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Therefore, Allah -azwj Blessed and Exalted Revealed: So, you shall be seeing, and they (too) shall be seeing [68:5] Which one of you is bewitched [68:6] They wish that you should be pliant so they (too) would be pliant [68:9] And do not heed a despicable oath-monger [68:10] ’. قال: نزلت فيهما إلى آخر الآية He -asws said: ‘It was Revealed regarding the two of them (Abu Bakr & Umar) – up to the last Verse’.
[24] VERSES 15 & 16 إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ آيَاتُنَا قَالَ أَسَاطِيرُ الْأَوَّلِينَ {15} When Our Verses are recited to him, he says, ‘Stories of the former ones’ [68:15] سَنَسِمُهُ عَلَى الْخُرْطُومِ {16} We will soon mark him on the nose [68:16] علي بن إبراهيم: قوله: إِذا تُتْلى عَلَيْهِ آياتُنا قال: كنى عن الثاني، قالَ أَساطِيرُ الْأَوَّلِينَ أي أكاذيب الأولين Ali Bin Ibrahim (Tafseer Qummi) – His -azwj Words: When Our Verses are recited to him [68:15] .
He -asws said: ‘Teknonym about the Second one (Umar). he says, ‘Stories of the former ones’ [68:15] – i.e., lies of the former ones. قوله: سَنَسِمُهُ عَلَى الْخُرْطُومِ قال: في الرجعة، إذا رجع أمير المؤمنين (عليه السلام) و رجع أعداؤه، فيسمهم بميسم معه كما توسم البهائم، على الخراطيم: الأنف و الشفتين His -azwj Words: We will soon mark him on the nose [68:16] , he -asws said: ‘Regarding the Return (Al-Raj’at).
When Amir-Al-Momineen -asws returns, and his -asws enemies (also) return, so, their foreheads would be marked like the branding of the animal, upon their noses – the nose and the two lips’.
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