This audio is brought to you by Muslim Central.com. my Allah Azawajal in Surat al-A-Raaf, the seventh Surah of the Quran, which is one of the longest

maki suras in the Quran, mentions towards the latter half of the Surah, that he himself explains

the Ayat. You know, Allah oftentimes says that he himself explains the aye. You know,

Allah oftentimes says that he reveals the ayea,

but sometimes he also says things like

wakadale kalu fazsilul ayea.

That is how we ourselves explain the signs.

Al-Ayaat is not just a reference to revelation,

it's also a reference to reality.

Allah explains everything around you.

And every time he explains something, there's purpose and so the purpose mentioned in this particular aya is peculiar he says

the an alahum yarjiaun so that they can come back

What Allah is about to talk about now is he's going to explain some phenomenon and the purpose of explaining it is to talk to people that have gone far away from Allah and to bring them back.

That's the purpose of it. And so he says,

alahum y a jiaun, so that they may return. He says this peculiar story,

a lot oftentimes in the Quran,

Allah will tell a story, but he will not tell us the name of the characters, he will not tell us the details,

he will not tell us the geographic location or the dates or the, you know, the, you know, the,

you know, the, the, you know, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, intricate, you know, history involved in order for us to understand the full picture

it's very different from any book of history

as a matter of fact the language here is so general it could apply to anybody.

And yet Allah al-Aazahazah al-A-Lazhi-A-Tainahu al-A-Tahu a-atina. Read onto them, recite on to them the news or the event of the one to whom we had given our miracles.

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