Becoming Apes from Mankind (L-98)
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وَلَقَدْ
عَلِمْتُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱعْتَدَوْا۟ مِنكُمْ فِى ٱلسَّبْتِ فَقُلْنَا لَهُمْ
كُونُوا۟ قِرَدَةً خَٰسِـِٔينَ. 65 |
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65. Wa laqad
‘alim-tumul-laziina’-tadaw minkum fis-Sabti fa-qulNaa lahum
kuunuu qira-datan khaasi-‘iin. |
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65. And you know of those of you who broke the Sabbath,
so We said unto them: Be you apes, despised and hated. |
Minkum – (those of you), it signifies towards fathers, ancestors and forefathers of the Children of Israel.
‘As-Sabt – (the day of “Saturday”), Literal meaning of Sabt is Saturday. As, according 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 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 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 occurrence belongs to that population. Those people used to disobey the commandments of Allaah Almighty with cleverness and tactfully. They were instructed that they should stop absolutely hunting the fish on Saturday. God Almighty desired to examine them too. The fish used to come often near the bank of the 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 inter 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 the fish from the pit holes. Due to disobeying God Almighty continuously, they were punished, and were formed 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 trial. The aim of test is “to
clarify that the servants of God Almighty remain obedient in both conditions
i.e. during rest and hard period. If the mankind comes out with credit in the
condition of test, there are a lot of facilities for him, but punishment is
very severe for the impatient and evil doers.
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