Surah Al Araf Ayat 89 Translation Tafseer

Para 9 - قَالَ الْمَلَاُ

سورة الاعراف

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بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ

7.89

قَدِ افْتَرَیْنَا عَلَى اللّٰهِ كَذِبًا اِنْ عُدْنَا فِیْ مِلَّتِكُمْ بَعْدَ اِذْ نَجّٰىنَا اللّٰهُ مِنْهَاؕ-وَ مَا یَكُوْنُ لَنَاۤ اَنْ نَّعُوْدَ فِیْهَاۤ اِلَّاۤ اَنْ یَّشَآءَ اللّٰهُ رَبُّنَاؕ-وَسِعَ رَبُّنَا كُلَّ شَیْءٍ عِلْمًاؕ-عَلَى اللّٰهِ تَوَكَّلْنَاؕ-رَبَّنَا افْتَحْ بَیْنَنَا وَ بَیْنَ قَوْمِنَا بِالْحَقِّ وَ اَنْتَ خَیْرُ الْفٰتِحِیْنَ(89)

Kanz-ul-Irfan

Indeed we would definitely ˹be˺ ascribing a lie to Allah if we (the believers) adopt your religion after Allah saved us from it. And it is not for us that We accept your creed except that Allah, our Lord, wills.[1] The knowledge of our Lord encompasses everything;[2] we have placed our trust in Allah alone. O our Lord! Judge between us and our nation with the truth; You are the best of judges.”

Commentary

[1]

It is impossible for prophets عَـلَـيْـهِمُ الـسَّـلَام to be misguided because they are definitively sinless and Satan cannot misguide them. The statement of Prophet Shuʿayb عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلَام is a general expression of the Power and Will of Allah Almighty.

[2]

This verse explains that whenever Allah Almighty describes Himself as having “encompassed” everything, it is figurative and means that His Knowledge and Power has encompassed everything, i.e., nothing can escape His Knowledge or Power. It cannot be a literal statement because He is free from physically encompassing objects (with body and place).

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