In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Conclusion from Al-Tabari’s interpretation
It was summarized by Dr. Aqeel bin Salem Al-Shammari
Surah Al-A'raf
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
And to Ad, their brother Hooda
He said, “O my people, worship God, you have no god other than Him.”
Don't you fear?
We sent their brother Huda to Ad
Hood said
O my people, worship God, so devote worship to Him alone
For you have no god other than Him
Do you not fear your Lord and warn Him?
And you fear His punishment by worshiping others
The leaders of his people who disbelieved said
We see you in foolishness
In foolishness
Indeed, we think that you are among the liars
The leaders who denied the monotheism of God said
We see you, O Hood, in error from the truth
By leaving our religion
Indeed, we think that you are among the liars in what you say
I am a messenger from the Lord of the worlds
He said, “O my people, I am not foolish.”
But I am a messenger from the Lord of the worlds
He said, “O my people, I am not straying from the truth.”
But I am a messenger from the Lord of the Worlds who sent me
I convey to you the messages of my Lord
I will perform it to you as He commanded me to perform it
I convey to you the messages of my Lord and I am a faithful advisor to you
I bring this to you, people
I advise you in my matter
So accept my advice, for I am trustworthy to God’s revelation
I will not lie about it, or add anything or change it
Or do you wonder that a reminder has come to you from your Lord?
On a man among you to warn you
And remember when He appointed you as caliphs from some of Noah’s people
And He increased you in creation through His abundance
So remember the favors of God that you may succeed
Or do you wonder that God sent down His revelation?
By reminding you of the misguidance you are in
On a man among you to warn you of God’s punishment
And remember the torment that befell Noah’s people
For your Lord has only made you successors on earth from among themselves
When I destroy them, I will replace them with you
He increased your bodies in length and bone compared to the bodies of Noah’s people
So remember His blessings and grace upon you
And thank God for that by sincerely worshiping Him
So that you may succeed and realize eternity in blessings in the afterlife
And you will succeed in your requests before Him
They said, “You have come to us to worship God alone.”
He vowed what our fathers worshiped
Then bring us what will bring us back if you are of the truthful ones
Adel said
You have come to us to worship God alone
We abandon the worship of gods and idols
Which our fathers worshiped
We disavow it
We are not the doers of that
Nor do we follow you in what you call us to
Bring us what you will bring back from punishment
If you are honest in what you say and promise
He said: Abomination and anger have fallen upon you from your Lord
Are you arguing with me about names that you have named?
You and your fathers named it
God has not sent down any authority for it
So wait, for I am with you among those waiting
Hood said to his people
Torment and wrath from God have befallen you
Do you and your fathers quarrel with me over names that you have called idols that do no harm or benefit?
God has not given you any argument to support it in your worship
So wait for God’s judgment in us and in you
I am with you waiting for his ruling and the final judgment of us and you
So We saved him and those with him by Our mercy, and We cut off the traces of those who denied Our signs and were not believers
So We saved Hud and those with him on faith by our mercy
And We destroyed those of the people of Hood who disbelieved with our arguments, all the last of them, but we did not leave any of them alive.
They did not believe in God or His Messenger Hud
And to Thamud, their brother Salih
He said, “O my people, worship God, you have no god other than Him.”
Clear proof has come to you from your Lord
This is God's camel as a sign for you
So leave it and eat it on God’s earth
And do not harm it, lest a painful punishment overtake you
We sent their brother Salih to Thamud
Saleh told Thamud
O my people, worship God alone, He has no partner
You have no god whom you may worship other than Him
You have received an argument and proof of the truth of what I say
I am clear on what I am saying
This is the camel that God brought from this plateau
God’s camel should not be touched by a camel or a camel
A painful torment will overtake you
And remember when He appointed you as successors from some of Aad
And your refuge is in the land, and you make palaces from its plains
And you make the mountains into houses
So remember the blessings of God and do not spread corruption on earth
And remember, O people, the blessings of God upon you
When He caused you to leave behind a land in the land after its destruction
And He sent you down into the land and made for you dwelling places and spouses therein
You make palaces from its plains and make homes in the mountains
It was mentioned that they were excavating the rock for housing
So remember the blessing that God has bestowed upon you
And do not walk on the earth spreading corruption
The leaders of his people who were arrogant said to those who were weak to those of them who believed, “Do you know what?”
Do you know that Salih is sent by his Lord?
