Quran Chapter
7 – 171 (Pt-9, Stg-2) (L-1049) - درس قرآن
Covenant of the
Children of Israel
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)
وَإِذْ نَتَقْنَا ٱلْجَبَلَ فَوْقَهُمْ كَأَنَّهُۥ ظُلَّةٌ وَظَنُّوٓا۟ أَنَّهُۥ وَاقِعٌۢ بِهِمْ خُذُوا۟ مَآ ءَاتَيْنَٰكُم بِقُوَّةٍ وَٱذْكُرُوا۟ مَافِيهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ 171
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171. And when We shook the Mount
above them, as if it were a covering, and they supposed that it was going to
fall upon them (and We said): Hold fast that which We have given you, and
remember that which is therein, that ye may ward off (evil).
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171. Wa ‘iz
nataqNal-Jabala faw-qahum ka-‘annahuu zullatunw-wa
zannuuu ‘annahuu waaqi-‘um-bihim. Khuzuu maaa
‘aatay-Naakum- bi-quwwatinw-waz-kuruu maa fiihi
la-‘allakum tattaquun.
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Commentary
NataqNaa – (We shook, elevated), it is past
tense, which has been derived from nataqun. Nataqun means “to
raise, to lift, to pick up.
Zullatun – (a thatched roof, a sunshade, a
shadow), this word is from zillun, which means “a shadow, or to
afford shelter, to cast a shadow”. Zullatun is the thing
which overshadows above the head as any roof, shelter etc.
It was explained in the previous
verse that the Children of Israel were commanded in Torah that they should act
upon those commands which have been written in it and transfer them unto other
people “as it is” correctly without any kind of change. They should not make
any change in its commands for a little worldly benefit. The abode of the
Hereafter is ever so much better than the world and that will be acquired by
those people only who are abstinent. God Almighty says: We promise that We
shall give full reward to those who will adhere to the Commands of the
Scripture and establish worship wholeheartedly, and nothing shall be reduced
from their reward.
It has been described about the matter also that they had made covenant
that they will perform in accordance with all commands, and this covenant was
taken from them particularly, so that; they should remember it always and would
not have any pretense of forgetting.
It is commanded: When any special
arrangement would have been managed for getting accepted from someone, then
there is no reason of forgetting it. They should have in their mind that they
disputed instead of accepting the obedience fairly. It was the reason that
Allah Almighty shook the Mount above their heads, as if it were covering, and
they supposed that it was going to fall upon their head.
They began to tremble with fear and
were confident that the Mount would fell upon them if they did not accept at the
spot and they would have been pressed under the Mount. In this condition, they
were ordered: Hold fast that which Commands have been mentioned in this
Scripture (Torah) and bear in mind every time that it was the only form of
their being abstemious. If they did not do so, then they would live nowhere.
This terrible scene of
the Mount was produced for the purpose that they should remember it forever and
that the covenant would come in their mind also which they made, because with
which happening; any uncommon incident is paired, that cannot be forgotten
easily.
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