Allah brings the dead to life but hardened hearts do not believe
Surah ‘Al-Baqarah (The Cow) – Chapter – 2)
Stage – 1, Verses – 72 to 74 of 286, Section – 9
of 40 (Part - 1)
BisMIllaahir-Rahmaanir-Rahiim
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
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72. And
(remember) when ye slew a man and disagreed concerning it and Allah brought
forth that which ye were hiding.
73. So We said:
Smite him with some of it. Thus Allah bringeth the dead to
life and showeth you His portents so that ye may understand.
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72. Wa ‘iz qataltum nafsan-faddaara’-tum
fiihaa. WAllaahu mukhrijum-maa kuntum tak-tumuun.
73. Faqul-Nazribuuhu bi-ba’-zi-haa.
Kazaalika yuhyIllaahul-mawtaa,
wa yuriikum ‘Aayaati-Hii la-‘allakum ta’qiluun.
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Lesson
Faddaara’-tum – (then you disagreed, accused/charged each other).
Summary of the previous
verses has been stated in these verses. As we have discussed formerly that a
person from the Children of Israel was killed but the killer was not
traceable because the doubtful people were trying to charge/accuse one another
and disagreed concerning it.
God Almighty commanded
the Children of Israel that they should sacrifice a cow for knowing
the name of the killer. They evaded. When after making much tricks and excuses,
they prepared to sacrifice the cow, God Almighty commanded them then to smite
the dead body with a piece of meat of that cow. As soon as, the piece of meat
was smitten to the killed, he returned to life and told the name and address of
his killer. So a great problem was resolved by obeying the commands of God
Almighty. The killed expired again after telling about his murderer.
God Almighty taught the
people also, “It is Omnipotence of Me to bring the dead to life again”. As the
murdered told about his first life’s incidents after getting life again, like
him, the entire human beings will be brought to life again. Then every
individual will be witness against himself about his own deeds.
These advice and
happenings are being told by Allah Almighty to the all human beings, so that they
think about them and correct their lives. We should take lesson from the
happenings and incidents of previous nations, and get it as warning for
us.
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Then, even after that,
your hearts were hardened and became as rocks, or worse than rocks, for
hardness. For indeed there are some rocks from which rivers gush, and indeed
there are rocks which split asunder so that water floweth from them. And
indeed there are rocks which fall down for the fear of Allah. And Allah is
not unaware of what ye do.
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Summa qasat quluubukum-mim-ba’-di zaalika fahiya
kal-hijaarati ‘aw ‘ashaddu qaswah. Wa ‘inna
minal-hijaarati lamaa yatafajjaru minhul-‘anhaar. Wa
‘inna minhaa lamaa yash-shaqqaqu fa-yakhruju minhul-maaa’.
Wa ‘inna minhaa lamaa yahbitu min khash-yatil-laah. Wa
mallaahu bi-gaafilin ‘ammaa ta’-maluun.
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Lesson
In the previous verses, God
Almighty commanded about some incidents happened in the history of the Children
of Israel to consider them lessons, from which we may know that they
remained involved in different kinds of evil-doings and disobedience. God
Almighty used to forgive them but they, even then, did not understand. As
though, their hearts were hardened and became as rocks, or worse than the rocks,
for hardness, because there are some rocks which are useful and advantageous
for the creature of the Creator, some rocks are from which rivers and springs
gush and the people get water for their personal use, for their animals and for
their crops. Hence every field of life needs water, there is no conception of
life without it and that is the great favor of God Almighty, Who provides us
through rocks.
And indeed there are
some rocks which fall down from the peaks of the mountains as they are falling
in the prostration for the fear of Allah Almighty.
The commentators of the
religion have made comments that example of the rocks, from which the rivers
and springs gush, is like the Messengers and Prophets (peace be upon Them) in
the population of human beings. Due to their springs of favor and kindness, the
people (the creature of God) extinguish their spiritual thirst. Example of the
second kind of rocks is like the saints of God Almighty. Many people reap
advantage and blessing from them. Like them, there are the Believers and
Righteous persons, who, if may not guide and correct others, even then their
own faith and act remains sound.
Neither the Children of
Israel obtained advantage from the teachings of Prophets (peace be upon
Them), nor they listened to the advice of the servants of God Almighty, as if
their hearts were hardened and became as rocks, or worse than rocks, for
hardness on which, no speech becomes effective. And Allah Almighty is not
unaware of what the entire individuals do.
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