Warning and admonition to the God-fearing
Surah ‘Al-Baqarah (The Cow) – Chapter – 2)
Stage – 1, Verses – 65 & 66 of 286, Section
– 8 of 40 (Part - 1)
BisMIllaahir-Rahmaanir-Rahiim
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
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And ye know of those
of you who broke the Sabbath, so We said unto them: Be ye apes, despised and
hated.
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Wa laqad ‘alim-tumul-laziina’-tadaw minkum
fis-Sabti fa-qulNaa lahum kuunuu qira-datan khaasi-‘iin.
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Lesson
Minkum – (those of you) it signifies towards the
fathers, ancestors; forefathers of the children of Israel.
As-Sabt – (the day of “Saturday”) Literal meaning
of Sabt is Saturday. As, near to
Christians ‘Sunday’ is a holy day and Muslims celebrate ‘Friday’ as the Holy Day,
like this the Jews count ‘Saturday’ as their holy day. Saturday was specified
only for the worship of God near to them. Worldly works like business,
agriculture or hunting were forbidden for them on that day.
‘A’-tadaw –
(not observed temperateness, crossed the limits) they crossed the limits of
Divine’s Law.
It has come in the Sayings
that during the time of Prophet David (peace be upon Him) many Jews were living
in Ailah (a place in the south of Palestine). This event
belongs to that population. These people used to disobey the commands of God
Almighty with cleverness and tactfully. They were instructed that they should
not hunt the fish on Saturday absolutely. God Almighty desired to examine them
too. Usually the fish used to come near the bank of river on Saturday in much
quantity.
The Jews planned
tactfully to carry on the outward form of the orders of God Almighty. They used
to dig pit holes near the bank of river on Saturday. Large quantity of the fish
used to entered in those pit holes along with water. Then they used to close
the way of water from the river side towards the pit holes. Next day they used
to hunt these fish from the pit holes. Due to disobeying God Almighty continuously,
they were punished, were shaped as apes and their faces were
changed from good to bad.
It appears from this
verse that some commands come from God Almighty only for examining. It is the
aim of test “to clarify that the servants of God Almighty remain obedient in the
both situations i.e. during rest and hard period. If the human being comes out
with credit in the situation of test, there are a lot of facilities for him,
but punishment is very tough for the impatient and evil
doers.
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So We made it an
example to their own and to succeeding generations, and an admonition to the
God-fearing.
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Faja-‘alNaahaa nakaalal-limaa bayna yadayhaa
wa maa khal-fahaa wa maw-‘izatal-lil-Muttaqiin.
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Lesson
Nakaalan –
(warning) it means a punishment and incident, which becomes a warning for
others, looking it, the people get admonition.
Purpose of narrating the
important events of the history of Israelite in Holy Qur’aan, on one side is that, the Children of Israel feel
repentance and be much ashamed. They recognize their reality and incline
towards the straight path. And on the other side, it is an admonition for the
Muslims. They get it as warning from the incidents of previous nations, check
an account of their deeds, take a lesson and adjust themselves in the light of
Holy Qur’aan.
Which event we have
discussed in the previous verse that has much importance in the history of the
Children of Israel and all these people know it very well. The Holy Qur’aan is drawing their attention also
towards that incident.
After expressing the
incident, Holy Qur’aan declared in
this verse, “So We made it an example to their own and to succeeding
generations, and an admonition to the God-fearing”. So that, the entire human
beings are informed about the result of disobeying the commands of God
Almighty, they may be careful for ever and each moment. It is the fact that
this incident is a Guide for particularly God-fearing individuals. Their belief
may be perfect with it that only the fear of God is root cause of the all goodness
for human beings.
After understanding this
verse, now there is no doubt that certainly disobeying the commands of God
Almighty becomes main cause of a big wrath. We should keep it always before us.
It is not an ordinary thing: Changing of good faces into bad and becoming apes
from the mankind. The human beings should keep on having fear the wrath and
anger of God Almighty.
It also comes out from
this verse that how much an individual can get admonition from the previous
events. In fact, this Holy Qur’aan
(the Word of God) has impressed upon the minds very clearly about the benefits
of the history and that, every incident or event cannot become history. Only
those events deserve to become a part of history from which, the people may acquire
any fair lesson.
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