Commentary
His saying, exalted and glorified is He: "Is not He who created the heavens and the earth able to create the like of them? Yes, and He is the Creator, the All-Knowing." "Indeed, His command, when He intends a thing, is only that He says to it, 'Be,' and it is." "So glorified is He in whose hand is the dominion of all things, and to Him you will be returned."
This is a confirmation and a stopping point on a matter whose correctness indicates the permissibility of resurrecting the bodies from the graves and bringing the dead back to life.
The pronoun is gathered in the plural form of those who have intellect in His saying, glorified is He: "the like of them," as both were inclusive of those who have intellect from the angels and the two weights (humans and jinn). This is the interpretation of a group of the commentators. Al-Rummani and others said: The pronoun refers back to the people.
Qadi Abu Muhammad, may Allah have mercy on him, said: They are an example for resurrection, and the verse is similar to His saying, the Exalted: "Indeed, the creation of the heavens and the earth is greater than the creation of mankind." [Ghafir: 57]
Salam read by Abu Al-Mundhir, Ibn Abu Ishaq, Ya'qub, and Al-A'raj: "and He is able" in the future tense. The majority read: "able" in the active participle. The majority read: "the Creator," while Al-Hasan read: "the Creator."
He raised "and it is" to mean: and it will be, and this is the reading of the majority. Ibn Abbas and Al-Kisai read: "and it will be" in the accusative. Abu Ali said: Al-Kisai does not use the accusative unless "to" precedes it. Ibn Amer used the accusative even without "to" preceding it. The accusative here is the reading of Ibn Muhaysin. His saying, exalted and glorified is He: "Be" is a command for the thing that is created when the power is related to it, not before that or after it. It is only commanded to affirm the power and as a reference to it. This command is without letters or sounds, but it is from His speech that is inherent in His essence. Then Allah, blessed and exalted is He, glorified Himself with an absolute general glorification. The majority read: "dominion," while Al-Amash and Al-Taymi read: "sovereignty," and its meaning is the control of all things and the ability over them.
The interpretation of Surah Yasin is complete, and all praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds.
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