Surah Al Muminun Ayat 24 Translation Tafseer

Para 18 - قَدْ اَفْلَحَ

سورة المؤمنون

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بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ

23.24

فَقَالَ الْمَلَؤُا الَّذِیْنَ كَفَرُوْا مِنْ قَوْمِهٖ مَا هٰذَاۤ اِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُكُمْۙ-یُرِیْدُ اَنْ یَّتَفَضَّلَ عَلَیْكُمْؕ-وَ لَوْ شَآءَ اللّٰهُ لَاَنْزَلَ مَلٰٓىٕكَةً ۚۖ-مَّا سَمِعْنَا بِهٰذَا فِیْۤ اٰبَآىٕنَا الْاَوَّلِیْنَۚ (24)

Kanz-ul-Irfan

So the disbelieving chiefs from his nation said, “He is but a human like you who seeks excellence over you.[1] And had Allahwilled, He would have sent down angels. We did not hear this among our forefathers.[2]

Commentary

[1]

This was the strange behaviour of the disbelievers that they had set such a high standard concerning messengers that they did not accept that humans could be messengers. However, their deep ignorance of the Divine led them to accept lifeless stones as God.

[2]

To give precedence to the actions of one’s forefathers over Divine decree is the way of the disbelievers. Many people in our society are also guilty of displaying similar behaviour; when they are informed of a religious ruling and prevented from unlawful customs (during weddings, bereavements, or other occasions), they reply by saying that these are familial traditions, so they will uphold them. This conduct does not befit the Muslim.

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