Surah al-A`raf (The Elevated Places) 7 : 15

قَالَ إِنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُنظَرِينَ

Translations

 
 Muhsin Khan
 Pickthall
 Yusuf Ali
Quran Project
[Allāh] said, "Indeed, you are of those reprieved."

1. Lessons/Guidance/Reflections/Gems

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Explanatory Note

God granted his request and gave him respite until the “Day of the appointed time” as it is described in another sūrah. A number of reports explain that this is a reference to the Day of the blowing of the Trumpet when everything that exists in the heavens and the earth is stunned unconscious, with the exception of whomever God wills. In other words, his respite does not extend to the Day of Resurrection.

Iblīs’s request has been granted because God has willed human beings to find their own way since their nature is susceptible to good and evil. Furthermore, man has been given a mind to think, reflect and choose, and he has been given reminders and warnings through God’s messengers. Furthermore, he has been given the means to control and correct himself. It is God’s will that he receives signals of right guidance and error, and that goodness and evil should have their fight within him so that his faith is determined in accordance with the law God has set in operation. God’s will is thus accomplished by testing human beings. Whether they follow right guidance or go astray, God’s law is thus accomplished.
 

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6. Frequency of the word

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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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