Tafsir for verse: 21:27
لَا يَسۡبِقُونَهُۥ بِٱلۡقَوۡلِ وَهُم بِأَمۡرِهِۦ يَعۡمَلُونَ ٢٧ ﴿27﴾
27They do not precede Him in speech, and only under His command they act.
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Commentary
﴿They do not precede Him﴾ [meaning they do not precede His permission -] ﴿with words﴾ meaning [with their saying, because they -] do not say anything that He has not permitted them in it and allowed them to express.
And when the one who refrains from what he has not been permitted in it may not do what he has been commanded, he said: ﴿And they act by His command﴾ meaning specifically when He commands them ﴿they act﴾ and not otherwise, because they (p-409) are in the utmost vigilance towards Him. So they combined in obedience between saying and action, and that is the utmost of obedience;
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