The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 2) — Page 619
PT. 9 AL-A'RĀF CH. 7 وَكُنَّا ذُرِّيَّةً مِّنْ بَعْدِهِمْ أَفَتُهْلِكُنَا attributed co-partners to God in 174. Or lest you should say, “táítání was only our fathers who the past and we were merely a generation after them. Wilt Thou then destroy us for what was done by those who lied?' 1062 E بِمَا فَعَلَ المُبْطِلُونَ وَكَذَلِكَ نُفَصِّلُ الآيتِ وَلَعَلَّهُمُ And thus do We make. 175 يَرْجِعُونَ clear the Signs, that they may be admonished and that they may return to Us. وَاتْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ نَبَا الَّذِي آتَيْنَهُ ابْتِنَا فَانْسَلَخَ And relate to them the. 176 مِنْهَا فَأَتْبَعَهُ الشَّيْطَنُ فَكَانَ مِنَ Our Signs, but he stepped away الْغُويْنَ story of him to whom We gave from them; so Satan followed him up, and he became one of those who go astray. 1063 a7:39. The second interpretation relates to the appearance of Prophets whom God sends to show people His way. In this case it is worthy of note that when speaking about "making them witnesses against their ownselves", the verse does not mention Adam but the children of Adam, which points to the fact that the expression, "offspring from the children of Adam", means the people of every new age or era to whom a Messenger of God is sent. It is, in fact, the lordship. To this question the only possible reply can be, Yea, we do bear witness. It is indeed only through the rejection of their Prophet that the people of an age become witnesses against themselves; for in that case they cannot take shelter behind the excuse that they did not know God or His Law or the Day of Judgement. 1062. Commentary: debars the people of his time from The appearance of a Prophet also urging the plea mentioned in the present verse, for then the truth is made manifest from falsehood and idolatry stands publicly condemned. 1063. Important Words: advent of every new Messenger that prompts the Divine query, Am I not your Lord? The query asserts that when God has made a provision for the physical sustenance of mankind as well as for their moral and spiritual (stepped away) is derived from development, they cannot deny His w. They say lobi. e. he stripped 1059