Ash-Shu'ara 56: “But we are wary of them.”

A. Metin Saruhan · 24 September 2017 · Ash-Shu'ara

Translation

“But we are wary of them.”

Tafsir

To the people of Pharaoh we are a united community. That is, we are people who look after each other and we are vigilant people. The meaning of one body is that the soldiers in Pharaoh's godhood are connected to each other and they are made to look like a very strong community in unity and solidarity like an inseparable body. They would say, "I know everything and we are strong," and they would instill these words in people and make them say that they were strong. When they became a people who transgressed, Allah's wrath increased upon them.

What is said in the video

Surah Ash-Shu'ara, from the 56th verse: 'But we are surely alert and (?), one body, a community,' he says, and he had them say it. Who is this? Pharaoh. So, surely alert; very alert, supposedly. And one body, that is, a single body, a community. Whereas it is a scattered community of scattered hearts. To Pharaoh's people: we are a community of one body. That is, we are people who stand by one another, and we are alert people. In 'one body' the meaning is: the soldiers under Pharaoh's godhood, in their loyalty to one another and like an inseparable body, in unity and togetherness, as a very strong community, were portrayed.

I am informed of everything. Saying 'we are strong', they instilled such words in people too and made them say that they were strong. When this conduct of theirs became that of a people who transgress the bounds, they became the (?) of Allah's wrath on them increasing.