Tafsir for verse: 7:42
وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَا نُكَلِّفُ نَفۡسًا إِلَّا وُسۡعَهَآ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡجَنَّةِۖ هُمۡ فِيهَا خَٰلِدُونَ ٤٢ ﴿42﴾
42Those who believe and do good deeds,-We do not obligate anyone beyond his capacity-they are the people of Paradise; they shall remain there for ever.
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Commentary
We do not burden a soul except according to its capacity. This is an interjection between the subject and the predicate, for the encouragement to acquire what cannot be described by the describer of the eternal bliss, along with the glorification of what is within capacity, which is the broad possibility that is not narrow in faith and righteous deeds. Al-A'mash read: 'No soul is burdened.'
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