Taimiyyah Zubair – Taleem al Quran 2021 J01-010C Tafsir Al-Baqarah 49-52

			Okay, let's begin verse number 49 naroda bIllahi min ash shaytani R rajim Bismillah R Rahman r Rahim
we're even a Jaina coming early fit our own and recall when we saved you, we save your forefathers
from the people of the pharaoh saved you from what you're so Munna come Sue Florida who afflicted
you with the worst torment. You that be Hoonah Obinna ACOEM way as the human and Isa A calm
slaughtering your newborn sons and keeping your females alive. Wifey Valley calm Bella O'Meara B
kumara Leme. And in that was a great trial from your Lord. Allah subhanaw taala is now mentioning
different blessings that He bestowed upon the Bani Israel. Why? Because when you realize the
		

			blessings of Allah subhanaw taala then this makes you feel grateful this makes you turn towards
Allah subhanaw taala this makes you humble. So remember that the main message of these verses is
that these verses are inviting the Bani Israel to believe in the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa salam,
and why believe in him because this is what they are to do. Those people whom Allah subhanaw taala
has blessed with guidance with prophets, people who are basically descendants of the prophets of
Allah, who have been followers of the Book who were given the Scripture, then they should believe in
the messenger that Allah subhanaw taala has sent they should believe in the book that Allah subhanaw
		

			taala has revealed. So remember that the mention of blessings, it breeds gratitude, but we as human
beings, it is not correct for us to remind people of the blessings that we have bestowed on them
because we are not the real restores, we are only a means the real bestow is who Allah subhanaw
taala but we are supposed to talk about the blessings that Allah has bestowed upon us whether those
blessings have been bestowed upon us directly or through people. So for example, Solomon and his
Salam said Robbie Zerhouni and ash Quran near Metallica, Leti, unarmed tarraleah, where Allah
worldly the year that Oh my Lord, give me the ability to show gratitude to you for the blessings
		

			which you bestowed upon me and also the blessings which you bestowed upon my parents. Because the
blessings which are on your parents are by extension, blessings on you gifts to you. So our job is
to talk about mention the blessings of Allah subhanaw taala upon us. So, you know, sometimes you
want to make your children feel grateful, and you tell them things like, I worked so hard to prepare
dinner for you, and you're being so ungrateful that you're not eating. This is not correct. What we
should do is, instead of reminding them of how hard you worked to prepare that food, talk about the
blessing of food, talk about the different ingredients in it, how you know, Allah subhanaw taala has
		

			blessed us in he think about, you know, the fact that there's tomatoes in here, there's onions in
here, there's garlic in here, there's so many spices in here. And there are so many vegetables in
here, there is meat in here, talk about the ingredients and how Allah subhanaw taala gave you the
ability to purchase these, and how Allah subhanaw taala caused the rain to fall. And think about you
know how these ingredients have come from different parts of the world. Make them grateful to Allah
and when they will be grateful to Allah, they will also be grateful to you. So as parents, as
teachers, as older siblings, and as you know, people who are interacting with people, don't remind
		

			people of the favors you've done them, remind them, make them realize the blessings of Allah upon
all of us. And that gratitude will turn into humility to Allah subhanaw taala so the purpose over
here is not to rub it in. Okay, the purpose over here is to make the Bani Israel feel grateful. And
therefore believe in the Messenger of Allah believe in this new blessing that Allah subhanaw taala
has sent. So we're even Audrina calm and recall when we saved you. Now, I mentioned to you earlier
that these verses, primarily we're addressing the Bani Israel at the time of the Prophet sallallahu
alayhi wa sallam right and then they're applicable to all the Bani Israel until the Day of Judgment
		

			basically, when it is said that we saved you and Audrina comb, we saved you all. Now, technically
the Bani Israel that lived at the time of the Prophet salallahu Alaihe Salam, they were not the ones
who were saved from the people of their own. Right. It was actually their ancestors. Now in these
verses, you will notice Allah subhanaw taala addresses them as if these blessings were given to them
directly. We caused the clouds
		

