Mustafa Abu Rayyan – 08 Tafseer Surah alBaqarah Verses 5359
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The historical context and actions of the story of Banu Israel and the actions of his people are discussed, including the importance of learning from historical context and actions of the people involved. The history of shrooming and worship during the time of the Bible is also discussed, including the use of "will" to describe actions and actions that will cause death. The wandering of Islam during the pandemic is discussed, with advice on avoiding mistakes, forgiveness, and knowledge. The importance of learning from history and avoiding punishment is emphasized, as well as the need to show proper behavior and avoid punishment.
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This is our, 8th lesson
where we were studying the tafsir of Suratul
Baqarah.
And last time we stopped at verse
number 54.
We were speaking about the story of Banu
Israel, the people of Musa alayhi salam or
the children of Israel.
We know by now who Israel was, that
was prophet Yaqub alayhi salam. Whenever we say
we're talking about his descendants.
We know again that this surah is a
and you should always remember the context behind
these conversations
and what Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is saying.
Allah the prophet is
now,
speaking to the yahood
of Medina.
And they are being told to not fall
into the same error and mistake
that your people, the ones that were with
Musa Alaihi Salam fell into.
And they are being reminded of the blessings
Allah gave Banu Israel.
And we are also learning about how Allah
blessed Banu Israel,
how they were ungrateful,
the mistakes and errors they committed,
how they were punished.
This is number 1, a reminder
to the yahoo the prophet was speaking to
from his time
to not fall into the same error as
your forefathers.
It is also a reminder to everyone else
and any reader
to ponder over whenever Allah blesses you, whenever
Allah gives
you a khair and blessings and barakah, then
you should be grateful. When Allah commands you
to do something, you should do it. And
when Allah send messengers, you should follow them.
Do not end up
like those who disobeyed.
Those who didn't listen, do not end up
like Belu Israel.
We spoke about how Allah
mentioned that the Belu Israel were the people
that were given a lot of virtue over
other nations.
And Allah says about them, I've preferred you
over all of the And we mentioned that
they were among the best nations
and they were given among the best blessings
yet they were ungrateful and they fell into
grave mistakes and errors.
Allah then reminded us and reminded,
them about all the good that was done
for them such as
the being saved from enslavement
and the torment
of how Allah
saved them through miraculous means. Musa was sent
to them, the sea was split for them,
they were saved, the enemy Fir'awn was drowned.
Allah
talked about how when,
they when Musa went
to the appointed time with Allah
for 40 nights, how when Allah was giving
him the Torah
that while this was happening that the people
whom he left Harun in charge with, they've
committed by
worshiping
the the calf or the cow.
And how
Allah forgave them
verse 53 or 52 when Allah is saying
and then we forgave you and pardoned you
after committing shirk.
So
that you may be grateful.
Then Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala mentions another blessings
that was given to them and that blessing
was the blessing of revelation. And
and when we gave Musa
Al Kitab the tawrat,
and
the criterion
so that you may be guided.
So here Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is talking
about this great blessing of them receiving revelation
from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
And yes, receiving guidance from Allah is among
the greatest blessings.
Even us when we reveal when we receive
the Quran that we have in front of
us, it is the greatest blessings. In Surah
Al Rahman when Allah
is speaking about some of the blessings that
he has bestowed upon us, Allah says, Ar
Rahman,
the most merciful.
Alhamal Quran, he taught the Quran.
And
created mankind.
And he taught him and speech and eloquency.
Here what's interesting is
that the first thing Allah mentions
that he has given us and blessed us
with in Surah Al Rahman Al Quran, the
fact that Allah taught us the Quran.
Revelation is among the greatest blessings
that Allah can give a people because it
teaches them right from wrong and teaches them
the best way to live. Here Allah is
saying to among the blessings
mention and remember when we gave Musa
Al Kitabah
the book.
This book is referring to the tawrat.
And we gave him the
so that you may be guided. Now what
is this Furqaan referring to? The Furqaan, the
scholars have a few opinions on this. One
is that it's just another description of the
Torah.
Allah is saying, I remember when we gave
Musa
the Torah which is a furqaan. And a
furqaan is the that which is able to
distinguish truth from falsehood and right from wrong.
Other scholars said,
and remember when we gave Musa the tawrat,
and we gave Musa these miracles that which
distinguishes truth from falsehood.
