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Quran-7:63 Surah Al-araf English Translation,Transliteration and Tafsir(Tafseer).

Transliteration:( Awa 'ajibtum an jaaa'akum zikrum mir Rabbikum 'alaa rajulim minkum liyunzirakum wa litattaqoo wa la'allakum turhamoon )

63. And has this surprised you that an admonition has come to you from your Lord through a man from amongst (156) you, so that he may warn you and you may become God-fearing, and thus, you may be shown mercy (157).

Surah Al-Araf Ayat 63 Tafsir (Commentry)



  • Tafseer-e-Naeemi (Ahmad Yaar Khan)
  • Ibn Kathir
  • Ala-Madudi

156. This tells us that Prophethood is restricted to males alone. No woman was appointed to the position of prophethood. Says Allah Almighty: "And We sent not before you any but men to whom We revealed." (S16:V43) Also. Prophethood is given to humans and not jinns or angels. Futhermore. we learn that Prophethood has always been granted to superior people le from the most dignified families so. that no one can look down upon them in any way. 

Thus, Allah Almighty sent seven years of drought to cleanse from His beloved Yusuf (On whom be peace) the stain of slavery and made the entire world his slaves. For the sake of the dignity and respect of one prophet, He plunged the entire world into difficulty.

157. From this, we learn that the coming of the Prophet to man is undoubtedly Allah Almighty's special favor and blessings upon the man of which mankind would always be proud.

 

Ibn-Kathir

63. “Do you wonder that there has come to you a Reminder from your Lord through a man from among you, that he may warn you, so that you may fear Allah and that you may receive (His) mercy” 64. But they belied him, so We saved him and those along with him in the Fulk, and We drowned those who belied Our Ayat. They were indeed a blind people.) Allah said that Nuh proclaimed to his people,


﴿أَوَ عَجِبْتُمْ﴾

(“Do you wonder…”), do not wonder because of this. Surely, it is not strange that Allah sends down revelation to a man among you as mercy, kindness and compassion for you, so that he warns you that you may avoid Allah’s torment by associating none with Him,

﴿وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ﴾

(“and that you may receive (His) mercy.”) Allah said,

﴿فَكَذَّبُوهُ﴾

(But they belied him) but they insisted on rejecting and opposing him, and only a few of them believed in him, as Allah stated in another Ayah. Allah said next,

﴿فَأَنجَيْنَـهُ وَالَّذِينَ مَعَهُ فِي الْفُلْكِ﴾

(So We saved him and those along with him in the Fulk) the ark,

﴿وَأَغْرَقْنَا الَّذِينَ كَذَّبُواْ بِـَايَـتِنَآ﴾

(And We drowned those who belied Our Ayat. ) Allah said in another Ayah,

﴿مِّمَّا خَطِيئَـتِهِمْ أُغْرِقُواْ فَأُدْخِلُواْ نَاراً فَلَمْ يَجِدُواْ لَهُمْ مِّن دُونِ اللَّهِ أَنصَاراً ﴾

(Because of their sins they were drowned, then they were admitted into the Fire. And they found none to help them instead of Allah.) ﴿71:25﴾ Allah said,

﴿إِنَّهُمْ كَانُواْ قَوْماً عَمِينَ﴾

(They were indeed a blind people.) meaning, blind from the Truth, unable to recognize it or find their way to it. Here, Allah said that He has taken revenge from His enemies and saved His Messenger and those who believed in him, while destroying their disbelieving enemies. Allah said in a another Ayah,

﴿إِنَّا لَنَنصُرُ رُسُلَنَا﴾

(Verily, We will indeed make victorious Our Messengers) ﴿40:51﴾. This is Allah’s Sunnah (way) with His servants, in this life and the Hereafter, that the good end, victory and triumph is for those who fear Him. For example, Allah destroyed the people of Nuh, and saved Nuh and his believing followers. Ibn Wahb said that he was told that Ibn `Abbas said that eighty men were saved with Nuh in the ship, one of them was Jurhum, who spoke Arabic. Ibn Abi Hatim collected this statement, which was also narrated with a continuous chain of narration from Ibn `Abbas.

(7:63) Do you wonder that admonition should come to you from your Lord through a man from amongst yourselves that he may warn you, that you may avoid evil and that mercy may be shown to you?’[49]

Ala-Maududi

(7:63) Do you wonder that admonition should come to you from your Lord through a man from amongst yourselves that he may warn you, that you may avoid evil and that mercy may be shown to you?’[49]


49. There were striking similarities between Muhammad and Noah (peace be on them). The Prophet Muhammad (peace be on him) received the same treatment from his people as did Noah from his. The message that each of them sought to preach was also the same. Likewise, the doubts and objections raised by the people of Muhammad (peace be on him) with regard to his prophethood were the same as those raised by Noah’s people several thousand years ago. Again, what Muhammad (peace be on him) said in response to the doubts and objections raised against him were exactly the same as what Noah had said.

The Qur’anic narration of the stories of the Prophets makes it amply clear that the attitude of the nations to whom the Prophets were sent had always been the same as that of the Makkans towards the Message of Muhammad (peace be on him). Apart from this, the accounts of the various Prophets and their people, display the same striking resemblances. Likewise, the Prophet Muhammad’s (peace be on him) vindication of his teaching in response to the Makkans is identical with similar attempts by other Prophets to vindicate their teachings. So doing, the Qur’an seeks to emphasize that in the same way as the error and misguidance of which men become victims have remained essentially the same throughout the ages, the Message of God’s Messengers has also been the same in all places and at all times. Again, there is a striking resemblance in the ultimate fate of all those peoples who reject the message of the Prophets and who persist in their erroneous and evil ways. This too has also been the same, namely utter destruction.

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