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Tafsir: Al-A'raf 7:161

7:161
واذ قيل لهم اسكنوا هاذه القرية وكلوا منها حيث شيتم وقولوا حطة وادخلوا الباب سجدا نغفر لكم خطيياتكم سنزيد المحسنين ١٦١
وَإِذْ قِيلَ لَهُمُ ٱسْكُنُوا۟ هَـٰذِهِ ٱلْقَرْيَةَ وَكُلُوا۟ مِنْهَا حَيْثُ شِئْتُمْ وَقُولُوا۟ حِطَّةٌۭ وَٱدْخُلُوا۟ ٱلْبَابَ سُجَّدًۭا نَّغْفِرْ لَكُمْ خَطِيٓـَٔـٰتِكُمْ ۚ سَنَزِيدُ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ ١٦١
وَإِذۡ
قِيلَ
لَهُمُ
ٱسۡكُنُواْ
هَٰذِهِ
ٱلۡقَرۡيَةَ
وَكُلُواْ
مِنۡهَا
حَيۡثُ
شِئۡتُمۡ
وَقُولُواْ
حِطَّةٞ
وَٱدۡخُلُواْ
ٱلۡبَابَ
سُجَّدٗا
نَّغۡفِرۡ
لَكُمۡ
خَطِيٓـَٰٔتِكُمۡۚ
سَنَزِيدُ
ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِينَ
١٦١
And ˹remember˺ when it was said to them, “Enter this city ˹of Jerusalem˺ and eat from wherever you please. Say, ‘Absolve us,’ and enter the gate with humility. We will forgive your sins, ˹and˺ We will multiply the reward for the good-doers.”
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You are reading a tafsir for the group of verses 7:161 to 7:162

Literally, ‘Enter the gate bowing down or kneeling down.’ The Jews were asked to enter their place of worship with humility and modesty and to worship their Lord; they were enjoined to remember the majesty and supremacy of God and admit their shortcomings before Him. But the Jews forgot the admonition of God. Instead of adopting the way shown by God, they followed a path devised by themselves in the name of God. They adopted the way of arrogance instead of treading the path of humility. Their utterances were not of gratitude but of insolence. When the Jews went to this extent in their wrongdoing, God withdrew His grace from them. They were surrounded by different kinds of punishments instead of God’s blessings.