Surah Muminun ayat 23 Tafsir Quran 23:23

﴿وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا نُوحًا إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِ فَقَالَ يَا قَوْمِ اعْبُدُوا اللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنْ إِلَٰهٍ غَيْرُهُ ۖ أَفَلَا تَتَّقُونَ﴾
[ المؤمنون: 23]

23:23 And We had certainly sent Noah to his people, and he said, "O my people, worship Allah; you have no deity other than Him; then will you not fear Him?"

And verily We sent Noah to his people and he said ‘O my people worship God obey God and affirm His Oneness. You have no other god besides Him ghayruhu is the subject of mā ‘no’; the preceding min ilāhin ‘god’ is the predicate the min being extra. Will you not then fear?’ His punishment in worshipping gods other than Him?

Yet people have always been averse to Allahs divine message, past and present and this is exampled in Noahs people and in those who followed - We sent NUh (Noah) with Our divine message to his people. He said to there My people, I advise you to acknowledge Allah and to worship Him with appropriate acts and rites. You have no Ilah but Him. Will you entertain the profound reverence dutiful to Him

The Story of Nuh, Peace be upon Him; and his people Allah tells us about Nuh, peace be upon him, whom He sent him to his people to warn them of the severe punishment of Allah and His severe vengeance on those who associated partners with Him, defied His commands and disbelieved His Messengers: فَقَالَ يَقَوْمِ اعْبُدُواْ اللَّهَ مَا لَكُمْ مِّنْ إِلَـهٍ غَيْرُهُ أَفَلاَ تَتَّقُونَ ( and he said: "O my people! Worship Allah! You have no other God but Him.
Will you not then have Taqwa" ) Meaning, "Do you not fear Allah when you associate others in worship with Him" The chiefs or leaders of his people said: مَا هَـذَا إِلاَّ بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُكُمْ يُرِيدُ أَن يَتَفَضَّلَ عَلَيْكُمْ ( He is no more than a human being like you, he seeks to make himself superior to you. ) meaning, `he is putting himself above you and trying to make himself great by claiming to be a Prophet, but he is a human being like you, so how can he receive revelation when you do not' وَلَوْ شَآءَ اللَّهُ لاّنزَلَ مَلَـئِكَةً ( Had Allah willed, He surely could have sent down angels. ) meaning, `if Allah had wanted to send a Prophet, He would have sent an angel from Him, not a human being.
We have never heard of such a thing -- i.e., sending a man to our forefathers' -- their predecessors in times past. إِنْ هُوَ إِلاَّ رَجُلٌ بِهِ جِنَّةٌ ( He is only a man in whom is madness, ) means, `he is crazy in his claim that Allah has sent him and chosen him from among you to receive revelation.' فَتَرَبَّصُواْ بِهِ حَتَّى حِينٍ ( so wait for him a while. ) means, `wait until he dies, put up with him until you are rid of him.'

(23:23) We sent Noah to his people: *24 he said, "O my people, worship Allah alone; you have no other deity than Him.

And We had certainly sent Noah to meaning

*24) See also Al-A`araf ( VII ): 59-64, Yunus ( X ): 71-73, Hud ( X1 ): 25-48, Bani Isra'il ( XVII ): 3 and AI-Anbiya' ( XXI ): 76-77.

 

The Story of Nuh, Peace be upon Him; and his people Allah tells us about Nuh, peace be upon him, whom He sent him to his people to warn them of the severe punishment of Allah and His severe vengeance on those who associated partners with Him, defied His commands and disbelieved His Messengers: فَقَالَ يَقَوْمِ اعْبُدُواْ اللَّهَ مَا لَكُمْ مِّنْ إِلَـهٍ غَيْرُهُ أَفَلاَ تَتَّقُونَ ( and he said: "O my people! Worship Allah! You have no other God but Him.
Will you not then have Taqwa" ) Meaning, "Do you not fear Allah when you associate others in worship with Him" The chiefs or leaders of his people said: مَا هَـذَا إِلاَّ بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُكُمْ يُرِيدُ أَن يَتَفَضَّلَ عَلَيْكُمْ ( He is no more than a human being like you, he seeks to make himself superior to you. ) meaning, `he is putting himself above you and trying to make himself great by claiming to be a Prophet, but he is a human being like you, so how can he receive revelation when you do not' وَلَوْ شَآءَ اللَّهُ لاّنزَلَ مَلَـئِكَةً ( Had Allah willed, He surely could have sent down angels. ) meaning, `if Allah had wanted to send a Prophet, He would have sent an angel from Him, not a human being.
We have never heard of such a thing -- i.e., sending a man to our forefathers' -- their predecessors in times past. إِنْ هُوَ إِلاَّ رَجُلٌ بِهِ جِنَّةٌ ( He is only a man in whom is madness, ) means, `he is crazy in his claim that Allah has sent him and chosen him from among you to receive revelation.' فَتَرَبَّصُواْ بِهِ حَتَّى حِينٍ ( so wait for him a while. ) means, `wait until he dies, put up with him until you are rid of him.'

( And We verily sent Noah unto his folk, and he said: O my people! Serve Allah ) profess Allah’s divine Oneness. ( Ye have no other god save Him ) save the One in whom I command you to believe. ( Will ye not ward off (evil )) the worship of other than Allah?

And indeed We sent Nuh (Noah) to his people, and he said: "O my people! Worship Allah! You have no other Ilah (God) but Him (Islamic Monotheism). Will you not then be afraid (of Him i.e. of His Punishment because of worshipping others besides Him)?"

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