Surah Araf ayat 180 Tafsir Quran 7:180

﴿وَلِلَّهِ الْأَسْمَاءُ الْحُسْنَىٰ فَادْعُوهُ بِهَا ۖ وَذَرُوا الَّذِينَ يُلْحِدُونَ فِي أَسْمَائِهِ ۚ سَيُجْزَوْنَ مَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ﴾
[ الأعراف: 180]

7:180 And to Allah belong the best names, so invoke Him by them. And leave [the company of] those who practice deviation concerning His names. They will be recompensed for what they have been doing.

And to God belong the ninety nine Most Beautiful Names — mentioned in hadīth — al-husnā is the feminine for al-ahsan so invoke name Him by them and leave those who blaspheme His Names yulhidūn ‘they blaspheme’ from fourth form alhada or first form lahada meaning ‘those who incline away from the truth’ by deriving from them names for their gods as in the case of al-Lāt from Allāh ‘God’ al-‘Uzzā from al-‘Azīz ‘Mighty’ and Manāt from al-Mannān ‘Lord of Favours’. They will be requited in the Hereafter the requital for what they did — this was revealed before the command to fight them.

To Allah belong all the Commendable attributes you people may use when invoking Him under any circumstance, and disregard those who use them profanely. They shall be requited with what is commensurate with their profanity

Allah's Most Beautiful Names Abu Hurayrah narrated that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said,
«إِنَّ للهِ تِسْعًا وَتِسْعِينَ اسْمًا مِائَةً إِلَّا وَاحِدًا، مَنْ أَحْصَاهَا دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ وَهُوَ وِتْرٌ يُحِبُّ الْوِتْر»
( Verily, Allah has ninety-nine Names, a hundred less one; whoever counts (and preserves ) them, will enter Paradise.
Allah is Witr ( One ) and loves Al-Witr ( the odd numbered things ),) The Two Sahihs collected this Hadith.
We should state that Allah's Names are not restricted to only ninety-nine.
For instance, in his Musnad, Imam Ahmad recorded that `Abdullah bin Mas`ud said that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said;
«مَا أَصَابَ أَحَدًا قَطُّ هَمٌّ وَلَا حَزَنٌ فَقَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي عَبْدُكَ، ابْنُ أَمَتِكَ، نَاصِيَتِي بِيَدِكَ مَاضٍ فِيَّ حُكْمُكَ، عَدْلٌ فِيَّ قَضُاؤُكَ، أَسْأَلُكَ بِكُلِّ اسْمٍ هُوَ لَكَ سَمَّيْتَ بِهِ نَفْسَكَ أَوْ أَنْزَلْتَهُهِفي كِتَابِكَ أَوْ عَلَّمْتَهُ أَحَدًا مِنْ خَلْقِكَ أَوِ اسْتَأْثَرْتَ بِهِ فِي عِلْمِ الْغَيْبِ عِنْدَكَ أَنْ تَجْعَلَ الْقُرآنَ الْعَظِيمَ رَبِيعَ قَلْبِي، وَنُورَ صَدْرِي، وَجَلَاءَ حُزْنِي، وَذَهَابَ هَمِّي، إِلَّا أَذْهَبَ اللهُ حُزْنَهُ وَهَمَّهُ وَأَبْدَلَ مَكَانَهُ فَرَحًا»
( Any person who is overcome by sadness or grief and supplicates, `O Allah! I am Your servant, son of Your female servant.
My forelock is in Your Hand.
Your decision concerning me shall certainly come to pass.
Just is Your Judgement about me.
I invoke You by every Name that You have and that You called Yourself by, sent down in Your Book, taught to any of Your creatures, or kept with You in the knowledge of the Unseen that is with You.
Make the Glorious Qur'an the spring of my heart, the light of my chest, the remover of my grief and the dissipater of my concern.' Surely, Allah will remove his grief and sadness and exchange them for delight. ) The Prophet was asked "O Messenger of Allah! Should we learn these words" He said,
«بَلَى يَنْبَغِي لِكُلِّ مَنْ سَمِعَهَا أَنْ يَتَعَلَّمَهَا»
( Yes.
It is an obligation on all those who hear this supplication to learn it. ) Al-`Awfi said that Ibn `Abbas said about Allah's statement, وَذَرُواْ الَّذِينَ يُلْحِدُونَ فِى أَسْمَـئِهِ ( and leave the company of those who belie His Names ) "To belie Allah's Names includes saying that Al-Lat ( an idol ) derived from Allah's Name." Ibn Jurayj narrated from Mujahid that he commented, وَذَرُواْ الَّذِينَ يُلْحِدُونَ فِى أَسْمَـئِهِ ( and leave the company of those who belie His Names ) "They derived Al-Lat ( an idol's name ) from Allah, and Al-`Uzza ( another idol ) from Al-`Aziz ( the All-Mighty )." Qatadah stated that Ilhad refers to associating others with Allah in His Names ( such as calling an idol Al-`Uzza ).
The word Ilhad used in the Ayah in another from means deviation, wickedness, injustice and straying.
The hole in the grave is called Lahd, because it is a hole within a hole, that is turned towards the Qiblah ( the direction of the prayer ).

