Surah Al Araf Ayat 176 Translation Tafseer

Para 9 - قَالَ الْمَلَاُ

سورة الاعراف

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بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ

7.176

وَ لَوْ شِئْنَا لَرَفَعْنٰهُ بِهَا وَ لٰكِنَّهٗۤ اَخْلَدَ اِلَى الْاَرْضِ وَ اتَّبَعَ هَوٰىهُۚ-فَمَثَلُهٗ كَمَثَلِ الْكَلْبِۚ-اِنْ تَحْمِلْ عَلَیْهِ یَلْهَثْ اَوْ تَتْرُكْهُ یَلْهَثْؕ-ذٰلِكَ مَثَلُ الْقَوْمِ الَّذِیْنَ كَذَّبُوْا بِاٰیٰتِنَاۚ-فَاقْصُصِ الْقَصَصَ لَعَلَّهُمْ یَتَفَكَّرُوْنَ(176)

Kanz-ul-Irfan

And had We willed, We would have elevated him through it. However, he became inclined to this world and followed his desires; so his state is like that of a dog, if you show aggression towards him, he displays his tongue, or if you abandon him, he shows his tongue ˹too˺. This is the state of the people who rejected Our verses, so relate these accounts that they may contemplate.[1]

Commentary

[1]

In seeking the riches of this world, Balʿam ibn BāꜤūrā disrespected Prophet Mūsā عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلَام , so Allah Almighty likened his condition to that of a dog. The verse expresses the evil of disrespect and a bad end due to worldly love.

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