Commentary
So We inspired. This means that as a result of his supplication, We inspired him: 'Make the ark.' This means the ship. And when he feared their harm to him in his work of corruption and others, he said: 'By Our eyes.' This means that nothing of your matter or their matter is hidden from Us, and you know Our power over them, so trust in Our protection and do not fear anything from their matter. And when he did not know that craft, he said: 'And Our inspiration.' Then he confirmed for him their destruction and its proximity by saying: 'So when Our command comes.' This means with destruction after you turn away from it. 'And the oven overflowed.' Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, said: The surface of the earth. In the dictionary, the oven is the furnace in which bread is baked, and the surface of the earth, and every spring of water, and a mountain near the place of the flood - it has ended. And the most fitting regarding this matter is to refer it to what is used for baking so that it becomes a sign in a sign. 'So enter.' This means: 'So bring into it.' This means the ship: 'From every pair.' This means of the animals: 'Two.' A male and a female. 'And your family.' This means your children and others: 'Except for whom has preceded against him.' There is no word from them regarding destruction to sever what is between you and him from the connection of disbelief. And when the estimation is: 'So do not carry him with you and do not turn to him for his wrongdoing,' He added to it His saying: 'And do not speak to Me.' This means with a question about salvation: 'Regarding those who have wronged.' Generally; then He justified that by saying: 'Indeed, they are drowned.' This means that the decree has been sealed upon them, and We honor you from a question that is not accepted.
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