(7:180) Allah has the most excellent names. *141 So call on Him by His names and shun those who distort them. They shall soon be requited for their deeds. *142

And to Allah belong the best names, meaning

*141).
Here the present discourse is nearing its end.
Before concluding, people are warned in a style which combines admonition with censure against some basic wrongs.
People are here being warrned particularly against denial combined with mockery which they, had adopted towards the teachings of the Prophet ( peace be on him ).

*142).
The name of a thing reflects how it is conceptualized.
Hence, inappropriate concepts are reflected in inappropriate names, and vice versa.
Moreover, the attitude a man adopts towards different things is also based on the concepts he entertains of those things.
If a concept about a thing is erroneous, so will be man's relationship with it.
On the other hand.
a right concept about a thing will lead to establishing, the right relationship with it.
In the same way, as this applies to relationships with worldly objects, so it applies to relationships with God.
If a man is mistaken about God - be it about His person or attributes - he will choose false words for God.
And the falsity of concepts about God affects man's whole ethical attitude.
This is understandable since man's whole ethical attitude is directly related to man's concept of God and God's relationship with the universe and man.
It is for this reason that the Qur'an asks man to shun profanity in naming God.
Only the most beautiful names befit God, and hence man should invoke Him by them.
Any profanity in this respect will lead to evil consequences.

The 'most excellent names' used of God express His greatness and paramountcy, holiness, purity, and the perfection and absoluteness of all His attributes.
The opposite trend has been termed ilhad in this verse.
The word ilhad literally means 'to veer away from the straight direction'.
The word is used, for instance, when an arrow misses the mark and strikes elsewhere.
( See Raghib al-Isfahani, al-Mufradat, q.v.
ilhad - Ed. ) The commitment of ilhad in naming God mentioned in the verse consists of choosing names which are below His majestic dignity and which are inconsistent with the reverence due to Him; names which ascribe evil or defect to God, or reflect false notions about Him.
Equally blasphemous is the act of calling some creature by a name which befits God alone, The Qur'anic exhortation in the above verse to 'shun those who distort God's names' implies that if misguided people fail to see reason, the righteous should not engross themselves in unnecessary argumentation with them.
For such men will themselves suffer dire consequences.

