Allah says in surah al-A’raaf: عَذَابِي أُصِيبُ بِهِ مَنْ أَشَاءُ ۖ وَرَحْمَتِي وَسِعَتْ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ My punishment – I afflict whomever I wish with it, and My rahmah encompasses everything. [7:156] Commenting on this in his great book of tafsir, Imam Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari wrote: وقد اختلف أهل التأويل في تأويل ذلك . فقال […]
“My Rahmah Encompasses Everything”: Tafsir al-Tabari