سُوْرَةُ الْاَعْرَافِ
Surah Al-A'raaf (7) — Ayah 71
قَالَ قَدْ وَقَعَ عَلَيْكُم مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ رِجْسٌ وَغَضَبٌ ۖ أَتُجَـٰدِلُونَنِى فِىٓ أَسْمَآءٍ سَمَّيْتُمُوهَآ أَنتُمْ وَءَابَآؤُكُم مَّا نَزَّلَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَا مِن سُلْطَـٰنٍ ۚ فَٱنتَظِرُوٓا۟ إِنِّى مَعَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْمُنتَظِرِينَ ﴿71﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
(Hûd) said: "Torment and wrath have already fallen on you from your Lord. Dispute you with me over names which you have named - you and your fathers - with no authority from Allâh? Then wait, I am with you among those who wait."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
قَالَ
qāla
He said
قَدْ
qad
Verily
وَقَعَ
waqaʿa
has fallen
عَلَيْكُم
ʿalaykum
upon you
مِّن
min
from
رَّبِّكُمْ
rabbikum
your Lord
رِجْسٌۭ
rij'sun
punishment
وَغَضَبٌ ۖ
waghaḍabun
and anger
أَتُجَـٰدِلُونَنِى
atujādilūnanī
Do you dispute with me
فِىٓ
fī
concerning
أَسْمَآءٍۢ
asmāin
names
سَمَّيْتُمُوهَآ
sammaytumūhā
you have named them
أَنتُمْ
antum
you
وَءَابَآؤُكُم
waābāukum
and your forefathers
مَّا
mā
Not
نَزَّلَ
nazzala
(has been) sent down
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
(by) Allah
بِهَا
bihā
for it
مِن
min
any
سُلْطَـٰنٍۢ ۚ
sul'ṭānin
authority
فَٱنتَظِرُوٓا۟
fa-intaẓirū
Then wait
إِنِّى
innī
indeed, I am
مَعَكُم
maʿakum
with you
مِّنَ
mina
of
ٱلْمُنتَظِرِينَ
l-muntaẓirīna
the ones who wait
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.
71. 1. The meaning of 'رِجْس' is impurity. But here it is a derivative (changed form) of رِجْز, whose meaning is punishment. Or, رِجْس here means displeasure and wrath (Ibn Kathir).
71. 2. By this are meant the names which they had given to their deities, for example, Sada, Samud, Huba, etc., just as the people of Nuh had five idols whose names Allah has mentioned in the Quran, and just as the idols of the polytheists of Arabia had names: Lat, Uzza, Manat, Hubal, etc. Or, as nowadays, people involved in polytheistic beliefs and practices have given names, for example, Data Ganj Bakhsh, Khwaja Ghareeb Nawaz, Baba Farid Shakar Ganj, Mushkil Kusha, etc., for whom there is no evidence that they are deities or removers of difficulties or granters of treasures, etc.
71. 2. By this are meant the names which they had given to their deities, for example, Sada, Samud, Huba, etc., just as the people of Nuh had five idols whose names Allah has mentioned in the Quran, and just as the idols of the polytheists of Arabia had names: Lat, Uzza, Manat, Hubal, etc. Or, as nowadays, people involved in polytheistic beliefs and practices have given names, for example, Data Ganj Bakhsh, Khwaja Ghareeb Nawaz, Baba Farid Shakar Ganj, Mushkil Kusha, etc., for whom there is no evidence that they are deities or removers of difficulties or granters of treasures, etc.
