Surah Al Araf Ayat 148-149-150-151 Translation Tafseer

Para 9 - قَالَ الْمَلَاُ

سورة الاعراف

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بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ

7.148-149-150-151

وَ اتَّخَذَ قَوْمُ مُوْسٰى مِنْۢ بَعْدِهٖ مِنْ حُلِیِّهِمْ عِجْلًا جَسَدًا لَّهٗ خُوَارٌؕ-اَلَمْ یَرَوْا اَنَّهٗ لَا یُكَلِّمُهُمْ وَ لَا یَهْدِیْهِمْ سَبِیْلًاۘ-اِتَّخَذُوْهُ وَ كَانُوْا ظٰلِمِیْنَ(148) وَ لَمَّا سُقِطَ فِیْۤ اَیْدِیْهِمْ وَ رَاَوْا اَنَّهُمْ قَدْ ضَلُّوْاۙ-قَالُوْا لَىٕنْ لَّمْ یَرْحَمْنَا رَبُّنَا وَ یَغْفِرْ لَنَا لَنَكُوْنَنَّ مِنَ الْخٰسِرِیْنَ(149) وَ لَمَّا رَجَعَ مُوْسٰۤى اِلٰى قَوْمِهٖ غَضْبَانَ اَسِفًاۙ-قَالَ بِئْسَمَا خَلَفْتُمُوْنِیْ مِنْۢ بَعْدِیْۚ-اَعَجِلْتُمْ اَمْرَ رَبِّكُمْۚ-وَ اَلْقَى الْاَلْوَاحَ وَ اَخَذَ بِرَاْسِ اَخِیْهِ یَجُرُّهٗۤ اِلَیْهِؕ-قَالَ ابْنَ اُمَّ اِنَّ الْقَوْمَ اسْتَضْعَفُوْنِیْ وَ كَادُوْا یَقْتُلُوْنَنِیْ ﳲ فَلَا تُشْمِتْ بِیَ الْاَعْدَآءَ وَ لَا تَجْعَلْنِیْ مَعَ الْقَوْمِ الظّٰلِمِیْنَ(150) قَالَ رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِیْ وَ لِاَخِیْ وَ اَدْخِلْنَا فِیْ رَحْمَتِكَ ﳲ وَ اَنْتَ اَرْحَمُ الرّٰحِمِیْنَ۠ (151)

Kanz-ul-Irfan

And the nation of Mūsā took (as a god), after him, an inanimate calf forged from their jewellery which made a bellowing sound; did they not see that it could not converse with them nor guide them to a path? They made it ˹a deity˺ and they were oppressors.[1] And when they became humiliated and understood that they had definitely gone astray, they said, “If our Lord does not have mercy on us and does not pardon us, then most certainly we shall be destroyed.” And when Mūsā returned to his nation, enraged and sad, he said, “What an evil action you did after me! Did you show haste with the command of your Lord?” And Mūsā placed the tablets upon the ground[1] and took hold of his brother’s hair pulling him towards himself. He (Hārūn) said, “O son of my mother! Indeed, the nation deemed me to be weak and were about to kill me, so do not give the enemies a chance to laugh at me, [2]and do not place me among the oppressors.” He said, “O my Lord! Forgive me and my brother[1] and make us enter Your mercy, and You are the most Merciful of the merciful.”

Commentary

[1]

Thirty days after the departure of Prophet Mūsā عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلَام towards Mt. Sinai to speak to Allah Almighty, Sāmirī cast a calf statue out of the jewellery of the Israelites. He placed special dust (taken from under a hoof of the horse ridden by Jibrīl عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلَام) within the statue, and it began to make a bellowing sound. Sāmirī used this strange statue of a calf to persuade many Israelites to worship it; apart from twelve thousand Israelites, the rest adopted the worship of this statue. When the calf-worshippers regretted their transgression and realised that they had become misguided, they prayed to Allah Almighty for forgiveness.

[2]

The tablets were placed upon the ground in haste out of religious fervour and wrath. The tablets of the Torah were not disrespected; any report which mentions that some of the tablets were damaged, if true, would simply be due to an unintentional element of haste, not an intended action of Prophet Mūsā عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلَام.

[3]

The term ‘شَماتت’ means to attain joy from the suffering of another individual or schadenfreude. There are many examples of this evil trait within religious and secular circles; many religious figures, skilled people, labourers, tradesmen, and work colleagues (in offices, banks, and companies, for example.) seem to be affected by the evil of attaining pleasure from the misfortune of their Muslim brother. May the Almighty grant them guidance.

[4]

This supplication of forgiveness was a lesson for the nation as the noble Prophets عَـلَـيْـهِمُ الـسَّـلَام are sinless.