Impatience of the Children of Israel (L-92)
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وَإِذْ قُلْتُمْ يَٰمُوسَىٰ لَن نَّصْبِرَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامٍ
وَٰحِدٍ فَٱدْعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ يُخْرِجْ لَنَا مِمَّا تُنۢبِتُ ٱلْأَرْضُ مِنۢ
بَقْلِهَا وَقِثَّآئِهَا وَفُومِهَا وَعَدَسِهَاوَبَصَلِهَا قَالَ
أَتَسْتَبْدِلُونَ ٱلَّذِى هُوَ أَدْنَىٰ بِٱلَّذِى هُوَ خَيْرٌ ٱهْبِطُوا۟
مِصْرًا فَإِنَّ لَكُم مَّا سَأَلْتُمْ 61a. |
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61a, Wa ‘iz qultum yaa-Muusaa lan-nasbira ‘alaa
ta-‘aa-minw-waahidin fad-‘u lanaa Rabbaka yukh-rij lanaa mim-maa
tumbitul-‘arzu mim- baqli-haa wa qissaaa-‘ihaa wa fuu-mihaa wa ‘adasihaa wa
basali-haa. Qaala ‘atas-tabdiluunal-lazii huwa ‘adnaa billazii huwa
khayr. ‘Ih-bituu misran- fa-‘inna lakum- maa sa- ‘altum. |
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61a. And when you said: O Moses! We are weary of one
kind of food; so call upon your Lord for us that He brings forth for us of
that which the earth grows – of its herbs and its cucumbers and its corn and
its lentils and its onions. He said: Would you exchange that which is higher
for that which is lower? Go down to settled country, thus you shall get that
which you demand. |
Misran – (the settled Country), Here, the aim from misran is any city of peninsula of Sinai or in its surroundings. Literal meaning of Misr is a city; of which demarcation would have been completed. However, it does not mean the country presently “Egypt”.
This incident was also happened in the desert and wilderness of the Valley of Sinai. The Children of Israel used to eat heavenly food ‘the Manna and the Quails’ with much taste for a long time but they became weary of this food. Although these foods were being provided to them free of cost and without labor. They said to their Prophet (peace be upon him), “O Moses! We are weary of one kind of food; so call upon your Lord for us that He brings forth for us of that which the earth grows – of its herbs and its cucumbers and its corn and its lentils and its onions”. They requested to bring them towards some other place from this wilderness where all kinds of city and country foods, vegetables must be available for them.
Prophet Moses (peace be upon
him) admonished them; first of all; that their demand was not valid. The
heavenly food, which they were getting without working hard, it was much better
than those things which needed hard work. But the Children
of Israel resisted on their saying. Then Prophet Moses (peace be upon
him) said, “Go and live in any settled Township. You will attain there; the
food of your choice”.
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