Surah 7. Al-A'raf, Ayah 93
| فَتَوَلَّىٰ عَنْهُمْ وَقَالَ يَا قَوْمِ لَقَدْ أَبْلَغْتُكُمْ رِسَالَاتِ رَبِّي وَنَصَحْتُ لَكُمْ ۖ فَكَيْفَ آسَىٰ عَلَىٰ قَوْمٍ كَافِرِينَ |
| Transliteration | : | fa- tawallaa can -hum wa- qaala yaa qawm -e la- qad ablaghtu -kum risaalaat rabb -e wa- nas.ah.tu la- -kum fa- kayfa 'aasaa calaa qawm kaafiren |
| Pickthall | : | So he turned from them and said: O my people! I delivered my Lord's messages unto you and gave you good advice; then how can I sorrow for a people that rejected (truth)? |
| Asad | : | And he turned away from them, and said: "O my people! Indeed, I delivered unto you my Sustainer's message and gave you good advice: how, then, could I mourn for people who have denied the truth?" |
| Malik | : | Shu`aib left them saying: "O my people! I did indeed convey to you the messages of my Rabb and I did give you good advice; how shall I then be sorry for the nation that refuses to believe?" |
| Yusuf Ali | : | So Shu`aib left them saying: "O my people! I did indeed convey to you the messages for which I was sent by my Lord: I gave you good counsel but how shall I lament over a people who refuse to believe! 1064 |
Note - 1064Can we get any idea of the chronological place of the
destruction of the Midianites? In n. 1053 (vii. 85) we
have discussed the geographical aspects. The following
considerations will help us in getting some idea of their
period. (1) The stories of Noah, Hud, Salih, Lut, and
Shu'aib seem to be in chronological order. Therefore
Shu'aib came after Abraham, whose nephew Lut was. (2) If
Shu'aib was in the fourth generation from Abraham, (see
n. 1590 to xi. 80), it would be impossible for him to
have been a contemporary of Moses, who came many
centuries later. This difficulty is recognised by Ibn
Kathir and other classical commentators. (3) The
identification of Shu'aib with Jethro the father-in-law
of Moses is without warrant; see n. 1054 (vii. 85). (4)
Shu'aib must have been before Moses; see vii. 103. (5)
The Midianites who were destroyed by Moses and by Gideon
after him (n. 1053) were local remnants, as we may speak
of the Jews at the present day; but their existence as a
nation in their original home-lands seems to have ended
before Moses: "they became as if they had never been in
the homes where they had flourished" (vii. 92). (6)
Josephus, Eusebius, and Ptolemy mention a town of Madyan,
but it was not of any importance (n. 1053). (7) After the
first centuries of the Christian era, Madyan as a town
appears as an unimportant place resting on its past.
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Can we get any idea of the chronological place of the destruction of the Midianites? In n. 1053 (vii. 85) we have discussed the geographical aspects. The following considerations will help us in getting some idea of their period. (1) The stories of Noah, Hud, Salih, Lut, and Shu'aib seem to be in chronological order. Therefore Shu'aib came after Abraham, whose nephew Lut was. (2) If Shu'aib was in the fourth generation from Abraham, (see n. 1590 to xi. 80), it would be impossible for him to have been a contemporary of Moses, who came many centuries later. This difficulty is recognised by Ibn Kathir and other classical commentators. (3) The identification of Shu'aib with Jethro the father-in-law of Moses is without warrant; see n. 1054 (vii. 85). (4) Shu'aib must have been before Moses; see vii. 103. (5) The Midianites who were destroyed by Moses and by Gideon after him (n. 1053) were local remnants, as we may speak of the Jews at the present day; but their existence as a nation in their original home-lands seems to have ended before Moses: "they became as if they had never been in the homes where they had flourished" (vii. 92). (6) Josephus, Eusebius, and Ptolemy mention a town of Madyan, but it was not of any importance (n. 1053). (7) After the first centuries of the Christian era, Madyan as a town appears as an unimportant place resting on its past. |
