سُوْرَةُ الْاَعْرَافِ
Surah Al-A'raaf (7) — Ayah 63
أَوَعَجِبْتُمْ أَن جَآءَكُمْ ذِكْرٌ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ عَلَىٰ رَجُلٍ مِّنكُمْ لِيُنذِرَكُمْ وَلِتَتَّقُوا۟ وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ ﴿63﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
"Do you wonder that there has come to you a Reminder from your Lord through a man from amongst you, that he may warn you, so that you may fear Allâh and that you may receive (His) Mercy?"
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
أَوَعَجِبْتُمْ
awaʿajib'tum
Do you wonder
أَن
an
that
جَآءَكُمْ
jāakum
has come to you
ذِكْرٌۭ
dhik'run
a reminder
مِّن
min
from
رَّبِّكُمْ
rabbikum
your Lord
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
on
رَجُلٍۢ
rajulin
a man
مِّنكُمْ
minkum
among you
لِيُنذِرَكُمْ
liyundhirakum
that he may warn you
وَلِتَتَّقُوا۟
walitattaqū
and that you may fear
وَلَعَلَّكُمْ
walaʿallakum
and so that you may
تُرْحَمُونَ
tur'ḥamūna
receive mercy
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.
63. 1. There is a gap of ten generations or ten ancestors between Prophet Nuh (Noah) ؑ and Prophet Adam ؑ. Until shortly before Prophet Nuh ؑ, all people continued to follow Islam. Then, the first deviation from monotheism occurred in such a way that when the righteous people of that nation passed away, their devotees established places of prostration (places of worship) over them and also hung their pictures there. Their intention was that by remembering them in this way, they too would remember Allah and emulate them in the remembrance of Allah. After some time, they made statues from those pictures, and after some more time, these statues took the form of idols and their worship began, and the righteous people of the nation of Nuh became deities. In these circumstances, Allah sent Prophet Nuh ؑ as a prophet among them, who preached for nine hundred and fifty years. But except for a few people, no one accepted his preaching. Eventually, all except the believers were drowned. In this verse, it is being told that the people of Nuh expressed astonishment that a man from among themselves had become a prophet who was warning them of Allah’s punishment? That is, in their view, a human being was not suitable for prophethood.
