LESSON # 292 FROM HOLY QUR’AN
Physical Test Of Army
BAQARAH – 2 (The Cow)
Verse –249a of 286, Section –33 (Part - 2)
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And when Saul set out with the army, he said: Lo! Allah will
try you by (the ordeal of) a river. Whosoever therefore drinketh thereof he
is not of me, and whosoever tasteth it not he is of me, save him who taketh (thereof)
in the hollow of his hand. But they drank thereof, all save a few of them.
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Fa-lammaa fasala
Taa-luutu bil-junuudi,
qaala ‘innal-laaha mubtaliikum-bi-nahar. Faman-shariba minhu
falaysa minnii. Wa
mal-lam yat-‘amhu fa-‘innahuu
miniii ‘illaa manig-tarafa gurfatam- bi-yadih. Fa-sharibuu minhu ‘illaa
qaliilam-minhum.
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Lesson
Nahar – (canal), a river from which the army had to pass
through. The name of this river is stated as Jordan River. Name of Hashmiite
Government of the Eastern Jordan is also related to this river. It flows from
north to south and drops down in to the Dead Sea.
man-shariba minhu – (whosoever drinks out of it), it means that the person who will
drink water from this river bellyful, he will be disobedient and he will be
expelled from my group.
gurfatam- bi-yadih – (in the hollow of his hand), that is to say;
there will be permission only to drink the water quantity of which should not
be more than a hollow of the hand for wetting the dry lips and quenching the thirst.
When the Saul (peace be upon him) set out with the Jews’ army to
fight against Goliath, Allah Almighty fixed for them a test, which was that
nobody would drink the water bellyful of Jordan River in the way.
No command and order from God Almighty is without advisability
and wisdom. Surely any use and advantage is hidden for human being in each
order and restriction. So it was not only a test but there were many advantages
in this restriction respecting their health and character, which they could not
understand at that time. However they knew it very soon.
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