Tafsir for verse: 38:10
أَمۡ لَهُم مُّلۡكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَاۖ فَلۡيَرۡتَقُواْ فِي ٱلۡأَسۡبَٰبِ ١٠ ﴿10
10Or do they have the ownership of the heavens and the earth and what lies between them? Then let them ascend (to the sky) by ropes.
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Commentary

And when He removed from them the ability to act regarding the treasures, He followed it with the negation of ownership of what they witnessed from it; and it is a very small part. So He said: ﴿Or do they have﴾; meaning: specifically; ﴿the ownership of the heavens and the earth﴾; and when the judgment on that does not necessitate the judgment on the void, He said: ﴿and what is between them﴾; meaning: so that their word in this universe is the prevailing one; and they speak about divine matters; and they attribute whatever they wish of noble matters to whomever they wish. Then He clarified their incapacity; and reprimanded them; and admonished them for what resulted from that by His saying: ﴿So let them ascend﴾; meaning: let them attempt to ascend if they have that; ﴿through means﴾; meaning: the paths leading to the heavens; so that they may be established upon the throne; which is a sign of ownership; so they may contemplate the world; and specify whom they wish with the message; so that it may be known that they have that; and that it is not permissible for anyone to claim exclusivity in anything without them.

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