Lesson # 608 From Holy Qur’aan
God’s Favors upon the Jews
Surah Maaa-‘idah (the
Table Spread) – Chapter – 5)
Verses–20&21
of 120, Section–4 of 16 (Part–6)–Stage - 2
BisMIllaahir-Rahmaanir-Rahiim
In the name of Allaah,
the Beneficent, the Merciful
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20.
And (remember) when Moses said unto his people: O my people! Remember Allaah’s Favour unto you, how He
placed among you Prophets, and He made you kings, and gave you that (which)
He gave not to any (other) of (His) creatures.
21.
O my people! Go into the Holy Land which Allaah hath ordained for you; turn not in flight, for surely ye
turn back as losers.
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20. Wa ‘iz qaala
Muusaa li-qawmihii yaa-qawmiz-kuruu ni’-matAllaahi ‘alaykum
‘iz ja-‘ala fiikum
‘ambi-yaaa-‘a wa ja-‘alakum-muluukanw-wa ‘aataakum-maa lam
yu’-ti ‘ahadam-minal-‘aalamiin.
21. Yaa-qawmid-khulul-‘Arzal-Muqaddasa-tallatii kata-bAllaahu lakum
wa laa tartadduu
‘alaaa ‘adbaarikum fatan-qalibuu khaasiriin.
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Lesson
Yaa-qawmi –
(O my people), muluukan - (kings), ‘al-‘Arzal-Muqaddasa-ta – it aims ‘the countries – Syria and Palestine’,
where many Prophets and Messengers (peace be upon Them) were sent by Allaah Almighty. Every span of this
earth is full of sacred marks and monuments. Laa tartadduu –
(do not turn), it is from ir-tadaad,
which has been made from raddun. Radd means ‘to return’, Ir-tadaad – means ‘to turn from’. Adbaar – it is plural of dabar, which means ‘the back’. Khaasiriin –
(losers), it is plural of khaasir,
which is from khasaaraa. Khasaaraa means loss.
Allaah Almighty reminds the Jews in these verses,
up to the end of this section, His favors, which He bestowed upon them. Intent to
tell this again and again is that they should not disobey too much Merciful Allaah Almighty and follow His
Messenger, Muhammad (grace, glory, blessings and peace be upon Him), so that
they may be triumphant in the both worlds. Along with it, the Muslims have been
taught that they should never be arrogant in such a manner with Muhammad (grace,
glory, blessings and peace be upon Him) as the Jews did with their Messenger,
Moses (peace be upon Him), so that they may be saved from those punishments and
disasters, which the Jews had to face due to their own wickedness.
It
has been written in the Explanations of Holy Qur’aan that, when the people of the native country of Messenger
Abraham (peace be upon Him) disobeyed Him and did not left the worship of
idols, then He (peace be upon Him) left His residence ‘Iraq’ and began to live
in Syria. At that time Allaah
Almighty promised Him (peace be upon Him), “I shall make your children, owners
of Syria. Prophet Jacob titled Israel {grandson of Abraham (peace be upon Them)}
came to Egypt with His children on the call by His son Joseph (peace be upon
Them) after leaving Syria. Then they settle there and were called Bani Israel. Further on, the king of
Egypt, Pharaoh began to oppress them, some part of which story has passed in Surah Al-Baqarah, and some part will be
recited in Surah Al-A’-raaf and Surah Taa-haa.
Allaah Almighty sent Prophet Moses (peace be upon
Him), appointing His Messenger, towards Pharaoh, so that He (peace be upon Him)
admonish him that he should leave to molest the Children of Israel and believe
in Allaah Almighty. But he did not
believe. At last, Prophet Moses (peace be upon Him) brought the Children of
Israel, discharging them from Egypt to the other bank across the river. Syria
was a little far from that place and during those days, a nation “Amaaliqah” was ruling there. At that
time, Prophet Moses (peace be upon Him) said to the Children of Israel, “The
time of completion of that promise, which was made by Allaah Almighty with Prophet Abraham (peace be upon Him) has come.
Syria is of yours, but it is necessary that you would have to strive against Amaaliqah.
It
has been mentioned in these verses that Prophet Moses (peace be upon Him)
wanted to prepare His nation, the Children of Israel, for Jihad and said, “A
lot of Favors of Allaah Almighty have
remained upon you. With effect from the reign of your Grand Father Abraham (peace
be upon Him) entire Messengers and Prophets (peace be upon Them) were born in
His children i.e. Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob etc. (peace be upon Them). Then Allaah Almighty bestowed upon you empire
in the world. Out of you, Prophet Joseph (peace be upon Him) became king of
Egypt.
Prophet
Moses (peace be upon Him) had known through Divine revelation about the state
of those kings, which had to come from the Children of Israel after Him (peace
be upon Him) as David, Solomon etc. (peace be upon Him). He (peace be upon Him)
is telling all these Favors of Allaah
Almighty upon the Children of Israel. To obtain it, they have to obey the
Command of Allaah Almighty by
fighting against their enemies at this time. Allaah Almighty bestowed upon you ranks of the religion as well as
the world. Accordingly, Prophets and Messenger (peace be upon Them) were born
from you too and supreme kings also became from you. Therefore, you should
enter this holy land and consider yourselves most fortunate, that it was
promised with your Grand Father Abraham (peace be upon Him) that “Syria country
would be given to your children” and that would be completed with your hands.
Before
this, Prophet Moses (peace be upon Him) sent twelve commanders from the
Children of Israel to Syria that they had to bring correct news of that country
and tell its circumstances. After returning, they told Prophet Moses (peace be
upon Him) that Syria had many beauties, but those people, who were in authority
there, they were very powerful like demons. Prophet Moses (peace be upon Him)
said to those commanders, “Tell the people about the excellence of that country
and do not say them that “those people are very powerful and oppressive, lest after
hearing, the Children of Israel lose their spirit”. All the twelve commanders
promised for it but after coming out, two of them kept their footing, whereas
other ten commanders told the people, “The people of Syria are not humans but
demons, so powerful that neither we looked earlier, nor listened”.
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