Tafsir for verses: 79:37, 79:38, 79:39
فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ ٣٧ ﴿37﴾ وَءَاثَرَ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا ٣٨ ﴿38﴾ فَإِنَّ ٱلۡجَحِيمَ هِيَ ٱلۡمَأۡوَىٰ ٣٩ ﴿39﴾
37then for the one who had rebelled, 38and preferred the worldly life (to the Hereafter), 39the Hell will be the abode,
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Commentary
As for the answer, it is: So when the overwhelming event comes, then the matter is thus. The meaning is: Indeed, the Hellfire is his abode. Just as you say to a man: 'Turn your gaze away,' you mean: 'Your gaze.' The definite article is not a substitute for the genitive construction, but rather because it is known that the tyrant is the owner of the abode, and that a man does not turn his gaze away from another's gaze: the genitive construction was omitted, and the definite article in 'the abode' and 'the gaze' is for identification, as they are known. It is a separation or a subject.
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