Surah Al Araf Ayat 172 Tafseer

Para 9 - قَالَ الْمَلَاُ

سورة الاعراف

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بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ

7.172-173

وَ اِذْ اَخَذَ رَبُّكَ مِنْۢ بَنِیْۤ اٰدَمَ مِنْ ظُهُوْرِهِمْ ذُرِّیَّتَهُمْ وَ اَشْهَدَهُمْ عَلٰۤى اَنْفُسِهِمْ اَلَسْتُ بِرَبِّكُمْؕ-قَالُوْا بَلٰىۚۛ-شَهِدْنَاۚۛ-اَنْ تَقُوْلُوْا یَوْمَ الْقِیٰمَةِ اِنَّا كُنَّا عَنْ هٰذَا غٰفِلِیْنَۙ (172) اَوْ تَقُوْلُوْۤا اِنَّمَاۤ اَشْرَكَ اٰبَآؤُنَا مِنْ قَبْلُ وَ كُنَّا ذُرِّیَّةً مِّنْۢ بَعْدِهِمْۚ-اَفَتُهْلِكُنَا بِمَا فَعَلَ الْمُبْطِلُوْنَ(173)

Kanz ul Iman Kanz ul Irfan

English translation of Kanz-ul-Irfan

˹Dear Beloved Prophet,˺ remember when your Lord brought forth from the loins of the children of Ādam their progeny and made them testify about themselves, ˹and He said,˺ “Am I not your Lord?” All replied, “Of course, we testify.” ˹This happened˺ lest you should say on the Day of Judgement, “Indeed we were not aware of this.” Or you say, “Polytheism was ˹first˺ practiced by our forefathers and we were ˹their˺ offspring after them; so will you destroy us due to what the people of falsehood did?”[1]

Commentary

Here, some matters are noteworthy: 1. Generally, ignorance is not an acceptable excuse in Islamic rulings; one cannot present the excuse of not knowing to be saved from Divine Retribution. It is incumbent upon every individual to learn Islamic rulings as defined by the Islamic law; 2. Blindly following forefathers is not an acceptable excuse in the Court of Allah Almighty; 3. Laying foundations of sin is indeed a severe offence, however, all those who commit the sinful action are also transgressors; the transgressors cannot profess innocence stating that they did not invent this sin.

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