Surah al-A`raf (The Elevated Places) 7 : 180
Translations
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(7:180:1) walillahi And for Allah |
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(7:180:2) l-asmāu (are) the names |
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(7:180:3) l-ḥus'nā the most beautiful |
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(7:180:4) fa-id'ʿūhu so invoke Him |
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(7:180:6) wadharū And leave |
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(7:180:7) alladhīna those who |
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(7:180:8) yul'ḥidūna deviate |
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(7:180:10) asmāihi His names |
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(7:180:11) sayuj'zawna They will be recompensed |
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(7:180:13) kānū they used to |
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(7:180:14) yaʿmalūna do |
Explanatory Note
The sūrah follows this with a clear instruction to the believers to ignore those who deviate from the right path and go astray. At the time of the Prophet, those were the unbelievers who used to maintain idolatry in opposition to the Islamic message. They used to blaspheme against God’s names, twist His attributes, and assign them to some of the idols they ascribe as partners to God. “God has the finest names, so appeal to Him by these and stay away from those who blaspheme against His names. They shall be requited for all they do.” (Verse 180)
The Arabic word in this Qur’ānic verse which is translated here as ‘blaspheme against His names’ signifies also twisting and distortion. The idolaters among the Arabs distorted God’s fine names and gave them to their alleged deities. They distorted the name Allah so as to call one of their idols al-Lāt, and twisted His attribute, al-`Azīz, which means the Mighty, to call another idol, al-`Uzzā. The Qur’ānic verse states clearly that these fine names and attributes belong to God alone. It instructs the believers to call Him alone by these names, without any distortion or twisting. They are also instructed to ignore the twisters who have gone far astray, and not to bother about them. They are left to God who determines their punishment. This is a very serious warning indeed.
This instruction to ignore those who blaspheme against God is not limited to that particular occasion or to those who twist and distort God’s names and attributes, or who assign them to their alleged deities. It applies to all sorts of blasphemy, such as those who adopt a twisted or deviant concept of Godhead. These include those who claim that God has a son or those who allege that His will is subject to the laws of nature, or those who claim that His actions are similar to the actions of human beings, when there is no-one and nothing like Him. It also applies to those who claim that He is the deity in heaven who conducts the affairs of the universe and who determines people’s destiny in the hereafter, but who negate at the same time His position as the deity on earth and in human life. Such people claim that He may not legislate for human life, because people are the ones who legislate for themselves in the light of their experience and guided by their interests, as they themselves see these interests. In this respect, the people are their own deities, or some of them are the deities of others. All this is deviation and blasphemy against God, His names and attributes. Muslims are commanded to ignore all this and not to bother about it. The blasphemers and deviants are warned here that they will receive the right punishment for what they do.
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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