|
وَرَفَعْنَا فَوْقَهُمُ ٱلطُّورَ بِمِيثَٰقِ
هِمْ وَقُلْنَا لَهُمُ ٱدْخُلُوا۟ ٱلْبَابَ سُجَّدًا وَقُلْنَا لَهُمْ لَا تَعْدُوا۟ فِى ٱلسَّبْتِ وَأَخَذْنَا مِنْهُم مِّيثَٰقًا غَلِيظًا
154. |
|
154.
Wa Rafa’-Naa fawqahu-mut-Tuura bi-Miisaaqihim
wa qulNaa lahumud-khulul-baaba sujja-danw-wa
qulNaa lahum laa ta’-duu fis-Sabti wa
‘a-khaz-Naa minhum-Miisaaqan-galii-zaa.
|
|
154. And We raised the Mount
above them in accordance with their covenant, and We said to them, “Enter the
gate humbly”, and We said to them, “Do not violate the Sabbath”, and We
received from them a solemn pledge. |
Sujja-dan – (prostrating), it is plural of saajid, which has come out from Sajdah i.e. to fall prostrate before someone for respect.
Laa ta’-duu – (Do not transgress), it is from ‘udwaan, which means ‘to cross the limit’.
Galii-zun – this word is used for ‘weighty and corpulent’. Here it aims ‘strong and firm’ which is unbreakable.
God described about the Jews in this verse that they were commanded to act upon the instructions mentioned in Torah. They denied and said, “These orders are very severe. Acting upon them is impossible for us”. Then God towered the Mount Sinai over their heads. They began to tremble due to its fear that it was near to fall on their heads. They thought that they would be dashed to pieces. For this reason they promised to act upon Torah. After this covenant they were commanded to enter the gate of a Township in prostrate position before God. They disobeyed also this order. In punishment of this disobedience, pestilential disease (plague) spread among them and thousands were killed.
After that, they violated another order. They were forbidden from preying upon the fish on Saturday. A firm and strong covenant was taken from them for this purpose. See the Omnipotence of God that the fish used to come in abundance on every Saturday only. They could not wait so made a plan. They dug such ponds, in which the fish might come but could not return on Saturday, so that, they could catch the fish on the next day “Sunday”. It is clear evidence that this work was against the Commandment of God. Therefore their faces were formed as apes.
Such people think that everything is only in worldly respect, wealth and property, Army and supremacy. They do not believe in the next world (the Day of Resurrection) and give importance to only outward things. God, His Messenger (ﷺ) and Their Commandments have no weight near to them. Neither they believe in the Word/Scriptures of God and nor they understand the Truth of His Angels (Peace be upon them). They determine that the Time of accounts on the Day of Resurrection is as self-invented. But actually they are disbelievers. According to the fixed Laws of God, they shall be punished in the world as well as on the Doomsday.
No comments:
Post a Comment