The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 2) — Page 544
CH. 7 AL-A'RĀF PT. 8 وَنَادَى أَصْحَبُ الْجَنَّةِ أَصْحُبَ النَّارِ أَنْ And the inmates of Heaven. 45 will call out to the inmates of قَدْ وَجَدْنَا مَا وَعَدَنَا رَبُّنَا حَقًّا فَهَلْ Hell saying: We have indeed وَجَدتُّمْ مَّا وَعَدَ رَبُّكُمْ حَقًّا قَالُوا نَعَمْ found what our Lord promised us to be true. Have you too فَأَذَن مُؤَذِّنٌ بَيْنَهُمْ أَنْ لَّعْنَةُ اللهِ عَلَى found what your Lord promised الظَّلِمِينَ proclaim between them, saying, you to be true?' They shall say: 'Yes'. Then a proclaimer shall 'The curse of Allah is on the wrongdoers―944 الَّذِينَ يَصُدُّونَ عَنْ سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَيَبْغُونَهَا Who turn men away from. 46 عِوَجًا وَهُمْ بِالْآخِرَةِ كَفِرُونَ the path of Allah and seek to make it crooked, and who are disbelievers Hereafter. '945 in the a7:87; 11:20; 14:4; 16:89. in the words that follow which may be expanded thus: "If Allah had not sent His Messengers, we could not have been rightly guided; for it was not possible for us to devise a Law for ourselves and without a Law we could not perform good works. Law is, therefore, not a curse but a blessing, for it enables us to reach Heaven. " The word (this) in the clause, This is the Heaven, is used to point to a thing. Heaven is here pointed out to believers, as they have not yet entered it. But they have at the same time been declared to be "the inmates of Heaven," because they have already earned it by their good works. Moreover, true heavenly life begins in this very world, although the full manifestation thereof will be in the 984 next. See 2:26 & 55:47. 944. Commentary: A highly significant dialogue between the inmates of Heaven and of Hell begins from this verse. The word, (wrongdoers), may also be rendered as "idolaters" or "worshippers of false deities". See 31:14. 945. Commentary: This verse defines and qualifies the "wrongdoers" mentioned in the preceding verse. The expression, and seek to make it crooked, means that the wrongdoers desire to corrupt true religion. They are not only themselves wicked, but also try to make others so, and even seek to corrupt the religion sent for their good. They also disbelieve in the Hereafter.