The staff of Musa was truth. That which
the magician conjured up was falsehood. The,
miracle of splitting the sea, all of these
things that one the the one who looks
at those will immediately understand that Musa is
upon the truth. So we gave him the
so
that you may be guided.
Another blessing, so we're still counting the blessings
that Allah has given.
Earlier we mentioned
when we saved you from the people of
Firaun. Then Allah said
when we split the ocean for you. Then
Allah
said,
we forgive you after you committed shirk and
worship
the cow. Then Allah says, and remember when
we gave Musa at the tawrat again for
your guidance. These are all blessings that Allah
is giving them.
Ta'ib. Now Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is telling
us in more detail
what transpired
with regards to the worship
of the the the golden cow that they've
created, that Samiri made, a man called Samiri.
Allah explains his story in a lot more
detail in Surah Al Taha.
And
if I could sum it up quite quickly,
there was some jewelry that was left,
that the people of,
the Banu Israel, when they left Egypt, there
were some jewelry and gold that they they
had with them
that some scholars say they borrowed and others
say they stole, Allah knows best. And then
this was gathered, and then he melted this,
and he formed this bull or this cow,
which and then he took
He took,
Angel Dibri alaihis salam who was on a
horse,
wherever his horse would step on it would
produce greenery
and he would take this. Samuel saw this,
he would take this, and he added that
to whatever he was making or he he
would put it in in the bull's mouth,
and then it started making
this noise. It's
just And then he said
Remember, Musa is gone. Musa is on the
journey, the track that he made to receive
the Torah. While he is gone, Samiri is
creating this
idol and telling the people
This is your Lord, your the one worthy
of worship, you should worship this this this,
bull or this cow and and you should,
and it is the Allah of Musa as
well but he forgot. So this is what's
happening while Musa is gone. Who is amongst
the people? Harun alayhis salam. And Harun tries
to stop it but they don't listen. They
don't listen then Harun stays among the Bal
Israel although some of them many of them
are committing shirk, others were not and he
stayed with them although they were falling into
this heinous crime of shirk.
Then Musa comes back, and he comes back
with the tawrat. This is when he sees
what has
happened and he is extremely upset. He's extremely
upset. And,
in fact Musa is told by Allah Almighty
that his people have committed
and so
mentions that Allah tells him what that that
while he is while while Musa hasn't come
back yet, he is informed by Allah what
his people have done. But then when he
comes and he sees it, he becomes extremely
upset to the point where the tablets that
he received of the Torah, he throws it
out of anger.
And what's interesting is
the prophet hadith
The prophet mentioned this story and then the
prophet
said a statement that is used out quite
often.
Which means
being informed about something is not the same
as seeing it.
Right? So, Musa knew what his people have
done. Right? And Allah tells him that. Allah
tells him that they have fallen to.
Then
when he arrives and he sees it, Musa
becomes extremely angry.
Although, he already knew what happened but actually
seeing them bowing down and worshiping and and
the ayah they've created, this upsets him to
the so much and the prophet then said,
and see hearing about something is not the
same as seeing it. It's interesting this this
phrase
is said quite often but people might not
know that this is a statement from the
prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam in reference of
this Qiswah. Anyway,
so this is the background of how they
came to worship the Ijil.
And of course this is shirk and we
know that shirk is among the worst crimes
one can commit and especially Baru Israeel who
saw the miracles of Allah Almighty,
who were with a prophet, who were told
and taught to worship Allah Almighty alone, they
fell into the shirk. So Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala forgave them but how their forgiveness came
about is what we're going to learn about
insha Allahu ta'ala. Allah says in verse
54,
And remember when Musa said to his people,
You call me O my people
indeed you have wronged yourselves
by taking the calf or the or the
cow as a
By taking this cow as a god, you
have wronged yourself.
So what are you supposed to do?
So repent to your lord, your creator.
The word it
means
and some scholars say it means
It means the one who created without,
who who who is the first to create.
So so
you have committed by
worshiping this idol,
Now, repent to your creator.
Repent to your creator.
And kill yourselves.
That is better for you with regards to
your Lord.
And then they did that,
they killed themselves,
then Allah accepted your repentance.
Allah is the tawab, the one who accepted
the repentance. Ar Rahim, the most merciful.
Taib. So what does this verse mean?
