Twelve Springs (L-91)
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وَإِذِ ٱسْتَسْقَىٰ مُوسَىٰ لِقَوْمِهِۦ فَقُلْنَاٱضْرِب
بِّعَصَاكَ ٱلْحَجَرَ فَٱنفَجَرَتْ مِنْهُ ٱثْنَتَا عَشْرَةَ عَيْنًا قَدْ
عَلِمَ كُلُّ أُنَاسٍ مَّشْرَبَهُمْ كُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ مِن رِّزْقِ ٱللَّهِ
وَلَا تَعْثَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْض مُفْسِدِينَ. 60 |
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60. Wa ‘izis-tasqaa Muusaa li-qawmihii faqulNazrib- bi-
‘Asaakal-hajar. Fan-fajarat min-husnataa ‘ashrata ‘aynaa Qad ’alima
kullu ‘unaasim-mashrabahum. Kuluu wash-rabuu mir-rizQillaahi wa laa ta’-saw
fil-‘arzi mufsidiin. |
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60. And when Moses asked for water for his people, We
said: Smite with your staff the rock. So there gushed out therefrom twelve
springs (so that) each tribe knew their drinking-place. Eat and drink of that
which Allah has provided, and do not act corruptly, making mischief in the
earth. |
‘Asaa – (staff, stick, club), It has been mentioned in many verses of Holy Qur’an about the stick of Prophet Moses (peace be upon him). This stick was bestowed to him as a miracle. To cross the sea, a path was appeared by this stick, twelve springs began to flow by smiting the rock of stone with this staff, and it swallowed the snakes and scorpions of the wizards of Pharaoh after becoming a dragon.
‘Isnataa ‘ashrata ‘aynaa – (twelve springs), after wandering confused in the desert and barren wilderness of the peninsula of Sinai, the Children of Israel reached such place where water did not exist. When after searching they did not find water; they enraged upon Prophet Moses (peace be upon him). The Prophet (peace be upon him) called upon God Almighty. He was commanded that he should smite the rock by his staff, so twelve springs gushed out there-from (so that) each tribe might know their drinking-place.
It was the favor of God Almighty only that they were provided water in a dry desert and were commanded, “Eat and drink of that which Allaah has betowed, and do not spread mischief and dissension in the earth”.
It is found from this narration
that whenever we do not see any support or source for eating and drinking, God,
the Most High arranges and provides eatables and drinkable by His Mercy
and Omnipotence. It is the duty of mankind that he should beg from Him
only and he must not be hopeless from His Mercy. Allaah Almighty is “the
Merciful and the Kind”. If any individual disobeys, he harms himself only and
which the wrath is descended; that is due to his own wrong deeds.
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