Tafsir for verses: 80:11, 80:12, 80:13, 80:14, 80:15, 80:16
كـَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذۡكِرَةٞ ١١ ﴿11 فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ ١٢ ﴿12 فِي صُحُفٖ مُّكَرَّمَةٖ ١٣ ﴿13 مَّرۡفُوعَةٖ مُّطَهَّرَةِۭ ١٤ ﴿14 بِأَيۡدِي سَفَرَةٖ ١٥ ﴿15 كِرَامِۭ بَرَرَةٖ ١٦ ﴿16
11Never! (you should never act in this way,) Indeed this (Qur’ān) is an advice. 12So, whoever so wills may pay heed to it. 13It is (recorded) in those scripts (of the Preserved Tablet) that are honoured, 14exalted, purified, 15in the hands of those scribes 16who are honorable, righteous.
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Commentary

No! It is a deterrent against reproach for it, and against repeating something like it. It is a reminder, meaning a sermon that must be heeded and acted upon. So whoever wills, let him remember it, meaning he is preserving it without forgetting. The pronoun is mentioned because the reminder is in the meaning of remembrance and admonition. In scrolls is an attribute of the reminder, meaning: it is recorded in scrolls copied from the Tablet, honored with Allah, raised in the heavens. Or raised in status, purified and exalted from the hands of the devils; none touches it except the hands of purified angels, noble scribes who copy the books from the Tablet, righteous and pious. It is said: they are the scrolls of the prophets, as His saying: 'Indeed, this is in the earlier scrolls.' It is said that the noble ones are the reciters. It is said: the companions of the Messenger of Allah, blessings and peace be upon him.

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