Tafsir for verses: 87:18, 87:19
إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَفِي ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلۡأُولَىٰ ١٨ ﴿18 صُحُفِ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ ١٩ ﴿19
18Indeed this is (written) in the earlier divine scripts, 19the scripts of Ibrāhīm and Mūsā.
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Commentary

This is a reference to His saying, "Certainly, he has succeeded" to "and remains." It means that the meaning of this speech is found in those scriptures. It was said: to what is in the entire surah. It was narrated from Abu Dharr, may Allah be pleased with him, that he asked the Messenger of Allah, blessings and peace be upon him: How many books did Allah reveal? He said: One hundred and four books, of which ten scrolls were revealed to Adam, fifty scrolls to Shith, thirty scrolls to Enoch, who is Idris, ten scrolls to Ibrahim, and the Torah, the Gospel, the Psalms, and the Criterion. [This is a summary of a long hadith narrated by Ibn Hibban and Al-Hakim. A reference to it was made in Al-Hajj. "Note" states that "ten scrolls were revealed to Adam," and what is mentioned regarding Musa before the Torah is ten scrolls.] It was said that in the scrolls of Ibrahim, a wise person should be one who preserves his tongue, is aware of his time, and is focused on his affairs. From the Messenger of Allah, blessings and peace be upon him: "Whoever recites Surah Al-A'la, Allah grants him ten good deeds for every letter that He revealed to Ibrahim, Musa, and Muhammad." [Narrated by Al-Thalabi, Al-Wahidi, and Ibn Marduyah with a chain to Abu ibn Ka'b.] And when he recited it, he would say: "Glory is to my Lord, the Most High." [Narrated by Abu Dawood and Al-Hakim through the route of Sa'd ibn Jubair from Ibn Abbas in this manner.] And Ali and Ibn Abbas would say that, and he loved it. [Narrated by Al-Bazzar from Yusuf ibn Musa: and Waki' from Israel from Thawr ibn Abu Fakhitah from his father from Ali in this way, and it was narrated by Al-Wahidi through Ahmad ibn Hanbal and Waki'.] He said: The first one to say "Glory is to my Lord, the Most High" was Mikail. [Al-Thalabi mentioned this from Ali without a chain.]

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