Tafsir for verse: 18:70
قَالَ فَإِنِ ٱتَّبَعۡتَنِي فَلَا تَسۡـَٔلۡنِي عَن شَيۡءٍ حَتَّىٰٓ أُحۡدِثَ لَكَ مِنۡهُ ذِكۡرٗا ٧٠ ﴿70﴾
70He said, “Well, if you follow me, do not ask me about anything unless I myself start telling you about it.”
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Commentary
It was recited: 'So do not ask me' with the heavy noon. This means: One of the conditions of your following me is that if you see something from me - and you know it is correct, but you find its correctness obscure - you become angry and deny it within yourself. You should not open up to me with a question nor confront me about it, until I am the one to bring it up to you. This is from the manners of the student with the scholar, and the leader with the follower.
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