Surah Al Araf Ayat 157 Translation Tafseer

Para 9 - قَالَ الْمَلَاُ

سورة الاعراف

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بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ

7.157

اَلَّذِیْنَ یَتَّبِعُوْنَ الرَّسُوْلَ النَّبِیَّ الْاُمِّیَّ الَّذِیْ یَجِدُوْنَهٗ مَكْتُوْبًا عِنْدَهُمْ فِی التَّوْرٰىةِ وَ الْاِنْجِیْلِ٘-یَاْمُرُهُمْ بِالْمَعْرُوْفِ وَ یَنْهٰىهُمْ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ وَ یُحِلُّ لَهُمُ الطَّیِّبٰتِ وَ یُحَرِّمُ عَلَیْهِمُ الْخَبٰٓىٕثَ وَ یَضَعُ عَنْهُمْ اِصْرَهُمْ وَ الْاَغْلٰلَ الَّتِیْ كَانَتْ عَلَیْهِمْؕ-فَالَّذِیْنَ اٰمَنُوْا بِهٖ وَ عَزَّرُوْهُ وَ نَصَرُوْهُ وَ اتَّبَعُوا النُّوْرَ الَّذِیْۤ اُنْزِلَ مَعَهٗۤۙ-اُولٰٓىٕكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُوْنَ۠ (157)

Kanz-ul-Irfan

Those who follow the Messenger who relates news of the unseen,[1] the unschooled,[2] whom they find written (mentioned) in the Taurāt (Torah) and Injīl (Gospel) with them; he commands them to do good and forbids them from evil, and he makes lawful for them pure things and prohibits foul things for them, and he removes from them their burden and the shackles that were upon them;[3] so those who believe in him (the Prophet) and honour him, and help him, and follow the light which was revealed with him; it is they who are successful.”[4]

Commentary

[1]

Exegetes concur that this refers to the Final Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم.

[2]

Being ‘اُمِّی’ (unschooled) is one of the miracles of the Beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم. Despite not being formally schooled by any human, he صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم brought the greatest Book (the Quran) to the world and taught transformational and timeless lessons that changed the course of humanity.

[3]

Here, “burden” refers to extreme suffering like killing oneself in repentance and, in some cases, severing certain limbs which were used to commit a sin; “shackles” means demanding laws like cutting off the part of clothing which is soiled by impurity and burning the spoils of war.

[4]

This expresses that reverence for the Beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم is mandatory in terms of creed, practice, speech, action, the external, and the internal; in fact, it is the essence of faith.

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