The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 2) — Page 587
PT. 9 AL-A'RĀF CH. 7 عَدُوَّكُمْ وَيَسْتَخْلِفَكُمْ فِي الْأَرْضِ to us. He said, “Your Lord is فَيَنْظُرَ كَيْفَ تَعْمَلُونَ about to destroy your enemy and make you rulers in the land, that He may then see how you act. '1019 131. And Pharaoh's people with drought وَلَقَدْ اَخَذْنَا آلَ فِرْعَوْنَ بِالسنين punished R. 16. bWe وَنَقْصٍ مِّنَ الثَّمَتِ لَعَلَّهُمْ and scarcity of fruits, that they يَذَّكَّرُونَ might be admonished. 1020 "10:14, 15. 17:102. friendly to the Israelites, took Israelites, they have been told that possession of the land. 1019. Commentary: It appears from the Bible that, like the followers of other Prophets of God, the followers of Moses were made to bear additional burdens of which they complained to Moses (Exod. 5:21). To that complaint a reference is made in this verse. The word "land" mentioned in the verse refer not to Egypt but to the Holy Land which had been promised to the Israelites and which they inherited in accordance with the promise. The word may also mean "the earth" generally. Though primarily the address in the words, that He may then see how you act, is to the Israelites of the time of Moses, the words possess a much wider application. They apply with equal force to succeeding generations as well. It is noteworthy that similar words have been used with regard to Muslims also (10:15) and, like the God would make them successors in the land and would bestow upon them Khilafat and dominion, and then He whether they acted earth. This 1027 the would see righteously in resemblance also shows that Muslim dispensation is a counterpart of the Mosaic dispensation and that a time was to come when Muslims also were to become corrupt like the Jews. It is to this tragic fact that a reference has been made in the prayer, "Make us has descended" (see note on 1:7). not of those upon whom Thy wrath 1020. Important Words: سنة drought) is the plural of) سنين which is derived, according to different authorities, either from an or wor. They say ball wi. e. the food became bad or foul or became altered (for the worse) by the lapse of years. means, the cloud watered the earth. means, the camel turned round about the well to draw water. means, the man became high and exalted in rank. a means, a