7:111
قَالُوٓا۟أَرْجِهْوَأَخَاهُوَأَرْسِلْفِىٱلْمَدَآئِنِحَٰشِرِينَ١١١
qālū arjih wa-akhāhu wa-arsil fī l-madāini ḥāshirīna
They said, "Postpone [the matter of] him and his brother and send among the cities gatherers(111)
Surah Al-A'raf, Ayah 111 (7:111)
ٱلْأَعْرَاف
قَالُوٓا۟ أَرْجِهْ وَأَخَاهُ وَأَرْسِلْ فِى ٱلْمَدَآئِنِ حَٰشِرِينَ
Quran 7:111 is ayah 111 of Surah Al-A'raf (“The Heights”), a Meccan surah of 206 ayahs. It is in Juz 9, on page 164 of the Madani Mushaf.
- Juz 9
- Hizb 17
- Page 164
- Ruku 14
- Revealed Mecca
Word by word
- قَالُوٓا۟qālūThey said
- أَرْجِهْarjihPostpone him
- وَأَخَاهُwa-akhāhuand his brother
- وَأَرْسِلْwa-arsiland send
- فِىfīin
- ٱلْمَدَآئِنِl-madāinithe cities
- حَٰشِرِينَḥāshirīnagatherers
Tafsir (commentary) of 7:111
Available in English, Bengali, Urdu, Arabic, Russian.
English · EnglishTafsir Ibn Kathir (Abridged) — Hafiz Ibn Kathir
This commentary explains ayahs 7:111–112 together.
أَرْجِهْ
("Put him off"), means, "delay him (for a time)."
وَأَرْسِلْ فِى الْمَدَآئِنِ
("and send to the cities"), areas and provinces of your kingdom -- O Fir`awn,
حَـشِرِينَ
("to collect") to gather magicians from various lands. At this time, magic was the trade of the day and it was widespread and popular. They had the idea that what Musa brought was a type of magic similar to the magic that the sorcerers of their time practiced. Because of this incorrect assumption, they brought all the magicians in order to defeat the miracles that he showed them. Allah said about Fir`awn,
فَلَنَأْتِيَنَّكَ بِسِحْرٍ مِّثْلِهِ فَاجْعَلْ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكَ مَوْعِداً لاَّ نُخْلِفُهُ نَحْنُ وَلاَ أَنتَ مَكَاناً سُوًى
قَالَ مَوْعِدُكُمْ يَوْمُ الزِّينَةِ وَأَن يُحْشَرَ النَّاسُ ضُحًى - فَتَوَلَّى فِرْعَوْنُ فَجَمَعَ كَيْدَهُ ثُمَّ أَتَى
(Then verily, we can produce magic the like thereof; so appoint a meeting between us and you, which neither we nor you shall fail to keep, in an open place where both shall have a just and equal chance." Musa said: "Your appointed meeting is the day of the festival, and let the people assemble when the sun has risen (forenoon)." So Fir`awn withdrew, devised his plot and then came back.) 20:58-60. Allah said,