Tafsir for verse: 37:75
وَلَقَدۡ نَادَىٰنَا نُوحٞ فَلَنِعۡمَ ٱلۡمُجِيبُونَ ٧٥ ﴿75
75And NūH did call Us (for help after he was disappointed with his people), so (We accepted his prayer, as) We are the best to respond.
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Commentary

And when the purpose of the surah is glorification; which is distancing from deficiencies; therefore, the most appropriate of things is to begin with an oath by the angels; who are the purest of creation; and the highest of creation is one who has stripped himself of desires; by what Allah grants him of struggles; and confrontations; and treatments; until he joins them; so it is permissible with their virtue to attain the heights of jihad; thus, the most deserving of the prophets to be mentioned is the one who is most dedicated to stripping himself of distractions; in his journey to his Lord; and turning away from everything else; and the father (p-245) is the second most deserving of them in this; because he dedicated himself in jihad by calling to Allah for a thousand years; then he stripped himself of everything on the surface of the water between the earth; and the sky; and he said (the Most High) - confirming what has preceded from that he called for the affirmation that his prolonged stay among his people was a reason for them not to agree with him, and to lean towards him, and to follow him; and because the actions of the Arabs in denying; despite the multitude of miracles; and the continuous admonitions; are the actions of one who is a denier of the occurrence of assistance for the messengers; and punishment for the deniers; in addition to what is determined by: "The messengers endured from the hardships what cannot be contained by papers; and they struggled against them with their souls; and supplication to Allah (the Most High) in their matters" -: ﴿And indeed, We called﴾; for what we have of greatness; ﴿Noah﴾; with his saying: "My Lord, indeed I am overcome, so help me"; and similar to it; from what Allah has informed about him after great matters he faced from them of distress; and hardships and calamities; to uncover what had exhausted him from their matters.

And when this statement sufficed for explaining the story and prolonging it; and it had resulted from his supplication that he was answered; he said - confirming with the nominal sentence; and indicating the oath; and the comprehensive tool for all praise; and the form of greatness; to the extent that the horror of their punishment; and the magnitude of their calamity reached that with its fame it is hardly believed; so he needs great effort; and intense care; thus the response was the response of one who does that; even if (p-246) the actions in relation to him - glorified is He - are on the same level; not needing anything other than absolute will -: ﴿So how excellent are the responders﴾; meaning: we were; for what we have of greatness; to Him; and to others who were excellent responders to us; this is our attribute; there is no change to it.

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