Tafsir for verses: 40:79, 40:80, 40:81
ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلۡأَنۡعَٰمَ لِتَرۡكَبُواْ مِنۡهَا وَمِنۡهَا تَأۡكُلُونَ ٧٩ ﴿79﴾ وَلَكُمۡ فِيهَا مَنَٰفِعُ وَلِتَبۡلُغُواْ عَلَيۡهَا حَاجَةٗ فِي صُدُورِكُمۡ وَعَلَيۡهَا وَعَلَى ٱلۡفُلۡكِ تُحۡمَلُونَ ٨٠ ﴿80﴾ وَيُرِيكُمۡ ءَايَٰتِهِۦ فَأَيَّ ءَايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ تُنكِرُونَ ٨١ ﴿81﴾
79Allah is the One who made for you the cattle, so that you may ride some of them,- and of them you eat; 80and for you there are (other) benefits in them- and so that, (by riding) on them, you meet any need you have in your hearts; and on them and on boats you are carried. 81He shows you His signs. Then, which of the signs of Allah would you (still) deny?
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Commentary
Al-An'am: specifically the camels. If you say: why did He say, 'so that you may ride from them and so that you may reach your needs by them,' and did not say, 'so that you may eat from them and so that you may attain benefits'? Or why did He not say: 'from them you ride and from them you eat and by them you reach'? [Mahamud said: 'If you say: why was it not said,
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