So Musa,
when he saw what his people committed, the
shirk they were committing, first he became extremely
upset at Harun,
and he said to Harun, when they did
this, why did you come with me?
If you saw the Sheikh, why didn't you
just leave them? Why didn't you join me?
And he became upset at his brother Harun
alayhi salam. But then Harun
said,
I
was worried that you would have said you
split Ben Israel into 2 camps.
And this shows you the importance of unity.
Although they were committing shirk,
Harun was worried about the unity of Bani
Israel so he didn't
leave them. He stayed among them although they
were committing shirk. Al Muhim then Musa dealt
with Samiri and that story
perhaps you can talk about it another time.
But what this eye is referring to is
their repentance.
How did the people who committed shirk
repent?
And that is mentioned in this verse
kill yourselves. This
is referring to the punishment
for the that committed shirk, and their punishment
was that they were they were put into
2 camps.
And there are a few different opinions that
Amoufasir have mentioned. One is that everyone was
told to kill one another
and one would kill whoever would come in
front of him whether that be his son
or father,
and there was a massacre and a slaughter
that happened.
And they were told to keep on killing
themselves,
remaining each other until their repentance came, and
Musa and Harun were asking Allah almighty to
forgive them. And finally when many of them
died, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala forgave them. Those
among them who died died as martyrs and
were forgiven, those among them that survived, their
repentance was accepted.
Other scholars have said it meant a
So those who so remember there was a
group of the that didn't participate in the
shirk.
So
the the punishment was those among you that
didn't do shirk, kill those who did.
So this is what happened
and then again this was their repentance. So
they were forgiven. They were forgiven.
So those among them that died as a
mountain and though among them that that, and
they were forgiving and like Allah saying here,
so that is the the event that's transpired.
There, the punishment for,
not following Musa alaihi salaam, following into shirk
was that they were put to death.
And this was an extreme form of repentance,
but Allah accepted their repentance. And the scholars,
they also highlight that this was better for
them. Why? Because Allah said so here that
this is better for you. Why? Because if
you live upon shirk and you die upon
shirk without your repentance being accepted you will
be in hellfire forever. But now, yes, they
went through this punishment, but they were forgiven
by the almighty.
So this is how Allah forgave them.
And remember when Moses said to his people,
You call me, oh my people. So he's
speaking to those who committed shirk and worship
the kaf.
Indeed you have wronged yourself
by taking this
as a god and worshiping it.
So repent to your creator.
And kill yourselves.
This is better for you with regards to
your lord.
The repentance was accepted.
Allah is the acceptor of repentance
and the most merciful.
So kill yourselves means kill the wrongdoers here,
not themselves actually, but to kill the wrongdoers.
Then Allah
mentions another verse,
another blessings.
And remember Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala says, remember
when you said to Musa,
we shall never believe you.
Until we see Allah plainly with our own
eyes.
And when you said this,
then the thunderbolt or the lightning took you
while you were looking. You were seized by
the thunderbolt while you were looking. Here Allah
is referring to another story,
that happened and this is that, some scholars
say this is related to the 70 men
that went with Musa alaihi salaam, the chosen
men.
When insurutarraf Allah mentions that Musa chose 70
men who went with them. This is when
he was going on his mikat.
And it was during this time that they
will say and these were among the best
of his people, subhanAllah.
Then they will say,
show us
we will not believe you, we will not
follow you, we will not believe you
Until we see Allah
means
with our own eyes.
They requested to see Allah or they wouldn't
believe.
This shows you,
how far gone almost
the the the were and and how arrogant
they were in what they're asking. Now one
might argue,
Musa had asked to see Allah as well.
So why is it bad when the Bani
Israel do it but it is okay when
Musa did it? And this is very simple.
When Musa asked Allah Almighty to see him,
he was asking Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to
see him.
He actually wanted to meet his lord out
of love,
out of hope. He wanted to see Allah
almighty, and this is something that we believe
in. One day, the believers when they enter
Jannah, they will see Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
Like, this is mentioned many place in the
Quran
alluded to and is also mentioned by the
prophet when
he
said, you will all see your lord.
So this is what Musa wanted but then
Allah tells him you will not see me.
Why? Because it is not from the nature
of this world that you see Allah Almighty.
