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Surah al-A`raf (The Elevated Places) 7 : 67

قَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ لَيْسَ بِى سَفَاهَةٌ وَلَٰكِنِّى رَسُولٌ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

Translations

 
 Muhsin Khan
 Pickthall
 Yusuf Ali
Quran Project
[Hūd] said, "O my people, there is not foolishness in me, but I am a messenger from the Lord of the worlds.

Qur'an Dictionary

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Word Arabic word
(7:67:1)
qāla
He said
(7:67:2)
yāqawmi
O my people
(7:67:3)
laysa
There is not
(7:67:4)
(7:67:5)
safāhatun
foolishness
(7:67:6)
(7:67:7)
rasūlun
a Messenger
(7:67:8)
(7:67:9)
rabbi
(the) Lord
(7:67:10)
l-ʿālamīna
(of) the worlds

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Explanatory Note

His denial of being foolish or weak-minded combines simplicity with truthfulness, just in the same way as Noah denied that he was in error. Also like Noah before him, Hūd explains to them the source and goal of his message and that as he delivers it to them, he is giving them sound advice and ensuring honesty in its delivery. He says all that to them with the compassion of a person giving advice, and the truthfulness which is the mark of a trustworthy person. But like Noah’s people before them, they wondered that he should be chosen as God’s messenger, and at the message entrusted to him. Thus, we find Hūd saying to them the same words Noah had said before him, as if the two persons had one soul.

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7. Period of Revelation

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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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