عَلَىonالْمَرْتَبَةِthe rankالسَّابِقَةِpreviousـ-النُّبُوَّةِprophethoodوَالصِّدْيَقِيَّةِand truthfulnessوَالشَّهَادَةِand martyrdom؛;
In the previous rank - prophethood, truthfulness, and martyrdom; they are below it in rank.
هَذَاthisالصِّرَاطُthe pathالَّذِيthatجَاءَتْcameبِهِwith itالرُّسُلُthe messengersهُوَisصِرَاطٌpathهَـٰؤُلَاءtheseالأَصْنَافُcategoriesالأَرْبَعَةُfour؛;
This path, which the messengers came with, is the path of these four categories.
فَغَيْرَهُمْso othersلَاdo notيَمْشُونَwalkعَلَىonمَاwhatجَاءَتْcameبِهwith itالرُّسُلِthe messengersلِذَاthus؛;
Thus, others do not walk on what the messengers came with.
قَوْلُهُHis saying::«"وَقَدْAnd indeedدَخَلَhas enteredفِيinهَذِهِthisالْجُمْلَةِsentenceمَاwhatوَصَفَdescribedاللَّهُGodبِهِwith itنَفْسَهُHimselfفِيinسُورَةِthe surahالإِخْلَاصِ،of Al-Ikhlas,الَّتِيwhichتَعْدِلُis equivalent toثُلُثَone third ofالْقُرْآنِ،the Qur'an,حَيْثُwhereيَقُولُHe says::﴿﴿قُلْSayهُوَHe isاللَّهُAllahأَحَدٌthe OneاللَّهُAllahالصَّمَدُthe Eternal Refuge**لَمْdid notيَلِدْgive birthوَلَمْand did notيَوْلَدْbe born**وَلَمْand did notيَكُنْthere beلَّهُfor Himكُفُؤٌany equivalentأَحَدٌanyoneالإِخْلَاصِof Al-Ikhlas :١1--٤4]]..
His saying: "And indeed, what God described Himself in the Surah of Al-Ikhlas, which is equivalent to one third of the Qur'an, where He says: ‘Say, He is Allah, The One, Allah, the Eternal Refuge. He neither gives birth nor is born, and there is none equivalent to Him.'"
الشَّرْحُ:Explanation:وَهُوَAnd itقَدْhasجَمَعَgathered**
Explanation: And it has gathered.
قَوْلُهُHis saying::«"دَخَلَIt has enteredفِيinهَذِهِthisالْجُمْلَةِsentence::يُحْتَمَلُit is possibleأَنَّهُthat heيُرِيدُwantsبِهَاby itقَوْلُهُhis sayingفِي مَاin that whichوَصَفَdescribedوَسَمَّىand calledبِهِwith itنَفْسَهُHimselfبَيْنَbetweenالنَّفْيِnegationوَالإِثْبَاتِ،and affirmation,وَيُحْتَمَلُand it is possibleأَنَّthatيُرِيدُhe wantsمَاwhatسَبَقَprecededمِنَofأَنْthatأَهْلَpeopleالسُّنَّةِthe Sunnahوَالْجَمَاعَةِand the communityيَصِفُونَthey describeاللَّهَGodتَعَالَىExaltedبِمَاwith whatوَصَفَdescribedبِهِwith itنَفْسَهُHimselfوَمَاand whatوَصَفَهُHe describedبِهِwith itرَسُولَهُ،His Messenger,وَأَيًّاand whicheverكَانَ؛was;
His saying: It is possible that he means by it his saying in what he described and named Himself between negation and affirmation, and it is possible that he wants what preceded of the people of Sunnah and the community, who describe God, the Exalted, with what He described Himself and what He described through His Messenger, and whichever it is; this surah and what follows are included in what has preceded; that God, the Exalted, has gathered in what He described and named Himself between negation and affirmation, and that the people of the Sunnah believe in that.
آيَاتُVersesقَوْلُهُHis saying::«"فِيinسُورَةِSurahالإِخْلَاصِof Al-Ikhlas :(السُّورَةُ):(the surah):هِيَIt isعِبَارَةٌa termعَنْaboutمِنْofكِتَابِthe BookاللَّهِGodمَسْوُرَةٍ؛enclosed;أَيْ:i.e.:مُنْفَصِلَةٌseparateعَمَّfrom whatقَبْلَهَاis before itوَعَمَّand from whatبَعْدَهَا؛after it;كَالْبِنَاءِlike a buildingالَّذِيwhichأَحَاطَsurroundedبِهِitالسُّوَرِ.the walls.##
His saying: "In Surah Al-Ikhlas: (the Surah) is a term for a part of the Book of God enclosed; i.e., separate from what is before it and what is after it; like the building that is surrounded by walls."