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وَنَرَاهُ قَرِيباً
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-Al-Ma‘ârij ( المعارج )

Tafsir al-Tustari

Lo! They see it as being far off, ! while We see it [to be] near.He said:This means that they see the death, resurrection and reckoning that are decreed for them as far away (baʿīd), due to the far-fetched nature (buʿd) of their hopes; while We see it [to be] near, for indeed everything in existence (kāʾin) is close and that which is distant does not even exist. Then he said:The scholars sought [the justification] for having scruples (waswasa), concerning the Book and the Sunna, but they could not find a basis for it except legitimate inquisitiveness (fuḍūl al-ḥalāl), and legitimate inquisitiveness is that the servant considers a time other than the time he is in. This, [however] is [on the basis of] hope (amal). It is related from Ḥubaysh on the authority of Ibn ʿAbbās y that the Prophet would pass water and then wipe himself with earth. So he [Ibn ʿAbbās?] said, ‘O Messenger of God, there is water near you!’, to which he replied, ‘I do not know, it may be that I won’t reach it.’ And [the Prophet said to Usāma (b. Zayd)], ‘Our nearness to [obtaining water] is two months away. Indeed, Usāma has far-reaching hopes (ṭawīl al-amal)!’Sahl was asked, ‘How does the world leave the heart?’ He replied:By the shortening of hope.[Then] he was asked: ‘What is it that shortens hope?’ He replied:It is cutting off from concerns (humūm) with what is guaranteed (maḍmūn), and finding reliance(sukūn) on the Guarantor (al-Ḍāmin).His words, Exalted is He:

Tafsīr al-Tustarī, trans. Annabel Keeler and Ali Keeler
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