Al-Anbya 64: Upon this, they look deep into their own conscience and said to themselves “Indeed, we are the oppressors.”
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Upon this, they look deep into their own conscience and said to themselves “Indeed, we are the oppressors.”
Tafsir
Since Allah (swt) created every mind to know its own Self, with this great plan of Hazrat Ibrahim, people turned to their own conscience and realized that idols could not rule these worlds by creating themselves and the universe. When they examine themselves, they decide that they are the real oppressors. In the face of all the blessings of the One and only Allah, who could be more unjust than this, besides leaving Allah and associating partners with Him? They say. In this respect, their conscience cried out to them that they were the real oppressors and they blamed themselves.
Some commentators explain this verse as follows. Because they left their God alone and unprotected, they considered themselves the real oppressors because of their mistakes. This way of opening is wrong. Besides, the opening and exegesis of this Verse is as we have written. The next verse supports this verse. The sixty-fifth verse says, "Then they returned to their former beliefs and arguments", meaning that they knew the Truth, but they went back to falsehood.
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Al-Anbiya Surah, we have come to verse 64. Thereupon they turned to their own consciences and said to themselves: "It is you who are the wrongdoers, you," they said. They understood the situation, the situation they understood, and Allah Almighty, since He knows the secrets of hearts, now tells us what passed through their hearts. What does He say? Thereupon they turned to their own consciences and said to themselves: It is you who are the wrongdoers, you, they said. Since Allah Almighty created every mind as one that knows His Being, through Abraham's tremendous plan the people turned to their own consciences and understood that the idols could not have created them and the universe and could not govern these worlds.
When they put themselves on trial, they conclude that the real wrongdoers are themselves. In the face of all these blessings of the One Allah, abandoning Allah and associating partners with Him — who could be more unjust than that? they said. So their consciences cried out to them, "You are the real wrongdoers," and they blamed themselves. Yes. Some commentators explain this verse as follows: because of the mistakes they made in leaving their gods alone and unprotected, they considered themselves the real wrongdoers. Now that is twisting things around, twisting things around, you see, in that way, that is, although people know that they are knowers of Allah, still not Allah, they did not recognize Allah, and again it is our fault, because we left it alone.
This way of interpreting it is wrong. In this verse, the rendering of its meaning and its exegesis are as we have written. The next verse supports this verse. After verse 65, in verse 65: "Then they again returned to their old beliefs and disputes." Look what it says: "Then they returned to their old beliefs and disputes." Its saying this means that, although they knew the truth, they plunged into falsehood again. Now why is this? We say what is right, and some, faced with these truths, say the opposite. The reason? Call it turning your back on Allah, call it not saying "Allah", call it whatever you like.
Blame yourself, blame the stone, blame the soil. But don't blame Allah, don't turn to Allah. Don't turn to Allah. Yes.