Surah Al-Araf, Verse 99 and 100

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 *Surah Al-Araf, Verse 99:*

أَفَأَمِنُوا مَكْرَ اللَّهِ فَلَا يَأْمَنُ مَكْرَ اللَّهِ إِلَّا الْقَوْمُ الْخَاسِرُونَ

Did they then feel secure against the Plan of Allah. None feels secure from the Plan of Allah except the people who are the losers.

#COMMENTARY

This closes that chapter of the narrative which deals with Prophets who were rejected by their own people, but who stood firm on ALLĀH's Message and were able to rescue a remnant who believed. In each case there were special circumstances and special besetting sins, which have been explained in the commentaries. The nations which as a body could not be won over to ALLĀH's Law perished. So far we have been dealing with the corruptions and iniquities within each nation. In the story of Moses we have first a struggle against the bondage of Egypt, one of the foremost powers then in the world, the rescue of the Israelites and their wanderings, and their providing themselves unworthy and being left to wander in a new sense when they rejected the new Prophet (Prophet Muhammad) who came to renew ALLĀH's Message.

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*Surah Al-Araf, Verse 100:*

أَوَلَمْ يَهْدِ لِلَّذِينَ يَرِثُونَ الْأَرْضَ مِن بَعْدِ أَهْلِهَا أَن لَّوْ نَشَاءُ أَصَبْنَاهُم بِذُنُوبِهِمْ وَنَطْبَعُ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ فَهُمْ لَا يَسْمَعُونَ

Is it not clear to those who inherit the earth in succession from its (previous) possessors, that had We willed, We would have punished them for their sins. And We seal up their hearts so that they hear not?

#COMMENTARY

The stories which have been related should give a warning to present and future generations which have inherited the land, the power, or the experience of the past. They should know that if they fall into the same sins they will meet with the same fate: when through their contumacy their hearts are hardened, they do not listen to the advice that falls on their ears.