But when the yahood or the bal Israel
are asking Musa to see Allah, what is
the statement that they said right before? They
said
we will not believe you.
And some of the ulama of the seer
they mentioned that this was when he received
the tawrat.
They were like, how do we know you
didn't write this tawrat? How do we know
it's from Allah? We're not gonna believe you.
We need to see Allah first.
That we can see Allah
plainly
and manifest with our own eyes.
Other scholars, they mentioned also another which is
the word
can also mean
a
and they said
show us Allah. They actually said that jahratan
speaking loudly.
It means this is such a bad thing
to say. How dare you say I'm not
gonna believe until I see Allah?
It's So Allah is saying remember when you
said that?
Remember when you did that? When you requested
to see Allah or else you wouldn't believe?
Then the thunderbolt
seized you. Now the word
is something that you'll come across the Quran
quite often. Some of the scholars say the
is a fire that will descend from the
heavens and will destroy them. Some say it's
a lightning. Others say it is a loud
explosion that sees them and they die as
a result of it and Allah knows best.
So
the
the sees you and it resulted for as
for them to die.
While you were looking,
so each one was seeing the other man
before him fall to the ground and and
and die and they all died.
This was their punishment
for this blasphemous
statement when they said we will not believe
until we see
And the sawaka seized you and took you
whether we call that lightning or thunderbolt
while you were looking. So then what happened?
Then we resurrected you Allah said. So these
men who dare to say this blasphemous statements
of, oh,
we will not believe you until you saw
us Allah.
They were killed, they were destroyed and then
they were brought back.
Then we resurrected you Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
says,
after you after your death. We raised you
after your death. Why?
So that you may be grateful
and these men are among the few who
were caused to die by Allah and brought
back. And in Surat Al Baqarah, you will
come across many of the such stories.
Soon, we'll come across the story of the
man who was killed,
and and the the Musa alayhi salam and
and the are trying to find out who
killed him, and Allah
revives him. We'll talk about that. Hopefully, we'll
get to that story next week. So this
is another time where Allah revived one who
died and he will point out his killer.
Similarly,
Allah caused
to die and then for a 100 years,
Allah brought him back is also mentioned in
the Surah as well as in
the
later
the 1000 whom Allah
took their souls and then brought them back.
Similarly, we'll come across the story of Ibrahim
alayhi salaam who will ask Allah how oh,
Allah, how do you resurrect?
And then Allah will tell him to take
some birds
and and then Allah then Allah he will
cut them and then Allah will bring them
back to life. So in Surat Al Baqarah
you will come across many
of the dead being resurrected. Again, this should
reaffirm the believer's faith that Allah is able
to resurrect the dead,
which he wear on the day of judgement,
of course. Faib. Allah says, so after these
men
made the statements, show us Allah
then the the thunderbolt sees them, the seized
them and they it caused them to die
and each one saw the other one die
and then Allah resurrects them after they were
dead so that they may be
grateful. And then we raised you after your
death so that you may be grateful.
The scholars they say this was their punishment
for their statement and then they were brought
back.
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala then mentions another Ni'amah.
And we shaded you with clouds
and
we sent down upon you
Asalwa.
And then it was said to them or
eat from the lawful things we have provided
you from.
And Allah says they have never
wronged
us, Allah says, because they cannot wrong Allah.
They cannot commit injustice with regards to Allah
subhanahu wa ta'ala, but
they used to wrong themselves.
So,
this wrong themselves is referring to all the
heinous crimes they've committed,
the blasphemous statements, the bothering of Prophet Musa,
the not obeying, the falling into shirk, all
of these. Who are they actually harming? They
can't harm Allah, they're harming who? Themselves.
What is this referring to
and we have shaded you with clouds?
This is referring to the 40 years of
wandering.
And to understand this, you have to understand
the the context. So we know that initially
prophet Musa is sent
to free the people of Israel alai as
Israel or or the Banu Israel to free
them from enslavement
and from torture and torment and
this is exactly what happens. He calls them
to Islam and to Tawhid and also they
flee Egypt
and then, Musa,
Firaun is destroyed.
So after this,
at one point, they are told to enter
into the holy land or the holy city.
And this is mentioned in quite more in
more detail in Suratul Maidah
where where they were told
enter into the the blessed land, the holy
land.
And this is referring to Baytul Maqaddas.
Right? Or or Jerusalem.
