Surah Al Araf Ayat 73-74-75-76-77-78-79 Translation Tafseer

Para 8 - وَ لَوْ اَنَّنَا

سورة الاعراف

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بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ

7.73-74-75-76-77-78-79

وَ اِلٰى ثَمُوْدَ اَخَاهُمْ صٰلِحًاۘ-قَالَ یٰقَوْمِ اعْبُدُوا اللّٰهَ مَا لَكُمْ مِّنْ اِلٰهٍ غَیْرُهٗؕ-قَدْ جَآءَتْكُمْ بَیِّنَةٌ مِّنْ رَّبِّكُمْؕ-هٰذِهٖ نَاقَةُ اللّٰهِ لَكُمْ اٰیَةً فَذَرُوْهَا تَاْكُلْ فِیْۤ اَرْضِ اللّٰهِ وَ لَا تَمَسُّوْهَا بِسُوْٓءٍ فَیَاْخُذَكُمْ عَذَابٌ اَلِیْمٌ(73) وَ اذْكُرُوْۤا اِذْ جَعَلَكُمْ خُلَفَآءَ مِنْۢ بَعْدِ عَادٍ وَّ بَوَّاَكُمْ فِی الْاَرْضِ تَتَّخِذُوْنَ مِنْ سُهُوْلِهَا قُصُوْرًا وَّ تَنْحِتُوْنَ الْجِبَالَ بُیُوْتًاۚ-فَاذْكُرُوْۤا اٰلَآءَ اللّٰهِ وَ لَا تَعْثَوْا فِی الْاَرْضِ مُفْسِدِیْنَ(74) قَالَ الْمَلَاُ الَّذِیْنَ اسْتَكْبَرُوْا مِنْ قَوْمِهٖ لِلَّذِیْنَ اسْتُضْعِفُوْا لِمَنْ اٰمَنَ مِنْهُمْ اَتَعْلَمُوْنَ اَنَّ صٰلِحًا مُّرْسَلٌ مِّنْ رَّبِّهٖؕ-قَالُوْۤا اِنَّا بِمَاۤ اُرْسِلَ بِهٖ مُؤْمِنُوْنَ(75) قَالَ الَّذِیْنَ اسْتَكْبَرُوْۤا اِنَّا بِالَّذِیْۤ اٰمَنْتُمْ بِهٖ كٰفِرُوْنَ(76) فَعَقَرُوا النَّاقَةَ وَ عَتَوْا عَنْ اَمْرِ رَبِّهِمْ وَ قَالُوْا یٰصٰلِحُ ائْتِنَا بِمَا تَعِدُنَاۤ اِنْ كُنْتَ مِنَ الْمُرْسَلِیْنَ(77) فَاَخَذَتْهُمُ الرَّجْفَةُ فَاَصْبَحُوْا فِیْ دَارِهِمْ جٰثِمِیْنَ(78) فَتَوَلّٰى عَنْهُمْ وَ قَالَ یٰقَوْمِ لَقَدْ اَبْلَغْتُكُمْ رِسَالَةَ رَبِّیْ وَ نَصَحْتُ لَكُمْ وَ لٰـكِنْ لَّا تُحِبُّوْنَ النّٰصِحِیْنَ(79)

Kanz-ul-Irfan

To ˹the people of ˺ Thamūd, [1] ˹We sent˺ their brother Ṣāliḥ. He said, “O my nation! Worship Allah, you have no god other than Him. Indeed, a clear sign has come to you from your Lord. This she-camel of Allah is a sign for you, so let her roam freely that she may graze in the land of Allah, and do not touch her with harm lest you are seized by painful punishment. And remember when He made you successors after the nation of ʿĀd and granted you an abode in the earth; so that you make palaces in its soft plains and hew homes in the mountains. [1] So remember the blessings of Allah and do not spread discord in the earth.” [2] The conceited leaders of his nation said to the weak believers, “Do you know that Ṣāliḥ is a Messenger of His Lord?” They said, “Indeed we believe in what he has been sent with.” The conceited ones said, “Indeed we deny what you believe in.” So they hamstrung the she-camel [1] and rebelled against the command of their Lord and they said, “O Ṣāliḥ! Bring forth the punishment you warned us of if you are a Messenger.” So they were seized by an earthquake, so in the morning, they were left lying ˹dead˺ upon their faces in their homes. [1] So Ṣāliḥ turned away from them and said, “O my nation! Indeed I conveyed the message of my Lord to you and I advised you, but you do not like sincere advisers.”

Commentary

[1]

Thamūd were an Arab people. Their eponymous progenitor was Thamūd, son of Rām, son of Sām, son of Nūḥ عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلَام. This nation lived between Ḥijāz and the Levant in the land of Hijr.

[2]

The nation of Thamūd had made mansions in villages for the summer, and homes within the mountains for the winter, just as affluent people nowadays have separate residences according to the season.

[3]

Spreading discord within a nation is a serious offence whether this is by killing, endorsing disbelief, or even inciting hatred through speeches and writing. Nowadays, many unqualified people don the scholarly garb while spreading evil and slandering true scholars; one must be wary of such unsavoury characters.

[4]

One of the men who slaughtered the she-camel was Qīdār ibn Sālif and he was helped by Maṣda‘ ibn Dahr, but as this was done with the agreement of the whole tribe, all were held responsible. Committing a sin, making another person sin, being content with sin and aiding a sin are all offences which may incur punishment.

[5]

Different aspects of punishment are attributed to the nation of Thamūd in the Quran. Here, an earthquake is mentioned and in Surah al-Ḥijr: 83, a piercing cry is stated. Both statements are harmonised with the interpretation that first they were affected by this cry and then the earthquake occurred.