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Surah Hud (11) — Ayah 92
قَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ أَرَهْطِىٓ أَعَزُّ عَلَيْكُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَٱتَّخَذْتُمُوهُ وَرَآءَكُمْ ظِهْرِيًّا ۖ إِنَّ رَبِّى بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ مُحِيطٌ ﴿92﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
He said: "O my people! Is then my family of more weight with you than Allâh? And you have cast Him away behind your backs. Verily, my Lord is surrounding all that you do.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
قَالَ
qāla
He said
يَـٰقَوْمِ
yāqawmi
O my people
أَرَهْطِىٓ
arahṭī
Is my family
أَعَزُّ
aʿazzu
mightier
عَلَيْكُم
ʿalaykum
on you
مِّنَ
mina
than
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
وَٱتَّخَذْتُمُوهُ
wa-ittakhadhtumūhu
And you have taken Him
وَرَآءَكُمْ
warāakum
behind your
ظِهْرِيًّا ۖ
ẓih'riyyan
backs
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
رَبِّى
rabbī
my Lord
بِمَا
bimā
of what
تَعْمَلُونَ
taʿmalūna
you do
مُحِيطٌۭ
muḥīṭun
(is) All-Encompassing
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
92. 1. That you are ignoring me because of my tribe. But the Allah who has granted me the rank of prophethood, you have no reverence for Him and no respect for this rank in your hearts, and you have cast it behind your backs. Here, Hazrat Shu‘ayb (علیہ السلام) said "اعز علیکم من اللہ" (more honorable to you than Allah) instead of "اعز علیکم منی" (more honorable to you than me), to indicate that insulting the Prophet is, in fact, insulting Allah. This is because the Prophet is sent by Allah. And in the same way, insulting the true scholars and considering them insignificant is an insult to Allah’s religion and a belittling of it, because they are representatives of Allah’s religion. In "واتخذتموہ", the pronoun "ھا" refers to Allah, and the meaning is that you have cast aside the matter of Allah, with which He has sent me, and you have not cared about it at all.
