Quran Chapter
2-67 (Pt-1, Stg-1) (L-100) - درس قرآن
Considering the
command of God a fun
Surah ‘Al-Baqarah (The Cow) – Chapter – 2)
BisMillaahir-Rahmaanir-Rahiim
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the
Merciful
67. And when Moses said unto his people:
Lo! Allah commandeth you that ye sacrifice a cow, they said: Dost thou make
fun of us? He answered: Allah forbid that I should be among the foolish.
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67. Wa ‘iz qaala
Muusaa li-qawmihiii ‘innAllaaha ya’-mu-rukum ‘an- tazbahuu
BAQARAH. Qaaluuu ‘a-tattakhi-zunaa huzuwaa Qaala ‘a-uuzu
Billaahi ‘an ‘akuuna minal-jaahiliin.
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Commentary
The cow was very sacred
near Children of Israel. When Moses (peace be upon Him) caused to hear
them command of God Almighty, they remained aghast. They did not believe that
it was really commanded to sacrifice such sacred animal like this. They
supposed that Prophet Moses (peace be upon Him) was mocking.
Al-jaahiliin – (the foolish,
the ignorant, the illiterates) this word has been derived from jahal.
Literal meaning of it is “to do any work contrary to its prescribed and correct
method”. If it is due to ignorance then the stupidity is simple and if it is
done intentionally then the stupidity is compound. Moses (peace be upon Him)
asks God Almighty for refuge from the both kinds of foolishness. An individual,
who wishes to command over the people, at the name of God, either he is
careless from God or foolish, and is unaware of the results of mocking in the
religious matters.
A person from the
Children of Israel was killed but the killer was not traceable. God
Almighty commanded Moses (peace be upon Him) to order the Children
of Israel for sacrificing a cow and beat a piece of its flesh at the
dead body of the killed. With it the murdered person will come back to life and
will tell the name of his killer.
Due to dwelling many
centuries in the Egypt, the Children of Israel had begun to
deem the cow very sacred, so they supposed that perhaps Moses (peace be upon
Him) was mocking with them. Prophet Moses (peace be upon Him) removed their
doubt and made them to understand that the Prophets (peace be upon Them) mock
never in the religious matters and in the commands of God Almighty. Mocking
others is a job of the stupid. Wise people do never commit the acts like this
which are contrary to the dignity, honor and glory, and which becomes cause of
disgrace of the religion.
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