			To shade upon you, we gave you, man and Salwa we resurrected you, he it seems like they were the
ones who experienced these lessons, whereas the fact is, it was their ancestors who had, right. So
why is this style used? The reason is that the Bani Israel at the time of the Prophet sallallahu
alayhi wa sallam would not be alive, Had Allah subhanaw taala not bestowed this blessing on their
ancestors, right? So the saving of their ancestors were basically the saving of the entire people.
And remember this, that the blessings that your ancestors have enjoyed, okay? You are directly
benefiting from them even today, even today. So for example, your great grandfather, okay, he got an
		

			education, he built a certain firm a certain business. And because of that, your grandfather, he
grew up, you know, living a comfortable life or also realizing the value of education. And so he
made sure that his children also had education. And because of that you were raised in a family
where education is valued, you know, where you benefited from certain things. So what isn't a J
Netcom? Again, people will read verses like this, and they will say, Look, this is an error in the
Quran. This is not an ever, there is a lesson over here, that when Allah subhanaw taala has bestowed
a blessing on your ancestors, that is also a blessing on you. Because you would not be alive today,
		

			you would not enjoy certain things today had Allah subhanaw taala not bestowed those blessings upon
your ancestors. So recall when we saved you, from the people of our own, and why did they have to be
saved? Because the people of fit our own, were afflicting upon you? The worst of torment? Now why
was this happening? fit our own and his people? Why were they afflicting? You know, worst torment on
Bani Israel evil in the Bible in the book of Exodus one eight to 13 you assume gonna come sooner or
that basically has been described. It says over there, that then a new king to whom Joseph meant
nothing, because remember, money is what you were descendants of use of artisanal? Right? That is
		

			how they were established in Egypt through use of La Salam. So now a new king, a new pharaoh, who
basically did not have any regard for use of a Salam came to power in Egypt. And he said to his
people, look, the Israelites have become far too numerous for us. There are too many Come, we must
deal shrewdly with them, or they will become even more numerous. And if war breaks out, they will
join our enemies fight against us and leave the country. So basically, for our own felt threatened
by the increasing numbers of Bani Israel, that these are basically foreigners, and they're different
from us. And if a war breaks out, they're not going to be with us. They're going to join our
		

			enemies, we cannot trust them. And so they put slave masters over them to oppress them with forced
labor. And they built you know, store cities for the Pharaoh. But the more they were oppressed, the
more they multiplied and spread. So the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites and worked them
ruthlessly. They made their lives bitter with harsh labor in brick and mortar and with all kinds of
work in the fields. In all their harsh labor. The Egyptians worked them ruthlessly. So this is what
the Bible says he assumed gonna come Sue Florida, this was what enslavement and very difficult work
that was imposed upon them, basically, for their own wanted to control them. Right. But like it says
		

			there, the more they were oppressed, the more than multiplied and spread the population of Bani
Israel was not decreasing. So then the Pharaoh came up with another strategy, he said, we're going
to kill their children. So in Exodus 115, to 16, it says, The king of Egypt said to the Hebrew
midwives, that when you are helping the Hebrew women, meaning the Israelite women during childbirth,
if you see that the baby is a boy, kill him, but if it is a girl, let her live. So this is what he
told the Hebrew women that they should kill baby boys that are born, why because basically fit our
own wanted to eliminate their population. And then later on in verse 22, it says, Then Pharaoh gave
		

			this order to all his people, that every Hebrew boy that is born, you must throw into the Nile, but
let every girl live. So this is what the Bible says right? The Mufasa you don't say that fit our own
basically had a dream that was interpreted as someone you know, some men from the Israelites is
going to overthrow your kingdom basically is going to destroy your kingdom.
		

			So he felt threatened Allahu RLM, whatever the reason was, whatever the reason was, the main thing
is that fit our own was doing his best to eliminate the entire population of Bani Israel. And how
was he doing this? He was doing this through different strategies. Right? That first of all, he was
hate mongering, right? Making his people feel threatened by the very presence of Bani Israel among
them. And he was othering them, basically. And basically, this led to a genocide, right, this is
ethnic cleansing, that killed the boys. Why? Because eventually what's going to happen, there are
going to be no men left. And if there is no men left, that means that their lineage is not going to
		

			continue. And why did they want the women to be alive? Because they wanted female servants in the
house. Right? And you will notice that even now, you know, there are people who will talk about, you
know, innocent women, where men are basically presented in a very negative way, you know, men are
also innocent. It's not just women that are innocent. You know, for example, if there's ever a war,
there's casualties, people will talk about these many innocent women and children, those men who
were killed were also innocent, they should not have been killed. So you know, men are typically
villainized they're portrayed as criminals, their lives are not considered worthy. So fit our own
		

			was literally killing them you the behavior of an Aquarius the human and you sat at home. And this
was a clear trial from your Lord a trial that was great. Now, it says at the end of the idea that
this was a trial from Allah subhanaw taala. And what does that show us? This shows us that all
trials are actually from Allah. Okay? Even though they're coming through people, right, but our own
was guilty over here. His people were guilty over here off killing Bani Israel, of torturing them,
of oppressing them. But ultimately, this trial happened With whose permission, the permission of
Allah subhanaw taala, which means that if we want to come out of that trial, we need to turn to
		

