) during the ritual prayer without witnessing anything else.His words, Exalted is He:

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87:2 ›
الَّذِي خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ
Abdel Haleem
who created [all things] in due proportion
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87:3 ›
وَالَّذِي قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ
Abdel Haleem
who determined their destinies and guided them
Sahl al-Tustari

and [God] who determined and guided,He said:He destined for them wretchedness (shaqāwa) or felicity (saʿāda). Then He took the people of felicity into His care and left the people of wretchedness to themselves.He said:Guidance (hudā) comes in two forms, one being that which is made clear (bayān), and the other, guardianship (tawallī) from God, Exalted is He. Do you not see how the suckling infant is guided to the means of its subsistence, the breast of its mother ⸢the moment it is born⸣, due to God�s caring for it, and inspiring it [with what to do].His words, Exalted is He:

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87:4 ›
وَالَّذِي أَخْرَجَ الْمَرْعَىٰ
Abdel Haleem
who brought out the green pastur
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87:5 ›
فَجَعَلَهُ غُثَاءً أَحْوَىٰ
Abdel Haleem
then made it dark debris
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87:6 ›
سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰ
Abdel Haleem
[Prophet], We shall teach you [the Quran] and you will not forget––
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87:7 ›
إِلَّا مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ إِنَّهُ يَعْلَمُ الْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ
Abdel Haleem
unless God wishes; He knows both what is open and what is hidden––
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87:8 ›
وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ
Abdel Haleem
We shall show you the easy way
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87:9 ›
فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ الذِّكْرَىٰ
Abdel Haleem
So remind, if reminding will help
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87:10 ›
سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ
Abdel Haleem
Those who stand in awe of God will heed the reminder
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87:11 ›
وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا الْأَشْقَى
Abdel Haleem
but it will be ignored by the most wicked
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87:12 ›
الَّذِي يَصْلَى النَّارَ الْكُبْرَىٰ
Abdel Haleem
who will enter the Great Fire
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87:13 ›
ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ
Abdel Haleem
where they will neither die nor live
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87:14 ›
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ
Abdel Haleem
Prosperous are those who purify themselves
Sahl al-Tustari

Successful indeed is he who purifies himself,He said:That is, the one who fears God both in secret and in public has indeed triumphed (fāza) and attained felicity (saʿāda).His words, Exalted is He:

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87:15 ›
وَذَكَرَ اسْمَ رَبِّهِ فَصَلَّىٰ
Abdel Haleem
remember the name of their Lord, and pray
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87:16 ›
بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا
Abdel Haleem
Yet you [people] prefer the life of this world
Sahl al-Tustari

Nay, but you prefer the life of this world,He said:The believer should not be in this world other than as a man riding a piece of wood in the sea, crying the while, �O Lord! O Lord! (Yā Rabb! Yā Rabb!), in the hope that He may save him from it. Every believing servant who has renounced this world, [will find that] God has placed in charge of him an angel, who will plant in his heart all kinds of wisdom (ḥikam), just as the people of this world plant different kinds of trees in their gardens.His words, Exalted is He:

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87:17 ›
وَالْآخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰ
Abdel Haleem
even though the Hereafter is better and more lasting
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87:18 ›
إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَفِي الصُّحُفِ الْأُولَىٰ
Abdel Haleem
All this is in the earlier scriptures
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87:19 ›
صُحُفِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ
Abdel Haleem
the scriptures of Abraham and Moses
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