Eternal Words 7- Sura Al-'A'raf Verse23
Verse23
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(23) قالا رَبَّنا ظَلَمْنا أَنْفُسَنا وَ إِنْ لَمْ تَغْفِرْ لَنا وَ تَرْحَمْنا لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْخاسِرِينَ
23. " They said: ' Our Lord ! We have been unjust to ourselves, and if You do not forgive us and have (not) mercy on us, we shall certainly be of the losers '."
Commentary :
In answer to the reprimand of Allah, they both said that they were unjust to themselves. The verse says :
" They said: ' Our Lord ! We have been unjust to ourselves, ..."
The objective meaning of 'being unjust', here, is that they abandoned performing a recommendable act and, therefore, they were deprived from its recompense.
Their purpose of their statement may be that as a result of coming down on the ground, and being deprived from that peaceful and blessful life, they incurred unjust to themselves.
The verse, from the tongue of Adam and Eve, continues saying :
"... and if You do not forgive us and have (not) mercy on us, we shall certainly be of the losers '."
They invocated Allah that if He did not cover their blemish and did not have mercy on them, and did not bestow His grace and His other favours by means of endowing His blessings and some other rewards upon them, they would be from those people who do not enjoy and benefit of their lives.
Whenever a person causes a loss unto himself, or does not ward off a damage from himself, he has been unjust to himself, without being worthy of bearing retribution.
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