Surah al-A`raf (The Elevated Places) 7 : 129
Translations
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Yusuf Ali
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(7:129:1) qālū They said |
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(7:129:2) ūdhīnā We have been harmed |
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(7:129:4) qabli before |
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(7:129:6) tatiyanā you came to us |
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(7:129:8) baʿdi and after |
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(7:129:10) ji'tanā you have come to us |
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(7:129:11) qāla He said |
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(7:129:12) ʿasā Perhaps |
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(7:129:13) rabbukum your Lord |
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(7:129:15) yuh'lika will destroy |
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(7:129:16) ʿaduwwakum your enemy |
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(7:129:17) wayastakhlifakum and make you successors |
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(7:129:19) l-arḍi the earth |
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(7:129:20) fayanẓura then see |
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(7:129:21) kayfa how |
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(7:129:22) taʿmalūna you will do |
Explanatory Note
Such is a prophet’s vision of the essential facts that govern what happens in the universe. But the Children of Israel have their typical characteristics. These words carry an implicit complaint. They are telling him that his coming to them as a Prophet has not changed anything. Their oppression seems to be everlasting.
But the noble Prophet does not change his characteristic attitude: he continues to remind them of God. He counsels them to put all their trust in Him and raises before them the prospect that God may destroy their enemy and grant them victory. He couples this with a warning that victory brings to them a new test, which they have to take in order to prove themselves.
Moses’s vision is that of a Prophet who recognizes the laws of nature God has established, and how they operate in line with what He has promised both to those who remain steadfast and to those who deny Him. He can see as a reality that tyranny will be destroyed and that those who show steadfastness and who turn to God alone for help will be given victory. He thus points out the way to his people, which is sure to give them what they want. He tells them right at the outset that when they are allowed to inherit the earth, they are actually being put to a test. They will not be given it because they claim to be God’s favourite sons. Nor should they assume that He will not punish them for their sins, or that their power will continue for ever. It is all a test in which they have to prove themselves: “He will then see how you conduct yourselves.” (Verse 129) Needless to say, God knows what is going to happen even before it happens. But His justice determines that He does not put human beings to account until they have actually done what He already knows they will do. He is certainly the One who knows all, and He is the most fair of judges.
3. Surah Overview
A study of its contents clearly shows that the period of its revelation is about the same as that of Surah 6: al-An’am (The Grazing Livestock), i.e. the last year of the Prophet's life at Makkah, but it cannot be asserted with certainty which of these two were sent down earlier. The manner of its admonition clearly indicates that it belongs to the same period. [Ref: Mawdudi]
It is considered the longest surah revealed during the Makkan period. Some consider this surah to have been revealed after Surah 38: Sad. [Ref: Tafsir al-Maudheei, Dr. Mustafah Muslim, vol. 3, p. 2]
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