Surah 7. Al-A'raf, Ayah 175
| وَاتْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ نَبَأَ الَّذِي آتَيْنَاهُ آيَاتِنَا فَانْسَلَخَ مِنْهَا فَأَتْبَعَهُ الشَّيْطَانُ فَكَانَ مِنَ الْغَاوِينَ |
| Transliteration | : | wa- utlu calay -him naba' 'alladhe 'aataynaa -hu 'aayaat -naa fa- insalakha min -haa fa- atbaca -hu ash- shayt.aan fa- kaana min al- ghaawen |
| Pickthall | : | Recite unto them the tale of him to whom We gave Our revelations, but he sloughed them off, so Satan overtook him and he became of those who lead astray. |
| Asad | : | And tell them what happens to him140 to whom We vouchsafe Our messages and who then discards them: Satan catches up with him, and he strays, like so many others, into grievous error.141 |
| Malik | : | Tell them the story of that person to whom We sent our revelations but he turned away from them, as a result Shaitan persuaded him until he become one of the misguided. |
| Yusuf Ali | : | Relate to them the story of the man to whom We sent our signs but he passed them by: so satan followed him up and he went astray. 1149 |
Note - 140Lit., "convey to them the tiding of him".
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Note - 141Lit., "he became one of those who have strayed into
grievous error". In the original, this whole verse is in
the past tense; but since its obvious purport is the
statement of a general truth (cf. Razi, on the authority
of Qatadah,'Ikrimah and Abu Muslim) and not, as some
commentators assume, a reference to a particular person,
it is best rendered in the present tense. The kind of man
spoken of here is one who has understood the divine
message but, nevertheless, refuses to admit its truth
because - as is pointed out in the next verse - he
"clings to the earth", i.e., is dominated by a
materialistic, "earthly" outlook on life. (Cf. the
allegory of "a creature out of the earth" in 27:82).
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Note - 1149Commentators differ whether this story or parable refers
to a particular individual, and if so, to whom. The story
of Balaam the seer, who was called out by Israel's
enemies to curse Israel, but who blessed Israel instead,
(Num. xxii., xxiii., xxiv,) is quite different. It is
better to take the parable in general sense. There are
men, of talents and position, to whom great opportunities
of spiritual insight come, but they perversely pass them
by. Satan sees his opportunity and catches them up.
Instead of rising higher in the spiritual world, their
selfish and worldly desires and ambitions pull them down,
and they are lost.
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Lit., "he became one of those who have strayed into grievous error". In the original, this whole verse is in the past tense; but since its obvious purport is the statement of a general truth (cf. Razi, on the authority of Qatadah,'Ikrimah and Abu Muslim) and not, as some commentators assume, a reference to a particular person, it is best rendered in the present tense. The kind of man spoken of here is one who has understood the divine message but, nevertheless, refuses to admit its truth because - as is pointed out in the next verse - he "clings to the earth", i.e., is dominated by a materialistic, "earthly" outlook on life. (Cf. the allegory of "a creature out of the earth" in 27:82). |
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Commentators differ whether this story or parable refers to a particular individual, and if so, to whom. The story of Balaam the seer, who was called out by Israel's enemies to curse Israel, but who blessed Israel instead, (Num. xxii., xxiii., xxiv,) is quite different. It is better to take the parable in general sense. There are men, of talents and position, to whom great opportunities of spiritual insight come, but they perversely pass them by. Satan sees his opportunity and catches them up. Instead of rising higher in the spiritual world, their selfish and worldly desires and ambitions pull them down, and they are lost. |
