Tafsir for verse: 16:79
أَلَمۡ يَرَوۡاْ إِلَى ٱلطَّيۡرِ مُسَخَّرَٰتٖ فِي جَوِّ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَا يُمۡسِكُهُنَّ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَٰتٖ لِّقَوۡمٖ يُؤۡمِنُونَ ٧٩ ﴿79
79Did they not look at the birds how they are controlled in the atmosphere of the sky? No one holds them but Allah. Surely, in that there are signs for a people who believe.
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Commentary

And when the intended purpose of enumerating these blessings is to inform that He is the doer by choice alone; not the natures; nor anything else; it indicated to them that which was implied in what has passed; by His saying - confirming for them -: ﴿Did they not see﴾; with the address; and the absence - differing in the two readings -; because the context of the speech and its preceding part allow for both the one who approaches; and the one who turns away; unlike the context of ownership; for it is only for the one who turns away; thus the readers differed here; and agreed there; ﴿to the birds made subservient﴾; meaning: humbled for flying; by that which Allah established in them of benefits; and wisdom; by flying; and otherwise; ﴿in the atmosphere of the heavens﴾; in the air; between the two horizons; by that which you cannot achieve in any way; with your sharing with them in hearing; and sight; and your superiority over them with intellects; it is known certainly what has reached by His saying: ﴿What holds them﴾; meaning: in the air from falling. And when the context here has a great entry in refuting the people of natures; and they are the philosophers; and they have a great impact in the hearts of people; He expressed with the greatest name; indicating that none can withstand their doubts except one who has encompassed knowledge of the meanings of the most beautiful names; thus he is capable of knowing the foundations of religion; so he said: ﴿Except Allah﴾; meaning: the greatest king; because your relationship with it and it with nature is one; if that were its action, you would have been equal; then He alerted them to what is in that of wisdom; by His saying: ﴿Indeed, in that﴾; meaning: the great matter; of bringing you out in that form; and bestowing upon you that which it does not have; and its ability to do what you cannot do with its deficiency from you; ﴿are signs﴾; and when one who does not benefit from something is as if he does not possess it; Allah, the Exalted, said: ﴿For a people who believe﴾; meaning: He has prepared them, the chosen doer, for faith.

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