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Surah Al-A'raf, Ayah 13 (7:13)

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قَالَ فَٱهْبِطْ مِنْهَا فَمَا يَكُونُ لَكَ أَن تَتَكَبَّرَ فِيهَا فَٱخْرُجْ إِنَّكَ مِنَ …

Quran 7:13 is ayah 13 of Surah Al-A'raf (“The Heights”), a Meccan surah of 206 ayahs. It is in Juz 8, on page 152 of the Madani Mushaf.

7:13
قَالَفَٱهْبِطْمِنْهَافَمَايَكُونُلَكَأَنتَتَكَبَّرَفِيهَافَٱخْرُجْإِنَّكَمِنَٱلصَّٰغِرِينَ١٣
qāla fa-ih'biṭ min'hā famā yakūnu laka an tatakabbara fīhā fa-ukh'ruj innaka mina l-ṣāghirīna

[Allāh] said, "Descend from it [i.e., Paradise], for it is not for you to be arrogant therein. So get out; indeed, you are of the debased."(13)

Word by word

  1. قَالَqāla(Allah) said
  2. فَٱهْبِطْfa-ih'biṭThen go down
  3. مِنْهَاmin'hāfrom it
  4. فَمَاfamāfor not
  5. يَكُونُyakūnuit is
  6. لَكَlakafor you
  7. أَنanthat
  8. تَتَكَبَّرَtatakabbarayou be arrogant
  9. فِيهَاfīhāin it
  10. فَٱخْرُجْfa-ukh'rujSo get out
  11. إِنَّكَinnakaindeed, you
  12. مِنَmina(are) of
  13. ٱلصَّٰغِرِينَl-ṣāghirīnathe disgraced ones

Tafsir (commentary) of 7:13

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This commentary explains ayahs 7:13–15 together.

فَاهْبِطْ مِنْهَا

(Get down from this) "because you defied My command and disobeyed Me. Get out, it is not for you to be arrogant here," in Paradise, according to the scholars of Tafsir. It could also refer to particular status which he held in the utmost highs. Allah said to Iblis,

فَاخْرُجْ إِنَّكَ مِنَ الصَّـغِرِينَ

(Get out, for you are of those humiliated and disgraced.) as just recompense for his ill intentions, by giving him the opposite of what he intended (arrogance). This is when the cursed one remembered and asked for respite until the Day of Judgment,

قَالَ رَبِّ فَأَنظِرْنِى إِلَى يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ - قَالَ فَإِنَّكَ مِنَ الْمُنظَرِينَ

(Then allow me respite till the Day they are raised up. (Allah) said: "Then you are of those respited.") 15: 36-37 Allah gave Shaytan what he asked for out of His wisdom, being His decision and decree, that is never prevented or resisted. Surely, none can avert His decision, and He is swift in reckoning.

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