And when the anger subsided in Moses, he took up the tablets; and in their inscription was guidance and mercy for those who are fearful of their Lord.(154)
Surah Al-A'raf, Ayah 154 (7:154)
ٱلْأَعْرَاف
وَلَمَّا سَكَتَ عَن مُّوسَى ٱلْغَضَبُ أَخَذَ ٱلْأَلْوَاحَ ۖ وَفِى نُسْخَتِهَا هُدًى وَرَحْمَةٌ …
Quran 7:154 is ayah 154 of Surah Al-A'raf (“The Heights”), a Meccan surah of 206 ayahs. It is in Juz 9, on page 169 of the Madani Mushaf.
- Juz 9
- Hizb 17
- Page 169
- Ruku 19
- Revealed Mecca
Word by word
- وَلَمَّاwalammāAnd when
- سَكَتَsakatawas calmed
- عَنʿanfrom
- مُّوسَىmūsāMusa
- ٱلْغَضَبُl-ghaḍabuthe anger
- أَخَذَakhadhahe took (up)
- ٱلْأَلْوَاحَ ۖl-alwāḥathe tablets
- وَفِىwafīand in
- نُسْخَتِهَاnus'khatihātheir inscription
- هُدًىhudan(was) guidance
- وَرَحْمَةٌwaraḥmatunand mercy
- لِّلَّذِينَlilladhīnafor those who
- هُمْhum[they]
- لِرَبِّهِمْlirabbihimof their Lord
- يَرْهَبُونَyarhabūna(are) fearful
Tafsir (commentary) of 7:154
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Musa picked up the Tablets when His Anger subsided
Allah said next,
(And when calmed) and subsided,
(the anger of Musa) with his people,
(he took up the Tablets), which he had thrown out of jealousy for Allah and anger for His sake, because of his people worshipping the calf,
(and in their inscription was guidance and mercy for those who fear their Lord.) Several scholars of Tafsir said that when Musa threw the Tablets on the ground they were shattered and he collected the pieces afterwards. Musa found in its inscription guidance and mercy, but the specific details of the Law was lost, so they said. They also claimed that the shattered pieces of the Tablets still remained in the treasury safes of some Israelite kings until the Islamic State came into existence. Only Allah knows if these statements are true.