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{ وَمَا قَدَرُواْ ٱللَّهَ حَقَّ قَدْرِهِ وَٱلأَرْضُ جَمِيعـاً قَبْضَـتُهُ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ وَٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتُ مَطْوِيَّاتٌ بِيَمِينِهِ سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَىٰ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ }
{ And they did not realise the importance of Allah as was His right; and on the Day of Resurrection, He will compress the lands and the heavens will be rolled up by His power; Purity and Supremacy are to Him, from all what they ascribe as partners. }
[39:67]
Imam al-Tabari (d. 310 AH) said in the Tafsir of the above Aya:
وقوله: { وَما قَدَرُوا اللَّهَ حَقَّ قَدْرِهِ } يقول تعالى ذكره: وما عظَّم الله حقّ عظمته، هؤلاء المشركون بالله، الذين يدعونك إلى عبادة الأوثان. وبنحو الذي قلنا في ذلك قال أهل التأويل. ذكر من قال ذلك: حدثني عليّ، قال: ثنا أبو صالح، قال: ثني معاوية، عن عليّ، عن ابن عباس، قوله: { وَما قَدَرُوا اللَّهَ حَقَّ قَدْرِهِ } قال: هم الكفار الذين لم يؤمنوا بقدرة الله عليهم، فمن آمن أن الله على كلّ شيء قدير، فقد قدر الله حقّ قدره، ومن لم يؤمن بذلك، فلم يقدر الله حقّ قدره
[With] His Statement { And they did not realise the importance of Allah as was His right; } [Allah] - Exalted be his remembrance - is saying: They - who ascribe partners to Allah and call you to the worship of the idols - did not glorify Allah as He deserves to be glorified.
The like of what we've stated here was also said by the people of interpretation: Mentioning of those who said this:
'Ali narrarted us and said: Abu Salih reported and said: Mu'awyiyya reported from 'Ali from Ibn 'Abbas:
Regarding [His] statement { And they did not realise the importance of Allah as was His right; }: They are the disbelievers who did not believe in the power of Allah over them. So the one who believes that Allah has power over everything has realised the importance of Allah as was His right, and the one who does not believe in this has not realised the importance of Allah as was His right.
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Imam al-Qurtubi (d.671 AH) mentioned in the Tafsir of the Aya 6:91:
قوله تعالى: { وَمَا قَدَرُواْ ٱللَّهَ حَقَّ قَدْرِهِ } أي فيما وجب له وٱستحال عليه وجاز. قال ٱبن عباس: ما آمنوا أنه على كل شيء قدير. وقال الحسن: ما عظّموه حقَّ عظمته
The statement of [Allah] ta'ala { And they did not realise the importance of Allah as was required } meaning: Regarding what is necessary regarding Him and what is possible and impossible regarding Him.
Ibn 'Abbas said: They did not believe that [Allah] has power over everything.
al-Hassan said: They did not glorify him as he deserves to be glorified.
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