Surah Al Araf Ayat 164 Translation Tafseer

Para 9 - قَالَ الْمَلَاُ

سورة الاعراف

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بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ

7.164

وَ اِذْ قَالَتْ اُمَّةٌ مِّنْهُمْ لِمَ تَعِظُوْنَ قَوْمَاۙﰳ اللّٰهُ مُهْلِكُهُمْ اَوْ مُعَذِّبُهُمْ عَذَابًا شَدِیْدًاؕ-قَالُوْا مَعْذِرَةً اِلٰى رَبِّكُمْ وَ لَعَلَّهُمْ یَتَّقُوْنَ(164)

Kanz-ul-Irfan

And when a group among them said, “Why do you advise those who are to be destroyed by Allah or punished severely?”[1] They said, “To present an excuse to your Lord that they may fear.”

Commentary

[1]

Here, the group that remained silent about the condemnation of fishing is mentioned. Although they disapproved of the transgression of the others, they did not advise them, having lost all hope in them. It seems that this group (who silently disapproved) also attained salvation as when there is no hope of acceptance from wrongdoers, commanding good is not mandatory (although it is better to do so). Commanding good is a communal obligation and as another group was fulfilling this duty, it was not directly incumbent upon this group.

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