Tafsir for verse: 3:48
وَيُعَلِّمُهُ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ وَٱلۡحِكۡمَةَ وَٱلتَّوۡرَىٰةَ وَٱلۡإِنجِيلَ ٤٨ ﴿48
48He shall teach him the Book and the Wisdom, and the Torah and the Injīl,
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Commentary

So when he answered her regarding what occupied her heart from amazement, understanding became clear. He began to complete the speech by saying, 'And He will speak to the people' [Aal Imran: 46] with the letter 'ya' as in the reading of Nafi and Asim, and with 'noon' in the reading of the others, considering the greatness, to show the greatness of knowledge: 'And He will teach him' or it could be a new statement that is connected to what you might interpret as: 'So We create him likewise and We teach him the Book,' meaning writing or the essence of the Book. This includes knowledge of the Book, its memorization, understanding it, and other matters related to it. 'And wisdom,' meaning divine sciences, to benefit him in refining morals, so that the truth's saying and action overflow upon him in the most precise ways, such that no one can refute anything that he decrees.

And when he described him with theoretical and practical sciences, he became qualified for the secrets of the divine books. He said: 'And the Torah,' meaning that which you know, 'and the Gospel,' by its revelation upon him, following them. The delay in mentioning it indicates its greatness, as what precedes it are prerequisites for receiving it. It is not correct to connect it to: 'So it will be,' because it is in the realm of condition, which necessitates that every decree possesses all of these attributes.

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