			Allah to make a way out the Bani Israel eel did not become free, through riots, or through, you
know, through going to war with people of Iran. That's not how they were rescued any this ordeal,
this trial was so severe that they could not have brought themselves out of that situation. Allah
subhanaw taala is the one who saved them, which teaches us a very important lesson, that if we want
to come out of a difficulty, whatever difficulty that may be, it could be related to our health, it
could be related to someone abusing us, it could be a systematic problem, okay. It could be, you
know, direct violence, or it could be even, you know, systematic structural violence, basically,
		

			because this is structural violence, right, this is a state sanctioned any kind of oppression, any
kind of difficulty we want to come out of, you know, sometimes you just want to get a simple
appointment, and the structure is such of the health system, that you're not able to get that
appointment, right, you want a simple thing fulfilled, but it's not happening because the structure
the system is such that it's not in your favor. So remember, any difficulty that we experience, big
or small, it comes upon us by the permission of Allah, and we will only be rescued from it by the
permission of Allah. This doesn't mean that we don't do anything to help ourselves, of course, we
		

			have to write but ultimately, it is Allah subhanaw taala who is the one who rescues us who brings us
out of difficulty, right? And for that we need to turn to Allah and we need to ask Allah subhanaw
taala for guidance, we need to ask Allah subhanaw taala for salvation. And Allah subhanaw taala is
the one who inspires you know, different ideas different ways, he is the one who provides the
different means through which we are rescued out of our problems. So remember, individuals are
tested and also nations are tested. The question then is that why? Why would Allah subhanaw taala
allow such a trial to afflict the bunny is slightly and there's different reasons for that. Okay.
		

			One reason is the trials are a consequence of our own wrongdoing. Okay, trials are meant to wake us
up to make us realize our own mistakes, to make us turn back to Allah to humble us to make a seat
		

			forgiveness from Allah subhanaw taala. Right. So this is one reason why we are tested. And you know,
the reason I say that the bunny is Surah eel, they had been living in Egypt now for so long, and
they were descendants of the prophets of Allah. But over time, you know, there was a sense of
privilege that we are the best people, and we can do whatever we want. So when they were drifting
away from their religion, and they were committing different sins, and different injustices, then
the Egyptians began to dislike them. Okay, the Egyptians began to dislike them. So this is one
reason why we are tested. This is a consequence of our own wrongdoing. Another reason why we are
		

			tested is because Allah subhanaw taala wants growth for us. Okay? What happens is that a lot of
times, we become comfortable with the current situation, and we stop growing, you know, we are so
lost in the dunya. We're enjoying our comfortable lives, we are so okay with, you know, everything
that is at present, that we're not thinking about growth, we're not thinking about becoming better
people, but learning something new, doing something different, you know, making a contribution,
thinking about other people, helping the community that we're living in, we become stagnant. So when
we are struck by some difficulty, what does that do? It forces us to wake up and to do something,
		

			and to grow and improve and change and to become better than before. And then remember that another
reason why we are tested is because trials are also meant to purify us, and they're also meant to
raise the ranks of a person. So here, yes, the Bani Israel were being tested very severely. And this
test was huge. And this test was from Allah subhanaw taala. And Allah was the only one who could
bring them out of this trial. What they needed to do was to turn back to Allah. So we learn in the
Quran about how Musa alayhis salam set to the Bani Israel. That is their ino Billa he was bureau
that when for our own was, you know, really torturing the Bani Israel. Mousavi Salam said to them
		

			that seek Allah's help. Be patient, right, seek Allah's help and be patient turned back to Allah. So
trials, they help us get closer to Allah subhanaw taala So, this was a huge trial and Allah subhanaw
taala save the bunny is Surah You rescued them. And how did Allah subhanaw taala rescue them? What
if ferok gonna be como Baja and recall when we parted the sea for you? Literally the sea was parted
so that they could cross and they could go to the other side for aundre Now calm and we saved you We
rescued you want a little cleaner elephant our own and we drowned the people of their own were
untung tongue little while you were looking on. You saw them drowning with your own eyes. And this
		

			was the completion of Allah subhanaw Tartus favor upon them that they weren't just liberated from
the oppression of fit our own, but that Allah subhanaw taala let them see with their own eyes, the
end of their enemy, right because that is what brings you true contentment and that is what would
really liberate a person knowing that their enemy is dead, knowing that their enemy cannot come and
catch them and harm them. It felt awkward unbecoming. Bahara This is so amazing. This is basically
the explanation of how Allah subhanaw taala saved the Bani Israel you remember that fit our own, you
know told his people to kill the boys of Bani Israel. And some are gonna say that he was doing that
		

