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Al-A'raf 140

Ayah 140 of 206 · Meccan

قَالَ أَغَيۡرَ ٱللَّهِ أَبۡغِيكُمۡ إِلَٰهٗا وَهُوَ فَضَّلَكُمۡ عَلَى ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ١٤٠

He said, "Is it other than Allāh I should desire for you as a god1 while He has preferred you over the worlds?"

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 An object of worship.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. قَالَHe saidqāla
  2. أَغَيۡرَShould other thanaghayra
  3. ٱللَّهِAllahl-lahi
  4. أَبۡغِيكُمۡI seek for youabghīkum
  5. إِلَٰهٗاa godilāhan
  6. وَهُوَwhile Hewahuwa
  7. فَضَّلَكُمۡhas preferred youfaḍḍalakum
  8. عَلَىoverʿalā
  9. ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَthe worldsl-ʿālamīna

Tafsir

Moses said: 'How can I seek for you a god other than the one true God for you to worship, when you have already seen His great signs, and when He has preferred you over all the nations of your time, granting you the destruction of your enemy, and making you leaders in the land and establishing you in it?'

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran