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Surah Al-A'raf, Ayah 140 (7:140)

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قَالَ أَغَيْرَ ٱللَّهِ أَبْغِيكُمْ إِلَٰهًا وَهُوَ فَضَّلَكُمْ عَلَى ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

Quran 7:140 is ayah 140 of Surah Al-A'raf (“The Heights”), a Meccan surah of 206 ayahs. It is in Juz 9, on page 167 of the Madani Mushaf.

7:140
قَالَأَغَيْرَٱللَّهِأَبْغِيكُمْإِلَٰهًاوَهُوَفَضَّلَكُمْعَلَىٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ١٤٠
qāla aghayra l-lahi abghīkum ilāhan wahuwa faḍḍalakum ʿalā l-ʿālamīna

He said, "Is it other than Allāh I should desire for you as a god while He has preferred you over the worlds?"(140)

Word by word

  1. قَالَqālaHe said
  2. أَغَيْرَaghayraShould other than
  3. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
  4. أَبْغِيكُمْabghīkumI seek for you
  5. إِلَٰهًاilāhana god
  6. وَهُوَwahuwawhile He
  7. فَضَّلَكُمْfaḍḍalakumhas preferred you
  8. عَلَىʿalāover
  9. ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَl-ʿālamīnathe worlds

Tafsir (commentary) of 7:140

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This commentary explains ayahs 7:140–141 together.

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.

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