So but there is Khalafin as well. Some
of Asin have mentioned, he was referring to
another city, and Allah knows best. So when
they were told to get into this land,
this was a land that was conquered from
them and they were told to conquer it
back. But then they didn't want to do
that. They were very cowardly people. They don't
want they they don't wanna take back or
or do anything really. And they said to
Musa or they they said to Musa and
we all find it in Surah Al Maida.
They said, and and they will
say the people whom we are supposed to,
fight against, they are stronger than us. They
are greater than us. So they were people
that were very cowardly. And then they say,
Musa, why don't you and your lord go?
Why don't you fight?
You will be sitting here.
Why Musa, you and your lord go take
care of it? Something that is again very
blasphemous
and something that is very rude and it
shows you the kind of people Musa alaihi
salaam was dealing with. And it also gives
you a very beautiful contrast between whom Allah
gave prophet Muhammad to be surrounded by. These
great companions
who said to him at the battle of
Badr,
They said we will fight with you, oh
messenger of Allah, and we know how close
the companions were with the prophet and how
much they were willing to do for the
prophet and how much they obey the prophet
sallallahu alaihi wa sallam compared to what Musa
is dealing with here. So
they refuse.
They refuse to to enter into the holy
land. They refuse to, conquer the city, and
they they just sit.
This is when Allah
then punishes them with 40 years of wandering
the desert. So for 40 years, they were
wandering, they wouldn't be able to settle down,
camp somewhere, live
a settled life. They will always be traveling
and and wandering for 40 years. This is
something that is known. The so while the
wandering is happening, now you know the context,
they were told to enter into the city,
the holy land. They refused to do so,
then they were said then, their punishment was
to wander the earth which is what they
did
during this period of
or the wandering,
the aimless wonder this is and Musa alaihi
salam is with them. Musa is with them.
It is said and Allah knows best that
Musa died during this time, do during the
time of the wandering. So he actually never
got to enter into the.
But,
so now this verse, verse
57
is referring to while they are in the
state of wandering.
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said while you were
in that state,
of course, now they are,
fighting the elements.
It is extremely hot.
Right? They are in the
the the hot desert.
They need shelter.
Allah shelters them. Allah says, and remember
when
we shaded you with clouds, So Allah subhanahu
wa ta'ala, although they just refused
to,
conquer the city of Jerusalem, although they just
refused to obey Musa, although they made another
blasphemous statement when they said, why don't you
and Allah take care of it and we'll
sit here? Allah
made them wander the earth for 40 years,
but
they were shaded with clouds.
Protect them from the heat of the sun.
And the scholars, they said it was cool
clouds.
The weather was always kind to them. It
was never too hot or too
cold.
Then Allah
And we have then sent down for you
something to eat. And what was this? This
was Alman and Asalwa.
So the
So Allah
would provide them with,
heavenly delights that Allah would send down upon
them.
They wouldn't have to farm. They wouldn't have
to hunt. Allah would feed them and Allah
would give them sustenance and provision.
And they were called
and
these two words
are discussed a lot by our scholars of
tafsir and you will have a lot of
different
interpretations of what they mean.
We shaded you with clouds during the period
of wandering the earth, the 40 years. And
when we sent upon down for you. So
let's explain first. The word
it refers to,
some scholars say it was something sweet that
they drank.
Something sweet that they drank that would descend
from the from this from the heavens almost
like like snow that would fall
during the evening, and then they would take
it from the leaves, and there will be
something that they would collect and drink and
eat. It was sweet like honey. A
gum like substance that was sweet like honey.
That this is Alman. Other scholars have said
Alman
is everything that Allah was giving them
that was something they didn't have to work
for or look for. Right? Even that came
easy to them is men. So it's a
general word that is referring to all that
they consumed
that was easy for them. As Sunwar, the
scholars say,
it is a bird
that would resemble some of the bird like
a small,
sparrow or or it was a bird that
was easy to catch, and they would eat
from that bird. So Allah would provide for
them a and
So it was something that we eat that
was honey like
and
was the meat that they would eat that
was a certain bird.
So, they were enjoying this
while they were in the period of wandering
the desert.
Clouds were shading them, they were having this
honey like substance,
and they were having things that they don't
have to work for or look for,
and they were eating from this bird meat
that was very tasty.
