Lesson # 945 from the Noble Quran
The terrible scene of the Mount
Surah ‘A’-RAAF (The Heights) – Chapter – 7)
Stage – 2, Verse – 171 of 206, Section – 21 of
24 (Part - 9)
BisMIllaahir-Rahmaanir-Rahiim
In the name of God, the Beneficent, the
Merciful
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And when We shook the Mount above them, as if it were a
covering, and they supposed that it was going to fall upon them (and We
said): Hold fast that which We have given you, and remember that which is
therein, that ye may ward off (evil).
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Wa ‘iz nataqNal-Jabala faw-qahum
ka-‘annahuu zullatunw-wa zannuuu
‘annahuu waaqi-‘um-bihim. Khuzuu
maaa ‘aatay-Naakum- bi-quwwatinw-waz-kuruu maa
fiihi la-‘allakum tattaquun.
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Lesson
NataqNaa – (We shook,
elevated), it is past tense, which has been derived from nataqun. Nataqun means “to raise, to lift, to pick up.
Zullatun – (a thatched
roof, a sunshade, a shadow), this word is from zillun, which means “a shadow, or to afford shelter, to cast a
shadow”. Zullatun is the thing which
overshadows above the head as any roof, shelter etc.
It was
explained in the previous verse that the Children of Israel were commanded in
Torah that they should act upon those commands which have been written in it
and transfer them unto other people “as it is” correctly without any kind of
change. They should not make any change in its commands for a little worldly
benefit. The abode of the Hereafter is ever so much better than the world and
that will be acquired by those people only who are abstinent. God Almighty
says: We promise that We shall give full reward to those who will adhere to the
Commands of the Scripture and establish worship wholeheartedly, and nothing
shall be reduced from their reward.
It has been
described about the matter also that they had made covenant that they will
perform in accordance with all commands, and this covenant was taken from them
particularly, so that; they should remember it always and would not have any pretense
of forgetting.
It is
commanded: When any special arrangement would have been managed for getting
accepted from someone, then there is no reason of forgetting it. They should
have in their mind that they disputed instead of accepting the obedience
fairly. It was the reason that Allah Almighty shook the Mount above their
heads, as if it were covering, and they supposed that it was going to fall upon
their head.
They began to
tremble with fear and were confident that the Mount would fell upon them if
they did not accept at the spot and they would have been pressed under the
Mount. In this condition, they were ordered: Hold fast that which Commands have
been mentioned in this Scripture (Torah) and bear in mind every time that it
was the only form of their being abstemious. If they did not do so, then they
would live nowhere.
This terrible
scene of the Mount was produced for the purpose that they should remember it
forever and that the covenant would come in their mind also which they made,
because with which happening; any uncommon incident is paired, that cannot be
forgotten easily.
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