The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 2) — Page 559
CH. 7 قَالُوا اَجِثْتَنَا لِنَعْبُدَ اللَّهَ وَحْدَهُ وَنَذَرَ مَا كَانَ يَعْبُدُ ابَاؤُنَا ۚ فَأْتِنَا بِمَا تَعِدُنَا إِنْ كُنْتَ مِنَ الصَّدِقِينَ PT. 8 AL-A'RĀF 71. They said, "Hast thou come to us that we may worship Allah alone and forsake what our fathers used to worship? Bring us, then, that which thou threatenest us with, if thou art of the truthful. '969 have already fallen on you قَالَ قَدْ وَقَعَ عَلَيْكُمْ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ رِجْسٌ He replied, Indeed there. 72 b وَغَضَبٌ أَتُجَادِلُونَنِي فِي أَسْمَاءِ punishment and wrath from سَمَّيْتُمُوهَا أَنْتُمْ وَابَاؤُكُم مَّا نَزَّلَ اللهُ your Lord. Do you dispute with me about names which you بِهَا مِنْ سُلْطنٍ فَانتَظِرُوا إِنِّي مَعَكُمْ have named, you and your مِّنَ الْمُنْتَظِرِينَ fathers, for which Allah has sent down no authority? Wait then, I am with you among those who wait. '970 فَأَنْجَيْنَهُ وَالَّذِينَ مَعَهُ بِرَحْمَةٍ مِّنَّا And We saved him and. 73 those who were with him, by وَقَطَعْنَا دَابِرَ الَّذِيْنَ كَذَّبُوا بِايْتِنَا Our mercy, and We cut off the last remnant of those who rejected a10:79; 11:63,88. 3:152; 7:34; 22:72; 53:24. 10:21,103; 11:123. d7:165; 26:120,121. The Adites were a ruling nation. They were a mighty and powerful people. Their rule extended over vast territories. They were the first Arab nation to wield temporal power in Arabia. 969. Commentary: Being unable to meet the arguments of Hūd, disbelievers took a new line and declared that they would rather die than give up the faith of their fathers. That it was the threatened punishment of God that they 999 challenged Hūd to bring upon them is clear from the reply which he gave them and which is contained in the words: Indeed there have already fallen on you punishment and wrath from your Lord, occurring in the following verse. 970. Commentary: This verse shows that one may follow one's forefathers only if one has the support of reason and not otherwise. Blind and unthinking following is condemned.