Quran Chapter
7 – 138 & 139 (Pt-9, Stg-2) (L-1020) - درس قرآن
Influence of the slavery
Chapter ‘Al-‘A’raaf (The
Heights) – Surah – 7)
‘A-‘uu-zu Billaahi minash-Shay-taanir- Rajiim.
(I seek refuge in God from Satan the outcast)
Bis-Millaahir-Rah-maanir-Rahiim.
(In the name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful)
(I seek refuge in God from Satan the outcast)
Bis-Millaahir-Rah-maanir-Rahiim.
(In the name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful)
وَجَٰوَزْنَا بِبَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ ٱلْبَحْرَ فَأَتَوْا۟ عَلَىٰ قَوْمٍ يَعْكُفُونَ عَلَىٰٓ أَصْنَامٍ لَّهُمْ قَالُوا۟ يَٰمُوسَى ٱجْعَل لَّنَآ إِلَٰهًا كَمَا لَهُمْ ءَالِهَةٌ قَالَ إِنَّكُمْ قَوْمٌتَجْهَلُونَ 138
إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ مُتَبَّرٌ مَّا هُمْ فِيهِ وَبَٰطِلٌ مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ 139
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138. And We brought the Children of Israel across the sea, and
they came unto a people who were given up to idols which they had. They said:
O Moses! Make for us a god even as they have gods. He said: Lo! ye are a folk
who know not.
139. Lo! as for these, their way will be destroyed and all that
they are doing is in vain.
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138. Wa jaa-wazNaa
bi-Baniii-‘Israaa-‘iilal-bahra fa-‘ataw ‘alaa
qawminy-ya’-kufuuna ‘alaaa ‘asnaa-mil-lahum. Qaaluu
yaa-Muusaj-‘allanaaa ‘ilaa-han- kamaa lahum
‘aalihah. Qaala ‘innakum qaw-mun tajhaluun.
139. ‘Inna haaa-‘ulaaa-‘i mutab-barum-maa
hum fiihi wa baa-tilum-maa kaanuu ya’-maluun.
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Commentary
Ya’-kufuuna – (have been restrained), this word
has been derived from ‘akafa, which means “to sit a side and giving
full attention towards one point”. The word ‘A’-takaaf has been
made also from it, which means “Restraining, curbing one’s passion from
religious motives continuing in the Mosque (particularly at Makkah),
sitting by oneself in a mosque and think of God (Allah) Almighty”.
‘Asnaa-min – (idols), it is plural
of sanam. Any image or thought, which is displayed in a form of any
statue or idol; is called Sanam. The idol, to which these people
used to worship, was of a cow, which is a collection of useful thing for the
mankind. In the beginning, the people used to keep its statue in front to show
the idea of “Lord”. Then they forgot “Lord” and began to worship it.
‘Al-bahru – (Sea or river), the aim from this
word ‘Al-bahru is, that branch of “The Red Sea” which is in
the middle of Egypt and Sinai Peninsula. When the Children of Israel flew away
from Egypt under the command of Prophet Moses (peace be upon Him), they reached
the coast across the Sea with the Grace of God Almighty. They saw there some
people, who were going to worship an idol, which was lying before them. They
also thought: What is problem in it if, we worship God and retain any statue in
front of us to keep the thinking at one point? Therefore, they came unto
Prophet Moses (peace be upon Him) and said: We should also be permitted to make
the countenances, statues and idols as they have made, so that, we should
worship keeping them in front.
Prophet Moses (peace be
upon Him) replied them: You don’t know that what harm does exist in it. Listen!
That, which they have been doing, is baseless absurdity and it shall be
finished one day, because there is a lot of loss and harm in it, without any
benefit. The Children of Israel had been dwelling in Egypt for a long time
between the idol worshipers. When they saw the people here worshiping idols,
the same passion was born into them again. Prophet Moses (peace be upon Him)
said to them: It is a net of polytheism. It is our duty to remove it.
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