Tafsir for verse: 18:85
فَأَتۡبَعَ سَبَبًا ٨٥ ﴿85﴾
85So he followed a course,
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Commentary
'So he followed' means with all his effort. This is according to the reading of Ibn Kathir, Nafi, and Abu Amr with the emphasis. The meaning according to the reading of the others, by cutting the hamzah and making the waw silent, is that he connected some causes to others. This is an explanation for the reading with emphasis 'a cause' that leads him to it, and he continued following it.
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