Surah 7 Al-A'raaf — Ayah 140
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قَالَ أَغَيْرَ ٱللَّهِ أَبْغِيكُمْ إِلَٰهًۭا وَهُوَ فَضَّلَكُمْ عَلَى ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ
مۇسا: «اﷲ سىلەرنى (زامانىڭلاردىكى) جاھان ئەھلىدىن ئارتۇق قىلغان تۇرسا، سىلەرگە ئۇنىڭدىن باشقا ئىلاھ ئىزدەمدىم؟» دېدى
qāla aghayra l-lahi abghīkum ilāhan wahuwa faḍḍalakum ʿalā l-ʿālamīna
Word by word
- قَالَ qāla He said
- أَغَيْرَ aghayra Should other than
- ٱللَّهِ l-lahi Allah
- أَبْغِيكُمْ abghīkum I seek for you
- إِلَـٰهًۭا ilāhan a god
- وَهُوَ wahuwa while He
- فَضَّلَكُمْ faḍḍalakum has preferred you
- عَلَى ʿalā over
- ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ l-ʿālamīna the worlds
Tafsir · Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Reminding the Children of Israel of Allah's Blessings for Them
Musa reminded the Children of Israel of Allah's blessings, such as saving them from Fir`awn, his tyranny and the humiliation and disgrace they suffered. He reminded them of the glory and revenge against their enemy, when they watched them suffering in disgrace, destroyed by drowning and meeting utter demise. We mentioned this subject in the Tafsir of Surat Al-Baqarah.