سُوْرَةُ الْاَعْرَافِ
Surah Al-A'raaf (7) — Ayah 28
وَإِذَا فَعَلُوا۟ فَـٰحِشَةً قَالُوا۟ وَجَدْنَا عَلَيْهَآ ءَابَآءَنَا وَٱللَّهُ أَمَرَنَا بِهَا ۗ قُلْ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَأْمُرُ بِٱلْفَحْشَآءِ ۖ أَتَقُولُونَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴿28﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And when they commit a Fâhishah (evil deed, going round the Ka‘bah in naked state, and every kind of unlawful sexual intercourse), they say: "We found our fathers doing it, and Allâh has commanded it on us." Say: "Nay, Allâh never commands Fâhishah. Do you say of Allâh what you know not?"
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَإِذَا
wa-idhā
And when
فَعَلُوا۟
faʿalū
they do
فَـٰحِشَةًۭ
fāḥishatan
immorality
قَالُوا۟
qālū
they say
وَجَدْنَا
wajadnā
We found
عَلَيْهَآ
ʿalayhā
on it
ءَابَآءَنَا
ābāanā
our forefathers
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
and Allah
أَمَرَنَا
amaranā
(has) ordered us
بِهَا ۗ
bihā
of it
قُلْ
qul
Say
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
لَا
lā
(does) not
يَأْمُرُ
yamuru
order
بِٱلْفَحْشَآءِ ۖ
bil-faḥshāi
immorality
أَتَقُولُونَ
ataqūlūna
Do you say
عَلَى
ʿalā
about
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
مَا
mā
what
لَا
lā
not
تَعْلَمُونَ
taʿlamūna
you know
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.
28. 1. Before Islam, the polytheists used to perform Tawaf of the Ka'bah naked and would say that we perform Tawaf in the same state in which our mothers gave birth to us. Some say that they interpreted it as: the clothes we wear are those in which we continuously disobey Allah, so it is not appropriate to perform Tawaf in these clothes. Therefore, they would remove their clothes and perform Tawaf, and women would also perform Tawaf naked, only covering their private parts with a piece of cloth or leather. For this shameful act, they presented two more excuses. One was that Allah has commanded us to do this. Allah refuted this by saying: how can it be that Allah commands indecency? In the same way, you attribute to Allah that which He has not said. When they are told the truth, they present the same excuse in response: our elders have always done this, or our leaders and spiritual guides have commanded this. This is the very trait because of which the Jews remained on Judaism, the Christians on Christianity, and the innovators on their innovations (Fath al-Qadeer).
