Surah Al Araf Ayat 143 Translation Tafseer

Para 9 - قَالَ الْمَلَاُ

سورة الاعراف

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بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ

7.143

وَ لَمَّا جَآءَ مُوْسٰى لِمِیْقَاتِنَا وَ كَلَّمَهٗ رَبُّهٗۙ-قَالَ رَبِّ اَرِنِیْۤ اَنْظُرْ اِلَیْكَؕ-قَالَ لَنْ تَرٰىنِیْ وَ لٰكِنِ انْظُرْ اِلَى الْجَبَلِ فَاِنِ اسْتَقَرَّ مَكَانَهٗ فَسَوْفَ تَرٰىنِیْۚ-فَلَمَّا تَجَلّٰى رَبُّهٗ لِلْجَبَلِ جَعَلَهٗ دَكًّا وَّ خَرَّ مُوْسٰى صَعِقًاۚ-فَلَمَّاۤ اَفَاقَ قَالَ سُبْحٰنَكَ تُبْتُ اِلَیْكَ وَ اَنَا اَوَّلُ الْمُؤْمِنِیْنَ(143)

Kanz-ul-Irfan

And when Mūsā came at Our appointed time and His Lord spoke to him, he said, “O my Lord! Show me your vision that I may see you.” He (Allah) said, “You shall certainly not see Me,[1] however look upon this mountain. If it stands firm in its place, then soon you shall see Me.” Then when his Lord manifested His light upon the mountain, He caused it to collapse into pieces and Mūsā fell to the ground unconscious; then when he regained consciousness, he said, “You are Pure, I return to You in repentance, and I am the first of the believers.”

Commentary

[1]

This does not prove that seeing Allah Almighty is impossible, for if this were the case, then Prophet Mūsā
عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلَام would not have prayed for it as it is not permissible to pray for the impossible. This supplication was not declared unlawful by Allah Almighty, rather, its unacceptability in this world was mentioned; similarly, Allah Almighty negated the seeing of Prophet Mūsā عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلَام but He did not express that it is impossible to see Him.

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