Quran Chapter
7 – 140 & 141 (Pt-9, Stg-2) (L-1021) - درس قرآن
Adored is only One - Allah
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)
(I seek refuge in God from Satan the outcast)
Bis-Millaahir-Rah-maanir-Rahiim.
(In the name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful)
قَالَ أَغَيْرَ ٱللَّهِ أَبْغِيكُمْ إِلَٰهًا وَهُوَ فَضَّلَكُمْ عَلَى ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ 140
وَإِذْأَنجَيْنَٰكُم مِّنْ ءَالِ فِرْعَوْنَ يَسُومُونَكُمْ سُوٓءَ ٱلْعَذَابِ يُقَتِّلُونَ أَبْنَآءَكُمْ وَيَسْتَحْيُونَ نِسَآءَكُمْ وَفِى ذَٰلِكُم بَلَآءٌ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ عَظِيمٌ 141
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140. He said: Shall I seek for you a god other than Allah when He
hath favoured you above (all) creatures?
141. And (remember) when We did deliver you from Pharaoh’s folk
who were afflicting you with dreadful torment, slaughtering your sons and
sparing your women. And that was a tremendous trial from your Lord.
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140. Qaala ‘a-gayrAllaahi ‘abgiikum
‘ilaahanw-wa Huwa fazzalakum ‘alal-‘aalamiin.
141. Wa ‘iz ‘anjay-Naakum-min ‘Aali-
Fir-‘awna yasuu-muunakum suuu-‘al-‘azaab.
Yuqattiluuna ‘abnaaa-‘akum wa yastah-yuuna
nisaaa-‘akum. Wa fii zaalikum balaaa-‘um-mir-Rabbikum
‘aziim.
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Commentary
Yasuu-muunakum – {they (were afflicting you)},
this word has been derived from suum. Suum means “to vex, to
trouble, to torment, to afflict”.
Yastah-yuuna - {they (were sparing, let them
living)}, origin of this word is ‘astah-yaaa’, which has been made from hayaat.
Hayaat means “life”. ‘Astah-yaaa’ means “to let (someone)
survive”.
Balaaa-‘un – actual meanings of this word are
trial, test, examination. Sometimes it comes by means of any calamity/disaster,
and sometime by means of favor. Therefore, it can be used in both meanings.
Here it aims favor.
It was described in the previous
verse that the Children of Israel asked for permission from Prophet Moses
(peace be upon Him) to worship by keeping the idols in front. He (peace be upon
Him) commanded that this way is dangerous. You don’t know about its sequel. It
makes a man oblivious from actual God at the end. Its benefit is fictitious
only, you don’t know, whether it will be gainful or otherwise, that is to say;
to focus the attention at a particular point. But its harm and loss is sure
i.e. falling into the belief in a plurality of God (polytheism).
It is commanded that Prophet Moses
(peace be upon Him) said: It is biggest misfortune of the human being if he
forgets Allah Almighty. Can it be suitable to adopt any such matter, which
appears in the beginning a harmless but consequence of which is that, at the
end, the people begin to consider the idols as God and everything and are
involved in the polytheism and infidelity. I do not accept your request that I
create another god for you except Allah Almighty, Who is Creator, Lord and
Worshipped of all of the mankind and other entire creatures? Beholding such
strongest Signs of God Almighty, that He did deliver you from Pharaoh’s nation
and raised your dignity more than the entire world at that time (after
deliverance from the people of Pharaoh). It is biggest tyranny if you arrange
to forget Him.
In the next verse, the
Jews are being reminded again about the biggest favor of God Almighty on their
ancestors. They would have been removed from the earth as horns from the
donkey’s head; if God Almighty had not favored the Children of Israel, because
the people of Pharaoh used to slaughter their sons and spare their women. It
was a tremendous trial from the Lord of the Worlds (God Almighty).
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