Tafsir for verse: 38:32
فَقَالَ إِنِّيٓ أَحۡبَبۡتُ حُبَّ ٱلۡخَيۡرِ عَن ذِكۡرِ رَبِّي حَتَّىٰ تَوَارَتۡ بِٱلۡحِجَابِ ٣٢ ﴿32
32He said, “I held the love of the good things (i.e. these horses) because of the remembrance of my Lord.” until it went behind the veil.
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Commentary

And when the statement of the magnitude of his kingdom; and the greatness of his awe and honor; along with the increase of his return; is to achieve consolation through him in the goodness of his conduct; and his conclusion; and the solace in his trial along with that from his nobility and beauty; he indicated the abundance of horses very much; and the increase of his love for them; and the swiftness of his return; by saying: ﴿So he said﴾; and when it was appropriate for his condition; and known from his actions; that he does not prefer anything over the remembrance of Allah; hardly anyone from those who witnessed that would think of him that way; rather they direct to him in that various perspectives; and they carry him on supports that are fitting for what they know of his state of turning to Allah; and being independent of anything else; he affirmed his words - in humility to Allah (the Most High); so that they may believe that he is human; upon whom what is permissible for them is permissible; were it not for the protection of Allah -: ﴿Indeed, I﴾; and when love is an inward matter that does not appear in anything except by the abundance of engagement with it; and engagement may be for reasons other than love; it is not indicative of it; except by evidences; he said - acknowledging -: ﴿I loved﴾; meaning: I found; and I manifested by what appeared from me of engagement with horses; coupled with that with evidence of affection; ﴿Love of good﴾ (p-380) and it is wealth; rather the essence of wealth; and the cause of all worldly and otherworldly good: "The horses are tied at their forelocks with goodness until the Day of Resurrection." I manifested that with utmost desire; heedless of ﴿the remembrance of my Lord﴾; the One who has bestowed upon me with these horses; which occupied me and others; so I did not mention Him in the prayer which was the duty of the time; even though my intention for it was for the sake of His obedience as a remembrance of Him; and that continued with me ﴿until it set﴾; meaning: the sun understood from "the evening"; ﴿with a veil﴾; and it is the earth that has intervened between us and it; so it became behind it in reality.

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