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إِفْرَاطُThe excess ofمُحَمَّدِMuhammadبْنِbinإِسْحَاقَIshaqالْكَلْبِيِّ:al-Kalbi:

The excess of Muhammad bin Ishaq al-Kalbi:

وَأَمَّاAnd as forإِفْرَاطُthe excess ofمُحَمَّدِMuhammadبْنِbinإِسْحَاقَIshaqالْكَلْبِيِّal-Kalbi

And as for the excess of Muhammad bin Ishaq al-Kalbi

فِيinهَذَاthisالْبَابِchapter

in this chapter

حَيْثُin thatأَوْرَدَhe mentionedتَحْتَunderكُلِّeveryآيَةٍverse

where he mentioned under every verse

قِصَّةًa storyتُرْوَى،narrated,أَوْorحِكَايَةًan accountتُذْكَرُmentioned

a narrated story or a mentioned account

فَإِنَّهَاthen itلَاdoes notتَصِحُّbe authenticلَدَىaccording toالْمُحَدِّثِينَthe hadith scholars

then it is not authentic according to the hadith scholars

وَفِيand inأَسَانِيدِهَاits chains of narrationنَظَرٌ.there is consideration.

and in its chains of narration there is critical view.

الْإِحَاطَةُEncompassingبِجَمِيعِallرِوَايَاتِnarrations ofأَسْبَابِcauses ofالنُّزُولِrevelation

Encompassing all narrations of the causes of revelation

لَيْسَتْis notمِنْfromشُرُوطِconditions ofالْمُفَسِّرِ:the exegete:

is not from the conditions of the exegete:

وَإِنَّAnd indeedاعْتِبَارَconsideringمَعْرِفَتِهَاknowing itشَرْطاًas a conditionمِنْofشُرُوطِthe conditions ofالتَّفْسِيرِexegesisخَطَأٌis an errorبَيِّنٌ،clear,

And indeed considering knowing it as a condition from the conditions of exegesis is a clear error,

وَالِاعْتِقَادَand believingبِأَنَّthatتَدَبُّرَcontemplation ofكِتَابِthe Book ofاللَّهِAllah- تَعَالَى -- the Most High -يَتَوَقَّفُdependsعَلَىuponالْإِحَاطَةِencompassingبِهَاthem

and believing that the contemplation of the Book of Allah - the Most High - depends on encompassing them

وَاسْتِحْضَارِهَاand bringing them to mindتَفْوِيتٌis a wasting ofلِحَظِّthe share ofالنَّفْسِthe soulمِنْfromكِتَابِthe Book ofاللَّهِAllah

and bringing them to mind is a wasting of the soul's share from the Book of Allah

وَحِرْمَانٌand a deprivationمِنْfromإِدْرَاكِrealizingرُوحِهِits spiritوَجَوْهَرِهِ.and its essence.

and a deprivation from realizing its spirit and its essence.

وَمَاAnd notتَوْفِيقِيmy successإِلَّاexceptبِاللَّهِthrough Allah,عَلَيْهِupon HimتَوَكَّلْتُI reliedوَإِلَيْهِand to HimأُنِيبُI turn

And my success is not except through Allah, upon Him I relied and to Him I turn in repentance.