سُوْرَةُ الْاَعْرَافِ
Surah Al-A'raaf (7) — Ayah 175
وَٱتْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ نَبَأَ ٱلَّذِىٓ ءَاتَيْنَـٰهُ ءَايَـٰتِنَا فَٱنسَلَخَ مِنْهَا فَأَتْبَعَهُ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ فَكَانَ مِنَ ٱلْغَاوِينَ ﴿175﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And recite (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) to them the story of him to whom We gave Our Ayât (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.), but he threw them away; so Shaitân (Satan) followed him up, and he became of those who went astray.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَٱتْلُ
wa-ut'lu
And recite
عَلَيْهِمْ
ʿalayhim
to them
نَبَأَ
naba-a
(the) story
ٱلَّذِىٓ
alladhī
(of the) one whom
ءَاتَيْنَـٰهُ
ātaynāhu
We gave [him]
ءَايَـٰتِنَا
āyātinā
Our Verses
فَٱنسَلَخَ
fa-insalakha
but he detached
مِنْهَا
min'hā
[from] them
فَأَتْبَعَهُ
fa-atbaʿahu
so followed him
ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ
l-shayṭānu
the Shaitaan
فَكَانَ
fakāna
and he became
مِنَ
mina
of
ٱلْغَاوِينَ
l-ghāwīna
those gone astray
Tafsir al-Quran al-Karim — Hafiz Abdus Salam Bin Muhammad Bhutvi
Tafsir al-Quran al-Karim is a 4-volume Quran commentary by Hafiz Abdus Salam bin Muhammad Bhutvi, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar and Sheikh ul-Hadith from Pakistan. Based on over 45 years of teaching and research, this tafsir follows the methodology of Tafsir bil-Ma'thur — interpreting the Quran through authentic Hadith, statements of the Companions, and the understanding of the early generations (Salaf). It is distinguished by its complete avoidance of Israeliyyat (Judeo-Christian narratives) and unverified reports. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
(Ayah 175) {وَ اتْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ نَبَاَ الَّذِيْۤ … : ’’ سَلَخَ } (N, F) “To skin.” {’’مَسْلُوْخٌ‘‘} The goat whose skin has been removed. {’’اِنْسَلَخَ الْحَيَّةُ‘‘} “The snake has come out of its skin.” (Qamus) From these words, it appears that the person whose story is being mentioned here as a lesson must be a particular individual, but neither the Quran nor any Sahih hadith specifies his name or mentions the era. The author of Al-Manar states that this is an example which Allah has presented regarding those who deny the verses revealed to His Messenger Muhammad (peace be upon him). This is the example of a person whom Allah granted knowledge of His verses; he became a scholar of them, a memorizer of their rules, and capable of explaining and proving their rulings through discussion, but Satan made him follow him so much that he did not act upon this knowledge. Rather, his actions were entirely contrary to his knowledge, so then the knowledge of these verses was also taken away from him, because knowledge that is not acted upon disappears in a short time. Thus, this person became like the snake that comes out of its skin and leaves it behind, or due to the contradiction between his knowledge and actions, he became like the person who abandons his knowledge and leaves it, just as someone removes his old clothes and the snake comes out of its skin, so that there remains no connection between them. The summary of the example is that those who deny the verses revealed by Allah to His Messenger are like that scholar who has been deprived of benefiting from the fruits of his knowledge, because neither of them reflected upon the evidences and verses with sincerity to take a lesson.