They said, “We are believers in what we were sent with.”
Those who were arrogant said, “Indeed, we disbelieve in that in which you believe.”
The group of those who were arrogant among the people said, “Salih is for the poor people among those who believe in him.”
Do you know that Salih was sent by his Lord? God sent him to us and to you
Those who believe said, “There is a righteous person among the weak among them.”
We are true to what God sent
Believing that it is from God
Those who are arrogant said that the command of God and the command of His Messenger is good
O people, we believe in what you believed of Saleh’s prophecy
Denying strivers whom we do not believe or acknowledge
So they barred the she-camel and disobeyed the command of their Lord and said, “O Saleh!”
And they said, O Saleh, give us what you promise us if you are one of the messengers
So Thamud slaughtered the she-camel that God had made for them as a sign
And they are forced to follow God
They said, “O Saleh, we have come with what you promise us of God’s punishment and vengeance.”
If you are God's messenger to us
This is their hastening of torment
So I took those who slaughtered the camel from Thamud
The cry that shook them and moved them to destruction
So they became in their land where they perished
They fell down, unable to move
Because there are no souls in them, they have perished
So he turned away from them and said, “O my people, I have conveyed to you the message of my Lord and given you sincere advice.”
I advised you, but you do not like advisers
So Salih turned away from them when they rushed him to torment and slaughtered God’s she-camel
out of their land
And he said to his people
I have fulfilled to you what my Lord commanded me to do regarding His commands and prohibitions
I advised you in carrying out God’s message to you
But you do not like those who advise you in God
To forbid you from following your desires
We sent Lot when he told his people
Are you committing indecency?
No one in the world has ever committed this immoral act before you
Their indecency was male intercourse
You come to men with desire rather than women
O people, you come to men in their backs out of your desire for that
Without the women that God has permitted for you
You are a people who do what God has forbidden to you
And you disobey him with your actions
And yet you come with men of lust rather than women
And you disobey him by doing this
The only answer from his people was that they said, “Expel them from your village.”
They are people who purify themselves
And what was the response of the people of Lot to Lot?
But they said to each other
They brought out Lot and his family
Lot and those who followed him are people who differ from what we do
From the coming of men in the afterlife
When Lot's people refused his Lord's message prohibiting that from them
We saved Lot and his family who believed in him
Except for his wife, she was among those remaining in God’s punishment
And We rained down stones of shale on Lot's people
We destroyed them with it
So look, O Muhammad, at the outcome of those who denied God and His Messenger
So they committed sins against God, no matter what they were or what they happened to be
Don't deprive people of their things
And do not cause corruption in the land after it has been restored
That is better for you if you are believers
We sent their brother Shuaib to Midian, urging them to obey God
Shuaib said to them
O my people, Abdullah is alone and has no partner
You have no god who requires you to worship other than the God who created you
A sign and proof from God has come to you regarding the truth of what I say
Fulfill people's rights with the measure you use
And by the weight with which you weigh
Do not oppress people in their rights and do not deprive them of them
And do not commit sins on God’s earth
After God restored the earth by sending the Prophet, peace be upon him, among you
He forbids you from what is not lawful for you and what God hates for you
This is what I commanded you to do
It is better for you in the immediate life of this world and the future of your hereafter
If you believe in what I tell you
And I will convey to you from God His commands and prohibitions
And do not sit on every path that you are threatened with and that hinders you from the path of God
Whoever believes in him, and you seek to make it crooked
And remember, when you were few, He multiplied you
And look at what was the outcome of the corruptors
And do not sit in every way threatening the believers with death
You turn away from believing in God and acting in obedience to Him, whoever believes in God alone
And you seek for those who follow the path of God to deviate from purpose and truth to deviation and misguidance
And remember, when you were few, He multiplied you
So thank God who blessed you with this
And look at what was revealed to the nations before you
When they rebelled against their Lord and disobeyed His messengers out of vengeance
And if there is a group of you who believe in what I was sent with
And a group did not believe, so be patient until God judges between us
He is the best of rulers
And if there is a group of you or a group, they will believe in what I was sent with
From sincere worship to God and abandoning His sins
Another group did not believe in that and did not follow me in it
So wait for God’s judgment that separates us from you
God is the best of those who decide and the most just of those who judge
Because there is no inclination toward anyone or favoritism toward anyone in his ruling
Conclusion from Al-Tabari’s interpretation