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QCF V2

Mahmoud Khaleel Al-Husary

Ibn Kathir (Abridged)

Hasan Efendi Nahi

Imām Ibn al-Jawzī (d. 597/1201) summarized the scholars' opinions in his book "Zād al-Masīr" as follows:

1. It was an address to all of them (to kill their own selves). [Al-Suddī]
2. It was an address to those who did not worship the calf to kill those who did worship. [Muqātil]
3. It was an address to the worshippers (of the calf) alone, commanding them to kill each other. [Abū Sulaymān al-Dimashqī]

To whom is Moses' command "then kill one another (lit. yourselves)" addressed?

Imām Ibn al-Jawzī (d. 597/1201) summarized the scholars' opinions in his book "Zād al-Masīr" as follows:

1. It refers back to the *qatl*.
2. It refers back to the *tawbah*.

What does the pronoun in "that will be better" refer to?