Quran Chapter
2-65 (Pt-1, Stg-1) (L-98) - درس قرآن
Faces of the Jews
were rendered imperfect
Surah ‘Al-Baqarah (The Cow) – Chapter – 2)
BisMillaahir-Rahmaanir-Rahiim
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the
Merciful
65. And ye know of those of you who
broke the Sabbath, so We said unto them: Be ye apes, despised and hated.
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65. Wa laqad
‘alim-tumul-laziina’-tadaw minkum fis-Sabti fa-qulNaa lahum
kuunuu qira-datan khaasi-‘iin.
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Commentary
Minkum – (those of
you), it signifies towards the fathers and ancestors; forefathers of the Children
of Israel.
‘As-Sabt – (the day of
“Saturday”) Literal meaning of Sabt is Saturday. As, near to
Christians ‘Sunday’ is a holy day and Muslims celebrate ‘Friday’ as the Holy
Day, like this; the Jews count ‘Saturday’ as their holy day. Saturday was
specified only for the worship of God near to them. Worldly works like
business, agriculture or hunting were forbidden for them on that day.
‘A’-tadaw – (not
observed temperateness, crossed the limits) they crossed the limits of Divine
Law.
It has come in the
Sayings that during the time of Prophet David (peace be upon Him); many Jews
were living in Ailah (a place in the south of Palestine ). This occurrence
belongs to that population. Those people used to disobey the commandments of
God Almighty with cleverness and tactfully. They were instructed that they
should not hunt the fish on Saturday absolutely. God Almighty desired to
examine them too. The fish used to come often near the bank of river on
Saturday in much quantity.
The Jews planned
tactfully to carry on the outward form of the orders of God Almighty. They used
to dig pit holes near the bank of river on Saturday. Large quantity of the fish
used to inter in those pit holes along with water. Then they used to close the
way of water from the river side towards the pit holes. Next day they used to
hunt the fish from the pit holes. Due to disobeying God Almighty continuously,
they were punished, were formed as apes and their faces were
changed from good to bad.
It appears from this
verse that some commands come from God Almighty only for examining. It is the
aim of test “to clarify that the servants of God Almighty remain obedient in
the both situations i.e. during rest and hard period. If the human being comes
out with credit in the situation of test, there are a lot of facilities for
him, but punishment is very tough for the impatient and evil doers.
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