Allah then says,
they did not wrong us, Allah said, because
they can't wrong Allah Almighty. They can't oppress
Allah Almighty.
But truly they used to wrong themselves.
So now you've
learned some
of the many blessings that Allah gave Barun
al Israeel.
If you just start counting them, number 1,
they were saved from Firaun and his people.
Number 2, they were the the sea was
split
for them.
Number 3, they were forgiven
after they,
worshiped the,
cow. Number 4,
they were again resurrected
after they made the blasphemous statements and the
thunderbolt
struck them. Number
5, although they were on the although they
were wandering the earth, Allah would cloud them
with Allah would shade them with clouds. Number
7, Allah will provide them with and.
So these are all blessings after blessings after
blessings. Number 8, Allah revealed upon their prophet
the taurat, which is a
to distinguish truth from falsehood. So Allah gave
them knowledge and guidance. All of these were
blessings that Allah gave Manu Israel.
Now Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says again,
And remember Allah
said, when we said
enter this town Jerusalem.
And eat from it with pleasure
and carefiness.
So, eat from it,
where wherever you want, wherever you want.
And enter into the gate of the city
while bowing.
And enter into the city saying the word
which means forgive us for our mistakes, oh
Allah.
If you do this,
we will forgive you for your for your
sins.
And we shall increase the reward for those
among you that excel and do good.
Here you have
a after the 40 years of wandering.
So the
or the
are being spoken about in this verse
are not the same as the one that
was speaking about earlier. This is very important.
They are perhaps the same, but this is
many gen few generations or the second generation.
Remember last time I mentioned or the last
verse that we talked about when Allah was
shading them with the clouds and Allah was
providing them with almen, which he said was
a honey like substance that they would eat
from, and the scholars have different tafsils for
it. But it was something that they would
drink that was sweet,
or eat that that was sweet.
And, a which was a type of bird
meat, this is what they would eat as
a blessing from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala,
something they didn't have to strive for or
look for.
This is the ones who refused to enter
into Jerusalem,
and they were then told to wander the
earth for 4th years. After this was over,
they are again told to enter
Jerusalem
and this by now, by this time
it is prophet that is with them.
Is mentioned in the Quran. He is the
young boy that is with Musa Alaihi Salam
when he travels to to Khadr
in Surat Al Kahf.
Yusha becomes in charge of Ben Israel
and he is there when they are told
to enter into the city of Jerusalem.
This time this is the second time. The
first time they failed, they refused, and they
were told to wander the earth and Allah
blessed them while this was happening by shayin'
them with clouds, etcetera, etcetera. Now,
many many many years later, it is Prophet
Usha and some of the people of Barisal'il
that are being told to enter, and they
did. They conquered the city And then they
are told, when you're going to enter the
city,
Allah says, enter into the city and eat
from it wherever you like, freely,
then Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala puts one condition.
When you're going to enter into the city,
enter in a state of humility.
Yes, you just won, but enter into the
state of humility.
Lower yourselves. Bow down.
So it means,
that they sujidun means the regular prostration. You
don't want to make sujood. That's what it
means. But now they're told to enter into
the city while making sujood, and the scholars
say because that is impossible, you can't make
sujud and and walk at the same time.
They said this was mean this was meant
by bow down. Bow down when you're entering
it.
Oh Allah
wipe our mistakes,
forgive our sins.
So
lower yourselves, bow down to Allah in humility
and in worship and say oh Allah forgive
us. This was the instruction given to them.
If you do so, what will happen? Allah
said,
We will forgive your mistakes.
And we will give more reward for those
among you who excel.
So what happened?
They did they didn't enter
the city
while bowing
nor did they say the word they were
told to say.
So they were told to do a
to,
end into the city in a certain way,
do a certain action, and say a certain
statement. They did none of them.
So Allah
says, again, one more eye one more time
with the verse.
And remember,
enter into this city. Which city is this?
We said there is calaf, but the majority
of the scholars of tafsir, they say it's
referring to Jerusalem.
And eat bountifully therein with pleasure and delight
wherever you wish.
And enter the gate in prostration meaning bowing
down and in humility.
And then say, oh Allah, forgive our sins.
If we do so, we will forgive your
sins.
And we will then increase
the reward of those who excel and do
good.
So, now when this is happening,
they refuse to do both.
