People of “the Heights” - Quran Chapter 7 – 48 & 49 (Pt-8, Stg-2) (L-957) - درس قرآن

Quran Chapter 7 – 48 & 49 (Pt-8, Stg-2) (L-957) - درس قرآن

People of “the Heights”

Chapter ‘Al-‘A’raaf (The Heights) – Surah – 7)

‘A-‘uu-zu  Billaahi minash-Shay-taanir- Rajiim. 
(I seek refuge in God from Satan the outcast)

Bis-Millaahir-Rah-maanir-Rahiim.
(In the name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful)

 وَنَادَىٰٓ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْأَعْرَافِ رِجَالًا يَعْرِفُونَهُم بِسِيمَىٰهُمْ قَالُوا۟ مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنكُمْ جَمْعُكُمْ وَمَا كُنتُمْ تَسْتَكْبِرُونَ 48

 أَهَٰٓؤُلَآءِ ٱلَّذِينَ أَقْسَمْتُمْ لَا يَنَالُهُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِرَحْمَةٍ ٱدْخُلُوا۟ ٱلْجَنَّةَ لَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْكُمْ وَلَآ أَنتُمْ تَحْزَنُونَ 49

48.  And the dwellers on the Heights call unto men whom they know by their marks, (saying): What did your multitude and that in which ye took your pride avail you? 49.  Are these they of whom ye swore that Allah would not show them mercy? (Unto them it hath been said): Enter the Garden; no fear shall come upon you nor is it ye who will grieve.

48.  Wa  naadaaa  ‘As-haabul- ‘A’-RAAFI  rijaalany-ya’-rifuu-nahum-  bisii-maahum  qaaluu  maaa  ‘agnaa  ‘an-kum-  jam-‘ukum  wa  maa  kuntum  tastakbiruun.  49.  ‘Ahaaa-‘ulaaa-‘illaziina  ‘aqsamtum  laa  yanaalu-humUllaahu  bi-rahmah.  ‘Ud-khulul-Jannata  laa  khaw-fun  ‘alaykum  wa  laaa  ‘antum  tah-zanuun.

Commentary

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It is commanded that the people standing on the Heights, will see some such people in the Fire, whom they were acquainted. They will recognize them due to their faces, appearance, marks and style. They will say to them: You used to slight everyone and dance on the strength of your allies and patrons. Why do they not set you free today by using their tools and weapons etc.? You used to shrink from incurring an obligation. Pharaoh (king of Egypt), Haman (name of his minister) and Korah (“Qarun was one of the people of Moses but he lorded it over them. We gave him treasures, the keys alone to which were a heavy weight for a party of strong men.” (Surah Al Qasas 28:76)) were like a gnat before you. Where are today your large armies with their baggage and camp followers, your wealth and property, pride and haughtiness, those assistants of yours, who used to dance on your indication? Those entire are not of use today for you.

At the other side, we see those people in the Garden, about whom you used to say: they are useless. Are these really those people about whom you used to say swearing: they are worthless and unprofitable people, how can they be blessed by Allah? Can you imagine that those people live in the Garden, whereas the worthy, superior and excellent people like you, who were jack of all trades and unrivaled, may not go to the Garden? You used to say: the Heaven and the Hell are nothing but only a deception, which is self-invented against us by the people good for nothing, because of observing us in good condition in the world.

Today it has been proved that they used to speak the Truth. They have received a Warrant that they can go in the Garden wherever they wish. Such grief, sorrow, dreads and fear have been finished, which they used to endure by the hands of worldly people in the world. Unto them it has been said: Enter the Garden; no fear shall come upon you nor is it ye who will grieve.

The dwellers of the Hell will not be able to reply the reproach and taunt of the people standing at “the Heights”. So they will suffer patiently.

Transliterated Holy Qur’an in Roman Script & Translated from Arabic to English by Marmaduke Pickthall, Published by Paak Company, 17-Urdu Bazaar, Lahore, Lesson collected from Dars e Qur’aan published By Idara Islaah wa Tableegh, Lahore (translated Urdu to English by Muhammad Sharif). https://youtu.be/YmQbYoP0P6Q