Al-A'raaf - An Enlightening Commentary into the Light of the Holy Qur'an

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139. “(Moses said:) Surely this they are engaged upon shall be perished, and what they are doing is in vain.”

The Qur’ānic term /mutabbarun/ is derived from the word /tabār/ with the meaning of ‘destruction’.

The holy verse maybe points to the glad tidings of Moses (as) to the people, saying that by their presence in that region, polytheism and perversion would be effaced. (narrated from Marāqi, commentary). Here is the verse:

“(Moses said:) Surely this they are engaged upon shall be perished, and what they are doing is in vain.”

Therefore, both the mental and practical perversions are perishable. The end of them all is destruction.