Description of previous example
Surah ‘Al-Baqarah (The Cow) – Chapter – 2)
Stage – 1, Verses – 258 & 259 of 286, Section
– 35 of 40 (Part - 3)
BisMIllaahir-Rahmaanir-Rahiim
In the name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful
Historians have different
views about the ruined township, which was mentioned in the previous lesson.
However, maximum scholars imagine that it was Jerusalem, which was ruined by
the king of Babel (Bakht Nasr). This example has been described to show
the Token of Power and Greatness of Allah Almighty. Bakht Nasr attacked
over the city of Jerusalem, destroyed it and brought many people of the Children
of Israel; making them prisoners.
When Prophet Ezra
(peace be upon him) reached there after freedom from the imprisonment, he saw a
ruined city in his way, the buildings of which had become upside down. Looking
this, He (peace be upon Him) thought that the entire citizens of this place had
died. How would Allah give this township life after its destruction? Therefore,
Allah Almighty made Him died at the spot, and his ass, which was for his
conveyance, remained dead also for a hundred years. Neither any person saw them
in this condition, and nor information of that place spread out.
Meanwhile, Bakht
Nasr died too and the Jerusalem was populated by another king. After
one hundred years, God Almighty brought Him (peace be upon Him) back to life.
His food and drinking water had been laid just like fresh (which had not perished).
His ass had died and its bones were rotten, which became alive before Him
(peace be upon him). During these one hundred years, the children of Israel had
gotten freedom and re-populated this city.
When Prophet Ezra
(peace be upon him) died, the sun had risen, but when he became alive, the sun
had not yet set. So, when Allah Almighty asked him, “How long have you tarried
here?” after thinking he (peace be upon him) told, “I have tarried a day or a part
of a day”.
In the presence of
Prophet Ezra (peace be upon him) the entire bones of ass assembled in its body
with correct arrangement. Then Allah covered them with flesh and skin, and at
last; the ass was alive with God’s Command and stood up.
Prophet Ezra (peace
be upon him) said after looking this entire situation, “I have believed that
indeed Allah Almighty is Able to do all things. Although I did know already
that it is very easy for Allah Almighty to give life to the dead, now I have
seen it with my own eyes”. Later on, when he (peace be upon him) reached
Jerusalem from there, no body recognized him because he was still young and those
who were infants, had become very old.
When he caused to
hear (recited) Torah by heart, then the people believed in him (peace be upon
him). The aim to tell this story is that it is not distant from the Power of
Allah Almighty to give life to the dead; it is extremely easy for Him also.
Occurrence the Day of Resurrection is Sure, when the entire dead bodies will
get life immediately.
Every individual
should bear in mind that the name of that city has neither been described in
the Holy Qur’an, nor its aim is to
mention these types of historical happenings as history, nor we recite the Word
of Allah Almighty in historical manner. Basic purpose is advice and counsel. It
should be kept in front every time.
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