Surah Al-A'raf 7:144
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[Allah] said, "O Moses, I have chosen you over the people with My messages and My words [to you]. So take what I have given you and be among the grateful."
Tafsir of Al-A'raf 7:144
Tafsir
Al-Kashshaf
Verse range: 7:144
Al-Aʿrāf: 144
{I have chosen you over the people} I have selected you over the people of your time and preferred you above them {with My messages}, which are the books of the Torah, {and with My speech}, and by My speaking directly to you.
{So take what I have given you} Take what I have bestowed upon you of the honor of prophethood and wisdom, {and be among the grateful} for this blessing, for it is among the greatest of blessings.
It is said: Moses fell unconscious on the Day of ʿArafah, and he was given the Torah on the Day of Sacrifice (Yawm al-Naḥr).
If you ask: How can it be said, "I have chosen you over the people," when Aaron was also chosen as a prophet like him? I reply: Indeed, but he was a follower to him, a support, and a minister. The "Interlocutor" (al-Kalīm) is Moses, peace be upon him, and he is the primary bearer of the message.
{And We wrote for him on the tablets [something] of all things - instruction and explanation for all things, "So take them with determination and order your people to take the best of it. I will show you the home of the defiantly disobedient."}
{I will turn away from My signs those who are arrogant upon the earth without right; and if they should see every sign, they will not believe in it. And if they see the way of consciousness, they will not adopt it as a way; but if they see the way of error, they will adopt it as a way. That is because they denied Our signs and were heedless of them.}
{And those who denied Our signs and the meeting of the Hereafter - their deeds have become worthless. Are they recompensed except for what they used to do?}