Allah
says,
but those who did wrong,
those who did wrong changed the word
to a to one that they were not
told to say. So
but those who did wrong changed the word
from that which has been told to them
to another.
So rather than saying, they
said
or
or or other statements. So instead of saying,
oh Allah,
forgive our sins,
they said something that they were not supposed
to say.
Meaning, they start
mocking the the this the commandment of Allah
Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. They said
Instead of saying
And
the reason they did this was out of
mockery
and arrogance
and refusal to obey.
And also when they were told to enter
into the city,
like in Bukhary,
there's a hadith where it's mentioned that they
actually went in,
walking, sitting on their behinds
backwards.
So they did the exact opposite of what
they were told.
And Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala then said,
and we send upon the wrongdoers. A rich
Rich is a torment,
a punishment. Some scholars say it was a
disease that,
would turn their skin almost inside out.
Allah
punished them for their blasphemous statement again.
Do you see a recurring theme here?
They say to Musa, we will not believe
you until you show us Allah.
Then they are resurrected
after they went through the Sahih Khan.
They when Musa left, they worshiped the ajir.
Now here,
when they were told enter into the city
in humility, they do the opposite. Can you
compare this
to the
conquest of Mecca where prophet Muhammad sallallahu alaihi
wa sallam
when
finally
after 10 years after the prophet salam had
to abandon Mecca and migrate to Medina
because of for his own safety and Allah
commanded him to do the hijrah,
Uraish was adamant in killing the prophet sallallahu
alaihi wa sallam. 10 years later, many events
happen and finally the prophet with an army,
with a strong army,
comes and enters into Makkah and conquers it
peacefully.
He conquers it peacefully.
And, subhanallah,
the the the hadith mentioned is that the
prophet when he was entering and he was
on his, the camel and he was entering
into the city, he lowered himself.
He lowered his head so much to the
point where his nose was about to touch
the back of the animal he was riding.
Out of humility and humbleness to his creator
Allah Almighty who gave him this opportunity,
who helped him conquer the city, who elevated
the status of the believers.
This should be the state of the moment.
Always
have humility.
Always be humble in front of your lord.
Compare that to these people
who
when they conquered the,
they are mocking
and playing around.
Being told to say one thing, they are
saying another. And because of this Allah subhanahu
wa'ala punished them.
Allah says,
And what's important to remember is it wasn't
all of them. This is why
And and those
some among them,
they wronged
and they they committed injustice
and they changed the statement that they were
supposed to say. So it wasn't all of
them.
Allah says for those of 2 those among
them that did do this,
and the word reads, ibn Abbas mentions that
whenever it comes into the Quran, it means
adab. So Allah send an adab to them
a punishment from the heavens, from the from
the sky.
Because of their engagement
in corruption,
because of their fisk,
because of their wrongdoing,
they were punished.
Fayib.
So
there are many lessons that can be learned
here.
If you notice something,
every single time a punishment happens, it's preceded
by a sin.
Every single time
they it's preceded by a sin. They worship
the cow then they get
they are told to kill themselves.
They say a blasphem statement and say we
will not believe you until you show us
Allah or until we see Allah with our
own eyes. Then the happens to them. They
were then told to enter into the city
and they refused, then they were told to
wander the earth and never settle for 40
years.
Although all when all of this is happening,
Allah has shown them mercy, shayin them with
these clouds, providing them with men and salwa.
Then when they are told enter into Jerusalem
again
and they are told to say,
and they will be forgiven.
Again, they mess about. They they say statements
they were not supposed
to.
When he's speaking about this verse, he has
something quite interesting. He says,
they were told to say and they said
which means,
a or
or, it means,
grains or or barley. So they said instead
of saying, oh Allah forgive us, they said
something completely different.
And he said they added one letter.
And he said, for just adding one letter
they were punished.
Imagine those that add words and statements to
the Quran and the sunnah,
those who add innovations to the religion,
Those who, introduce matters into our faith that
is not part of it. Those who deny
Allah's names and attributes.
Those who alter the meaning of Allah's names.
All of these people.
So he mentions that you would just add
with just
changing one word,
they were punished.
So it's very, very dangerous if someone changes
the meaning
or the, of the deen, something to be
very careful about.
I'm gonna stop here at ayah 59 tonight
and we'll carry on with ayah 60
with next week. We'll stop here.