Surah Al-A'raf 7:140 — translation and meaning
الأعراف · Verse 140 / 206 · Page 167
قَالَ أَغَيْرَ اللَّهِ أَبْغِيكُمْ إِلَهًا وَهُوَ فَضَّلَكُمْ عَلَى الْعَالَمِينَ
Word by Word
قَالَ
qala
He said
أَغَيْرَ
aghayra
Should other than
اللَّهِ
al-lahi
Allah
أَبْغِيكُمْ
abghikum
I seek for you
إِلَهًا
ilahan
a god
وَهُوَ
wahuwa
while He
فَضَّلَكُمْ
faddalakum
has preferred you
عَلَى
ala
over
الْعَالَمِينَ
al-'alamina
the worlds
Transliteration
Qaala a-ghairal laahi abgheekum ilaahanw wa Huwa faddalakum 'alal 'aalameen
Translation
He said, "Is it other than Allah I should desire for you as a god while He has preferred you over the worlds?"
Verse interpretation (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?'
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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