 

Allah's Most Beautiful Names Abu Hurayrah narrated that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, «إِنَّ للهِ تِسْعًا وَتِسْعِينَ اسْمًا مِائَةً إِلَّا وَاحِدًا، مَنْ أَحْصَاهَا دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ وَهُوَ وِتْرٌ يُحِبُّ الْوِتْر» ( Verily, Allah has ninety-nine Names, a hundred less one; whoever counts (and preserves ) them, will enter Paradise.
Allah is Witr ( One ) and loves Al-Witr ( the odd numbered things ),) The Two Sahihs collected this Hadith.
We should state that Allah's Names are not restricted to only ninety-nine.
For instance, in his Musnad, Imam Ahmad recorded that `Abdullah bin Mas`ud said that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said; «مَا أَصَابَ أَحَدًا قَطُّ هَمٌّ وَلَا حَزَنٌ فَقَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي عَبْدُكَ، ابْنُ أَمَتِكَ، نَاصِيَتِي بِيَدِكَ مَاضٍ فِيَّ حُكْمُكَ، عَدْلٌ فِيَّ قَضُاؤُكَ، أَسْأَلُكَ بِكُلِّ اسْمٍ هُوَ لَكَ سَمَّيْتَ بِهِ نَفْسَكَ أَوْ أَنْزَلْتَهُهِفي كِتَابِكَ أَوْ عَلَّمْتَهُ أَحَدًا مِنْ خَلْقِكَ أَوِ اسْتَأْثَرْتَ بِهِ فِي عِلْمِ الْغَيْبِ عِنْدَكَ أَنْ تَجْعَلَ الْقُرآنَ الْعَظِيمَ رَبِيعَ قَلْبِي، وَنُورَ صَدْرِي، وَجَلَاءَ حُزْنِي، وَذَهَابَ هَمِّي، إِلَّا أَذْهَبَ اللهُ حُزْنَهُ وَهَمَّهُ وَأَبْدَلَ مَكَانَهُ فَرَحًا» ( Any person who is overcome by sadness or grief and supplicates, `O Allah! I am Your servant, son of Your female servant.
My forelock is in Your Hand.
Your decision concerning me shall certainly come to pass.
Just is Your Judgement about me.
I invoke You by every Name that You have and that You called Yourself by, sent down in Your Book, taught to any of Your creatures, or kept with You in the knowledge of the Unseen that is with You.
Make the Glorious Qur'an the spring of my heart, the light of my chest, the remover of my grief and the dissipater of my concern.' Surely, Allah will remove his grief and sadness and exchange them for delight. ) The Prophet was asked "O Messenger of Allah! Should we learn these words" He said, «بَلَى يَنْبَغِي لِكُلِّ مَنْ سَمِعَهَا أَنْ يَتَعَلَّمَهَا» ( Yes.
It is an obligation on all those who hear this supplication to learn it. ) Al-`Awfi said that Ibn `Abbas said about Allah's statement, وَذَرُواْ الَّذِينَ يُلْحِدُونَ فِى أَسْمَـئِهِ ( and leave the company of those who belie His Names ) "To belie Allah's Names includes saying that Al-Lat ( an idol ) derived from Allah's Name." Ibn Jurayj narrated from Mujahid that he commented, وَذَرُواْ الَّذِينَ يُلْحِدُونَ فِى أَسْمَـئِهِ ( and leave the company of those who belie His Names ) "They derived Al-Lat ( an idol's name ) from Allah, and Al-`Uzza ( another idol ) from Al-`Aziz ( the All-Mighty )." Qatadah stated that Ilhad refers to associating others with Allah in His Names ( such as calling an idol Al-`Uzza ).
The word Ilhad used in the Ayah in another from means deviation, wickedness, injustice and straying.
The hole in the grave is called Lahd, because it is a hole within a hole, that is turned towards the Qiblah ( the direction of the prayer ).

( Allah’s are the fairest names ) the loftiest attributes: knowledge, power, hearing, sight, and the like. ( Invoke Him by them ) recite by them. ( And leave the company of those who blaspheme His names ) those who deny His names and attributes; and according to a different reading this means: those who are disinclined to acknowledge His names; and it is also said that this means: those who liken His names to al-Lat, al-’Uzza, and Manat. ( They will be requited ) in the Hereafter for ( what they do ) and say in the life of this world.

And (all) the Most Beautiful Names belong to Allah, so call on Him by them, and leave the company of those who belie or deny (or utter impious speech against) His Names. They will be requited for what they used to do.

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