Baqarah 58-59

Baqarah 58-59

58- AND WE SAID: ENTER THIS TOWN AND EAT FROM WHATEVER YOU DESIRE THEREIN. ENTER THROUGH THE DOOR PROSTRATING AND SAY:”HETATAN”, ALLAH FORGIVES YOU YOUR SINS, AND GIVES THE RIGHTEOUS MORE.

59- THE TRANSGRESSORS CHANGED THE WORD GIVEN TO THEM, THEREFORE WE SENT DOWN WRATH FROM HEAVEN UPON THE TRANSGRESSORS BECAUSE OF THEIR EVIL DOING.

The Town, Allah the Highest speaks of in these Ayahs is most likely to having been Jerusalem. Al- lah the Highest told the them to enter this town, which carries a reassurance that they will be victo- rious, and they will be provided for from therein and live in comfort.

The Main Issue here is that help for the believers against the enemy, and victory, comes only from Allah the Highest. “VICTORY COMES FROM ALLAH ONLY, THE EXALTED IN POWER, THE WISE”. (S: 3 A: 126)

However, such victory warrants humility to Allah, not pride and arrogance. As, Allah the Highest commanded to Children of Israel to be humble when they entered that city, He commanded Mo- hamed, prayer and peace upon him, and the Mus- lims to be humble when entering Makah. “WHEN ALLAH’S SUPPORT AND VICTORY ARRIVES * AND YOU SEE PEOPLE ENTERING AL- LAH’S FAITH IN MULTITUDES * HYMN THE PRAISES OF YOUR LORD AND ASK FOR HIS FORGIVENESS, FOR HE IS MOST FORGIV- ING”. (S: 110)

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Mohamed, prayer and peace upon him, did not en- ter Makah in glory and in a big parade, but pros- trating on the back of his camel. The first thing he did when he arrived there was to pray inside the Kabbah.

The Children of Israel did not say what they were commanded to say and they did not enter the city in humility. Allah’s messenger, prayer and peace upon him, said: “It was said to the Children of Is- rael ‘ENTER THROUGH THE DOOR PROS- TRATING AND SAY:”HETATAN”, ALLAH FORGIVES YOU YOUR SINS, AND GIVES THE RIGHTEOUS MORE”. But they changed it. They entered shuffling on their buttocks and said: ‘Heta fe shara’. (M: Tafseer; 1)

Support and victory, comes from Allah the Highest only, therefore we should not be proud, but thank- ful, and repentant to Allah in return for victory and His support. Indeed, thanking and repenting is part of the way of enlisting Allah’s help and sup- port. With Allah’s support, there can be no defeat, and without it, no victory for the believers.

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“IF ALLAH HELPS YOU, NO ONE CAN DE- FEAT YOU, BUT IF HE ABANDONS YOU, WHO CAN HELP YOU THEN? THE BELIEVERS SHOULD HAVE THEIR FULL TRUST AND RE- LIANCE UPON ALLAH”. (S: 3 A: 160)

Baqarah 60-61

60- AND WHEN MOSES PRAYED FOR WATER FOR HIS PEOPLE, WE SAID: “STRIKE THE STONE WITH YOUR STICK”, THEN TWELVE SPRINGS GUSHED FORTH. EACH TRIBE THEN KNEW DRINKING PLACE THEN. EAT AND DRINK OUT OF ALLAH’S PROVISIONS, AND DO NOT MAKE MISCHIEF ON EARTH.

This is another bounty which Allah the Highest be- stowed upon the Children of Israel, and here they are reminded of>

In the desert, they were short of water. Moses, peace upon him, prayed to Allah the Highest to

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provide them with water; this is something we do until now when we are short of water. Usually, in response to such prayer Allah the Highest sends down rain. Did Allah do that for the Children of Israel?

No. Allah the Highest commanded Moses, peace upon him, to strike the stones in 12 different places and from each place a spring of water gushed out. One spring, for each of the 12 tribes, so that each tribe might have water in abundance. They did not have to fight over the water of only one spring either.

Allah the Highest looked after them very well in the desert; clouds to shade them, food to eat and water to drink, all in abundance. In return, Allah the Highest asked them to cause no mischief on earth, as they did when they worshiped the gold calf, for which Allah forgave them.

61- AND WHEN YOU SAID: “O MOSES, WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ENDURE EATING THE SAME TYPE OF FOOD, PRAY TO YOUR LORD TO BRING FORTH FOR US FROM

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WHAT GROWS OUT OF THE EARTH OF ITS HERBS, CUCUMBER, GARLIC, LENTILS AND ONIONS”. HE SAID: “DO YOU WANT TO EX- CHANGE WHAT IS BETTER FOR WHAT IS LESS? GO DOWN TO ANY COUNTRY AND YOU WILL HAVE WHAT YOU ASKED FOR”. HUMILIATION AND MISERY WERE OR- DAINED FOR THEM AND THEY INCURRED THE WRATH OF ALLAH. THIS IS BECAUSE THEY DISBELIEVED IN ALLAH’S AYAHS, KILLED THE PROPHETS FOR NO JUST CAUSE. THIS IS BECAUSE OF THEIR DIS- OBEDIENCE AND TRANSGRESSION.

Ungrateful and ungracious again, The Children of Israel were bored with eating Al-Manna and the Al-Salwa every day. Although they came to them with great ease and they did not have to farm the land, and were gifts from Allah the Highest, they got bored with it. So they Asked Moses, peace upon him, to ask Allah the Highest to have more variety in their food.

Besides the rudeness, they showed discontent with Allah’s gifts to them. This food was a real gift from Allah the Highest to them, full of His Blessing

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and Mercy and it was a clear sign to them of Al- lah’s Mercy and Blessing. It was given to them without any effort on their part. They did not see the Godly side of this; they just wanted the garlic, onions, herbs etc.

It was because of this that Moses, peace upon him, wondered if they really want to exchange such blessed gifts from Allah the Highest, for onion and garlic and the like. If they do, they can go to any country and they will find what they want, or go back to Egypt, pharaoh’s land where they will find those foods too.

It is interesting that the word used for country is “Misr” which also means Egypt in Arabic.

Humiliation and Misery will await them, wherever they go, for they incurred Allah’s Wrath, because of their lack of faith and gratitude. Also, because of their attitude to Allah’s bounties and His Prophets, many of whom, they killed. In fact, they almost killed Aaron, peace upon him, when he tried to stop them worshipping the gold calf. But they had killed other prophets and have killed more since. For all this and their continuing dis-

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obedience and wrong doing, Allah is angry with them.

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