Children of Israel entered in the township, disobeying the Commands
of God
Surah ‘Al-Baqarah (The Cow) – Chapter – 2)
Stage – 1, Verses – 58 & 59 of 286, Section
– 6 of 40 (Part - 1)
BisMIllaahir-Rahmaanir-Rahiim
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
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And when We said: Go
into this township and eat freely of that which is therein, and enter the
gate prostrate, and say: “Repentance”. We will forgive you your sins and will
increase (reward) for the right doers.
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Wa ‘iz qulnad-khuluu haazihil-qaryata fakuluu minhaa haysu
shi’-tum ragadanw-wad-khulul-baaba sujjadanw-wa quuluu hittatun, nagfir-lakum
khataa-yaakum. Wa sanaziidul-Muh-siniin.
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Lesson
Al-Qaryata – (Township) the Historians have told that
this colony was a famous city of Palestine named ‘Areehaa’. It was conquered by the Children
of Israel during the period of Prophet Yusha (peace be upon Him) after death of Prophet Moses (peace be
upon Him).
Hittatun – (Repentance) it is abbreviation of a
sentence that means, “O our Lord! Forgive our mistakes”. The Children
of Israel were instructed to say with their tongues the word hittatun, (Repentance), while entering the city.
Muh-siniin – (Right doers) this word is made from ‘ahsaan, which means to favor, kindness
and well doing.
God Almighty did show the
entire land of “Kin’aan” carrying Prophet
Moses (peace be upon Him) up to the river bank of Jordan and told, “I give this
country to the Children of Israel and you will conquer this city Areehaa in near future. While you enter
in it you will get favors of God Almighty and different kinds of fruit. So at
the time of entering in the gate they should fall prostrate, and say: hittatun “Repentance” and not to be proud and haughty.
We shall forgive their sins and increase (reward) for the right doers.
The Children
of Israel did not obey God Almighty whole heartily despite they began
to disobey, so they were entitled of the wrath of God. Complete detail will be
discussed in forthcoming verses.
The time becomes very
difficult for the nations when they get favors of God Almighty and do not give thank
to Him. Instead of thanking God they choose the path of violence. They suffer
agony and do not take it as warning but become more intoxicated. They get
guidance and do not adopt the straight path but begin to violate.
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But those who did
wrong changed the word which had been told them for another saying, so We
sent down upon the evildoers wrath from heaven for their evildoing.
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Fabadda-lallaziina zala-muu qaw-lan gay-rallazii qiila lahum
fa-‘anzalNaa ‘alallaziina zalamuu rijzam-minas-samaaa-‘i bimaa
kaanuu yaf-suquun.
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Lesson
Badda-la – (changed) the words which had been told
them for saying, they changed them and adopted those words in which the
meanings of buffoonery and laughter were hidden instead of forgiveness.
Rijzun – (wrath) Wrath of God Almighty comes in
different forms over the persons who become evildoer, disloyal, mutineer or
rebel. This word is used for every type of torture also. The commentators of
the religion have told that the word ‘wrath’ mentioned in this verse, was in
the form of Plague on the children of Israel.
Bimaa kaanuu yaf-suquun – (because they were evildoers, they used
to disobey). This word has been derived from the word fisq that means disobeying, corruption,
adulteration or fornication. So the individual who is evildoer or who disobeys
the Order of God Almighty is called Faasiq
(adulterer, fornicator and corrupt). This sentence signifies that the Children
of Israel had not abstained physically due to which the Plague spread
over them. But they used to disobey the orders of God Almighty continuously; resultant they were punished with the disease plague.
When the Children of
Israel conquered the city of Areehaa
during the period of Prophet Yusha’
(peace be upon Him) these people became evildoers instead of thanking God
Almighty and changing His Commands, began to deride, fun, joke and buffoonery.
So instead of using the word ‘hittatun‘(Begging
for Mercy or Grace) they entered in the city saying ‘hintatun fii sha’-ratin’ (grain in the spike of corn) and instead
of falling prostrate, they entered from the gate of city by dragging
themselves.
They were punished
with the Plague disease due to this disobedience and God Almighty says, “We
sent down wrath upon the evildoers from heaven due to their evil deeds”. It was
the result that nearly seventy thousand Children of Israel became
victim of the Plague.
God Almighty is
reminding the Children of Israel His favors over them so that they might
bear in their mind and come towards the straight path giving Him thanks.
We learnt from this
verse that due to His favors, we should thank God, the Most High. Many nations
are ruined due to haughtiness and proud.
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