Surah Araf ayat 185 Tafsir Quran 7:185

﴿أَوَلَمْ يَنظُرُوا فِي مَلَكُوتِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا خَلَقَ اللَّهُ مِن شَيْءٍ وَأَنْ عَسَىٰ أَن يَكُونَ قَدِ اقْتَرَبَ أَجَلُهُمْ ۖ فَبِأَيِّ حَدِيثٍ بَعْدَهُ يُؤْمِنُونَ﴾
[ الأعراف: 185]

7:185 Do they not look into the realm of the heavens and the earth and everything that Allah has created and [think] that perhaps their appointed time has come near? So in what statement hereafter will they believe?

And have they not reflected upon the dominion the kingdom malakūt is mulk of the heaven and of the earth and upon what things God has created min shay’in is an explication of the preceding mā ‘what’ so that they are able to infer the power of their Creator and His Oneness and upon that upon the fact that it may be that their term is already near so that they might hasten to believe lest they die as disbelievers and move towards the Fire? In what fact then after this that is the Qur’ān will they believe?

Do they not see into the immensity of the universe and look with their minds eyes at the realms of the heavens and the earth and the precision with which structures are related and at the unique government of all that He has created! Do they not ponder that the end of their term of life may well be approaching! Therefore, if they refuse to acknowledge the truth as is featured in these signs, what then will convince them if these signs and this divine discourse do not

فَبِأَىِّ حَدِيثٍ بَعْدَهُ يُؤْمِنُونَ ( In what message after this will they then believe ) Allah says, what more warnings, and discouragements should compel them to believe, if the warnings and threats that Muhammad ﷺ brought them from Allah in His Book do not compel them to do so Allah said next,

(7:185) Have they not observed the kingdom of the heavens and the earth, and all that Allah has created *143 and that their term of life might have drawn near *144 After this warning from the Prophet, what will it be that will make them believe?

Do they not look into the realm meaning

*143).
The word 'companion' here refers to the Prophet ( peace be on him ) who was born, brought up, grew into youth, in short, spent his whole life including his old age in their midst.
Before the advent of his prophethood, Muhammad ( peace be on him ) was known to all the Quraysh as good natured and of sound mind.
However, as he started calling people to accept the Message of God, they immediately dubbed him insane.
Now it is obvious that they were not attributing insanity to him as regards his pre-prophetic life, for they had nothing evil to say about that period of his life.
The charge of insanity, therefore, was levelled against the Message he began to preach when he was designated a Prophet.

The Qur'an, therefore, asks them to give serious thought to the teachings of the Prophet ( peace be on him ) and to see if there is anything that is inconsistent with sanity, or is meaningless and irrational.
Had people reflected on the order of the universe, or carefully considered even one single creation of God, they would have been convinced of the truth of the teachings of the Prophet ( peace be on him ).
They would have realized that whatever he said to refute polytheism, or to establish God's unity or the accountability of man in the Hereafter, or about the necessity of man's surrender to God, was corroborated by the entire order of the universe and every single atom of God's creation.

*144).
The unbelievers, feeble-minded as they are, fail to understand that no one knows when he will die.
For death overtakes man totally unawares.
This being the case, what will be the end of those who waste the time at their disposal until death overtakes them and fail to find the direction to their salvation?
 

فَبِأَىِّ حَدِيثٍ بَعْدَهُ يُؤْمِنُونَ ( In what message after this will they then believe ) Allah says, what more warnings, and discouragements should compel them to believe, if the warnings and threats that Muhammad ﷺ brought them from Allah in His Book do not compel them to do so Allah said next,

( Have they not considered ) i.e. the people of Mecca ( the dominion of the heavens ) the sun, moon, stars and clouds ( and the earth ) and the dominion of the earth: the trees, mountains, oceans and beasts, ( and what things Allah hath created ) and all the things that Allah created, ( and that it may be ) ’may be’ [ ’asa ] when used in relation to Allah denotes a requisite ( that their own term draweth nigh ) their destruction draws near? ( In what fact after this ) in what Scripture after Allah’s Scripture ( will they believe ) if they do not believe in this Scripture?

Do they not look in the dominion of the heavens and the earth and all things that Allah has created, and that it may be that the end of their lives is near. In what message after this will they then believe?

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