Tafsir for verse: 35:31
وَٱلَّذِيٓ أَوۡحَيۡنَآ إِلَيۡكَ مِنَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ هُوَ ٱلۡحَقُّ مُصَدِّقٗا لِّمَا بَيۡنَ يَدَيۡهِۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ بِعِبَادِهِۦ لَخَبِيرُۢ بَصِيرٞ ٣١ ﴿31
31The Book We have revealed to you is the Truth, confirming what was (revealed) before it. Surely Allah, in respect of His slaves, is All-Aware, All-Seeing.
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Commentary

And when the interpretation of the verse is that the scholars are the bearers of the Book; and He began - glorified is He - with the lowest of their ranks; and this was something that encourages towards the Book; He followed it with a higher encouragement; so He said - adding to His words - in establishing the second origin; which is the message -: ﴿Indeed, We have sent you with the truth﴾ [Fatir: 24] and He affirmed it to counter the denial of the deniers of it -: ﴿And that which We have revealed﴾; meaning: with what We have of greatness; ﴿to you﴾; and He clarified its status with the manifestation of greatness; and He said - explaining the revelation -: ﴿from the Book﴾; meaning: the one that encompasses the good of both abodes; and when the Book does not encounter any type of change; because it is a description of the One who does not change; He said: ﴿It is the truth﴾; meaning: complete in stability; and matching the reality; not other than it from the words; and He affirmed its truthfulness with His saying: ﴿confirming what is before it﴾; meaning: from the previous Books that the messengers came with; calling to Allah; supported by clear proofs; and decisive evidence.

And when He indicated - glorified is He - that knowledge is the established truth; and whatever is other than it is annihilation; and falsehood; and He indicated that those who recite His Book; which is knowledge; are the scholars; and others than them; even if they exist; they are more like the nonexistent; and He indicated that the previous Books; even if they were true; they are not in the completeness of the Qur'an; because the matter (p-53) as long as it has not been sealed; an increase is expected in it; unlike if the sealing occurred; then there will be no increase anticipated after it; and perhaps it may seem to someone among those characterized by that otherwise; He said (the Exalted) - informing that the lesson is in what is with Him; not in what appears to the servants; and He affirmed it as a warning that this meaning is what the points are established upon; even if it seems to most people otherwise; He revealed the greatest name; for the need of the informants here to it; because they are the righteous; and the wicked -: ﴿Indeed, Allah﴾; meaning: the One who has all the attributes of perfection; and when man is more knowledgeable of whom he raises; especially if he is the owner of him; He said: ﴿with His servants is He All-Aware﴾; meaning: He knows the most precise knowledge; and the most perfected; of their inner states; ﴿All-Seeing﴾; meaning: of the outward matters of them; and their inner states; meaning: He instills fear and knowledge in the hearts; regarding what they have been given from the Book; in His knowledge; and recitation; and even if it seems to them otherwise; you are the most deserving of them in perfection; because you are the one who fears them the most; and is the most pious of them; and for that reason We have given you this Book; so the one who fears them after you is the most deserving of His knowledge.

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