Tafsir for verses: 68:46, 68:47
أَمۡ تَسۡـَٔلُهُمۡ أَجۡرٗا فَهُم مِّن مَّغۡرَمٖ مُّثۡقَلُونَ ٤٦ ﴿46﴾ أَمۡ عِندَهُمُ ٱلۡغَيۡبُ فَهُمۡ يَكۡتُبُونَ ٤٧ ﴿47﴾
46Is it that you ask them for a fee, due to which they are burdened with debt? 47Or do they have the (knowledge of the) Unseen, and they write it down?
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Commentary
The burden: the fine, meaning that He did not ask them for a reward for guidance and teaching, so the burden of fines on their wealth would weigh heavily on them, which would discourage them from faith. Or do they have the unseen, meaning the Tablet, so they write from it what they judge by?
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