Surah Al-A'raaf · سُوْرَةُ الْاَعْرَافِ · Juz 9
Q 7:181
وَمِمَّنْ خَلَقْنَآ أُمَّةٌ يَهْدُونَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَبِهِۦ يَعْدِلُونَ
Translations
And among those We created is a community which guides by truth and thereby establishes justice.Parmi ceux que Nous avons créés, il y a une communauté qui guide (les autres) selon la vérité et par celle-ci exerce la justice.Tafsir
Among those Allah created are a nation which is guided by the truth, calling others to it so that they are also guided, and through the truth they are just in their judgement. They are the leaders of guidance whom Allah blessed with faith and good works.
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And of those whom We have created, there is a community who guides (others) with the truth, and establishes justice therewith.) Allah sai (181)
وَمِمَّنْ خَلَقْنَا
(And of those whom We have created), in reference to some nations,
أُمَّةٌ
(a community), that stands in truth, in words and action,
يَهْدُونَ بِالْحَقِّ
(who guides (others) with the truth), they proclaim it and call to it,
وَبِهِ يَعْدِلُونَ
(and establishes justice therewith), adhere to it themselves and judge by it. It was reported that this Ayah refers to the Ummah of Muhammad ﷺ.
In the Two Sahihs, it is recorded that Mu'awiyah bin Abi Sufyan said that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said,
لَا تَزَالُ طَائِفَةٌ مِنْ أُمَّتِي ظَاهِرِينَ عَلَى الْحَقِّ لَا يَضُرُّهُمْ مَنْ خَذَلَهُمْ وَلَا مَنْ خَالَفَهُمْ حَتَّى تَقُومَ السَّاعَةُ
(There will always be a group of my Ummah who are apparent on the Truth, unabated by those who fail or oppose them, until the (Last) Hour commences.)
In another narration, the Messenger ﷺ said,
حَتَّى يَأْتِيَ أَمْرُ اللهِ وَهُمْ عَلَى ذَلِكَ
(Until Allah's command (the Last Hour) comes while they are still like this.) and in yet another narration,
وَهُمْ بِالشَّامِ
(And they will dwell in Ash-Sham (Greater Syria).)
Arabic text: Tanzil (Uthmani). Translations: Sahih International (en), Muhammad Hamidullah (fr). tanzil.net