Surah 7:33
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قُلۡ إِنَّمَا حَرَّمَ رَبِّيَ ٱلۡفَوَٰحِشَ مَا ظَهَرَ مِنۡهَا وَمَا بَطَنَ وَٱلۡإِثۡمَ وَٱلۡبَغۡيَ بِغَيۡرِ ٱلۡحَقِّ وَأَن تُشۡرِكُواْ بِٱللَّهِ مَا لَمۡ يُنَزِّلۡ بِهِۦ سُلۡطَٰنٗا وَأَن تَقُولُواْ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعۡلَمُونَ
Say: ‘My Lord has only forbidden immoral deeds – (both) what is obvious of them and what is hidden – and all sin and envy – without any right – and that you associate with God what He has not sent down any authority for, and that you say about God what you do not know.’
Imam Ahmad recorded that ‘Abdullah said that the Messenger of Allah said,
“None is more jealous than Allah, and this is why He prohibited Fawahish, committed openly or in secret. And none likes praise more than Allah.”
This was also recorded in the Two Sahihs. In the explanation of Surat Al-An‘am, we explained the Fahishah that is committed openly and in secret. Allah said next,
{and Ithm, and transgression without right,} (7:33).
As-Suddi commented, “Al-Ithm means, ‘disobedience’. As for unrighteous oppression, it occurs when you transgress against people without justification.” Mujahid said, “Ithm includes all types of disobedience. Allah said that the oppressor commits oppression against himself.” Therefore, the meaning of, Ithm is the sin that one commits against himself, while ‘oppression’ pertains to transgression against other people, and Allah prohibited both. Allah’s statement,
prohibits calling partners with Allah in worship.
such as lies and inventions, like claiming that Allah has a son, and other evil creeds that you - O idolators - have no knowledge of. This is similar to His saying: