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{ وَٱتْرُكِ ٱلْبَحْرَ رَهْواً إِنَّهُمْ جُندٌ مُّغْرَقُونَ }

And leave the sea behind you, at rest… [That is], a calm pathway (ṭarīq sākin) [for you to cross]. Its inner meaning is: ‘Make your heart acquiesce in (sākin) My management (tadbīrī) [of your affairs].’ …Indeed they will be a drowned host, that is, those who are opposed to consigning the management (tadbīr) of themselves [to God].His words:

Tafsīr al-Tustarī, trans. Annabel Keeler and Ali Keeler
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