Tafsir for verse: 3:145
وَمَا كَانَ لِنَفۡسٍ أَن تَمُوتَ إِلَّا بِإِذۡنِ ٱللَّهِ كِتَٰبٗا مُّؤَجَّلٗاۗ وَمَن يُرِدۡ ثَوَابَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا نُؤۡتِهِۦ مِنۡهَا وَمَن يُرِدۡ ثَوَابَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ نُؤۡتِهِۦ مِنۡهَاۚ وَسَنَجۡزِي ٱلشَّٰكِرِينَ ١٤٥ ﴿145﴾
145It is not the choice of a person to die without the will of Allah, death being a time-bound destiny. Whoever seeks a reward in this world, We shall give him out of it, and whoever seeks a reward in the Hereafter, We shall give him out of it. We shall soon reward the grateful.
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Commentary
A book is a source of confirmation, because the meaning is: Death has written a book that is deferred, with a known term that does not advance or delay. And whoever seeks the reward of this world is a reference to those who were preoccupied by the spoils on the Day of Uhud; We will give him from it, meaning from its reward. And We will reward those who were vague in their gratitude for Allah's blessing, as nothing distracted them from jihad. It has also been read: 'he will give' and 'he will reward,' with the pronoun in both.
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