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Surah al-A`raf (The Elevated Places) 7 : 140

قَالَ أَغَيْرَ ٱللَّهِ أَبْغِيكُمْ إِلَٰهًا وَهُوَ فَضَّلَكُمْ عَلَى ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

Translations

 
 Muhsin Khan
 Pickthall
 Yusuf Ali
Quran Project
He said, "Is it other than Allāh I should desire for you as a god while He has preferred you over the worlds?"

Qur'an Dictionary

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Word Arabic word
(7:140:1)
qāla
He said
(7:140:2)
aghayra
Should other than
(7:140:3)
l-lahi
Allah
(7:140:4)
abghīkum
I seek for you
(7:140:5)
ilāhan
a god
(7:140:6)
(7:140:7)
faḍḍalakum
has preferred you
(7:140:8)
(7:140:9)
l-ʿālamīna
the worlds

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Explanatory Note

That they were favoured above all mankind in their own time was reflected in the fact that they were chosen to be the bearers of the divine message of God’s oneness. This is the greatest favour of all. They were also chosen to be the heirs to inherit the blessed land, which was at that time in pagan hands. How could they, after all this, request their Prophet to seek for them a deity other than God, when they were at that very moment enjoying God’s grace?

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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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