Transliteration:( Falammaaa aataahumaa saalihan ja'alaa lahoo shurakaaa'a feemaaa aataahumaa; fata'aalal laahu 'ammaa yushrikoon )
442. Some scholars have said that here the Quraish are being addressed that Allah Almighty made you progeny of Qusay who named his four sons Abd Manaf, Abdul Uzza, Abd Qusay and Abdud Daar.
443. From plural form of polytheism we understand that this does not refer to Hazrat Adam and Hazrat Hawa (On whom be peace) but rather it is desribing the condition of polytheist parents in general. Also, Hazrat Adam (On whom be peace) is the Prophet of Allah Almighty and Prophets can never be polytheists because just as their obedience is obligatory upon us, so is the abhorrence of the polytheists. If any person is a prophet and a polytheist it would constitute combination of two contraries. Allah Almighty has purified His Prophets from all types of sins. Thus, no form of polytheism can be committed by them.
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The tafsir of Surah Al-A’raf verse 190 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah A’raf ayat 189 which provides the complete commentary from verse 189 through 190.
146. The present and succeeding (verses 190-8) seek to refute polytheism. These verses are devoted to highlighting the implications of the postulate which even the polytheists affirmed – that it is God Who originally created the human species. They also acknowledge that every human being owes his existence to God. God also holds absolute power over the entire process leading to man’s birth, right from the fertilization of the ovurn in the uterus to its onward development in the form of a living being, then investing it with numerous faculties and ensuring its birth as a sound, healthy baby. No one has the power to prevent God, if He so willed, from causing a wornan to give birth to an animal or to odd creature, or to a physically or mentally handicapped baby. This fact is also equally acknowledged by monotheists and polytheists. It is for this reason that in the final stage of pregnancy, people are inclined to turn to God and pray for the birth of a sound and healthy baby.
It is, however, the very, height of man’s ignorance and folly that after a sound and healthy baby has been born as a result of God’s will, man makes offerings at the altars of false gods, goddesses, or saints. Occasionally the names given to the child (e.g., ‘abd al-Rasul, ‘abd al-‘Uzza, ‘abd Shams, etc.) also indicate that man feels grateful to others than God and regardsthe child as a gift either of sorne Prophet, some noted Companion of the Prophet (peace be on him), or some other noted personality such as his spiritual mentor rather than a gift from God.
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