			every alternate year because when every year of newborn boys were being killed you know his people
said to him that look if you continue like this, who's gonna work for us in the fields and who's
going to work for us? You know, in construction, we need labor. So what Verizon did is that he told
them kill the babies one year and the other year spare them so how gnarly is sin am the brother of
mozzarella Sena was born in a year when baby boys of Bani Israel were being spared. And Musar SLM
was born in the year when baby boys were being killed. Okay. And Musa alayhis salam. When he was
born, it is said that his mother was so malnourished basically that when she was pregnant, people
		

			couldn't really tell Allahu Akbar, can you imagine? They couldn't really tell that she was pregnant.
So when she gave birth, people did not know. And when she gave birth, Allah subhanaw taala inspired
her that she should just, you know, nurse her baby, and when she fears for him, meaning his life,
then she should put him in a box and put the box in the river.
		

			And what happened? She did exactly that. Remember that the box ended up in the house of our own and
the wife of Iran said Do not kill this baby he is a source of comfort for me and for you he's
adorable, admitted fit our own. And you know she said that maybe he will benefit us maybe we can you
no adopt him as our own child and they had no idea. So most artists Salam was basically raised in
the family of their own. But at the same time, you know, baby Musa would not accept any nursing
woman. So the sister of Musa Hassan was watching. And she said to them that, you know, do you want
me to get a family, they will be really good at taking care of him. And so the mother of musante
		

			Salam came, and Musa alayhis salam, of course he took the milk from his mother. And so he was also
raised by his mother in a way so what is it for Auckland to become better and then remember what
happened was artists and I'm grew up over there by accident. He killed someone here to flee Egypt.
He spent 10 years in Medina and and then he was granted prophethood and Allah subhanaw taala
instructed him that he should go to federal with the miracles Musashi salaam came told fit our own
let the bunny slot you go fit our own did not accept that. Then for many years Musashi syndrome was
in Egypt, and many miracles were shown to people of our own were afflicted with different
		

			punishments for our own would say, you know, ask your Lord to remove this punishment. We will send
Bani Israel each and every time the punishment was removed for our own would go back on his word.
And eventually the Bani Israel were told that Musar listen, I was told that take the Bani Israel in
the night. So when mozarella Salam took them in the night and they came upon the water in front of
them at that time, you know, fit our own also came in their pursuit. And in the Quran, we learn
about how the sea was parted and they crossed the water, and that is how the bunny is what you were
saved. So into the PA and other solos as well. There's a lot of detail of how the bunny is taught
		

			you were rescued. And those details are not mentioned over here. But the summary is mentioned that
we parted the sea for you. So in surah Taha for 77 it is mentioned Welaka o Hanaa Isla Musa an acai
berry body for dribbler home Talia cranfill batteria Betsson Latifah foodora Can Willa Tasha?
Alright, a dry path in the sea. You will not fear being overcome by fear our own you will have no
fear at all right? And what happened through our own came from behind and before the sea was parted
the Bani Israel eel, they began to express their despair. Right? They said in nella Mudra, calm we
have been overcome. That's it, we're done. And in the Bible, Exodus 14, it says in verse 10, that as
		

			the Pharaoh approached, the Israelites looked up and there were the Egyptians marching after them.
They were terrified and cried out to the Lord, they said to Moses, was it because there were no
graves in Egypt that you brought us to the desert to die? What have you done to us by bringing us
out of Egypt? Or StuffIt Allah any they express their despair? And in the Quran, it has mentioned
that they said in Allah mudra Koon. So Musa alayhis salam replied Kola in the Maria Robbie no way
with me is my Lord so yeah, Dini, you will guide me and then Allah subhanaw taala told Masada Sinha
to strike the sea with his staff, the same staff that would turn into a snake and the sea was
		

			parted. And that is how the Bani Israel were saved and went for their own pursued them. What
happened? The water closed in and the entire army of in our own was basically drowned. And the Bible
mentions not one of them survived with a lacuna Allah fit our own. This shows is that when Allah
intends to rescue his slave from an ordeal, Allah subhanaw taala rescues his slave then through
means that a person cannot even imagine in their wildest dreams and he can you imagine the sea being
parted, a dry path in the middle and you can just cross and then you see the entire army of the
people who oppressed you drowning in front of your own eyes. Any look at the favor of Allah upon the
		

			Bani Israel, how Allah subhanaw taala saved them. You know in the Quran, Allah subhanaw taala
mentioned in sort of Pollock will make the killer her here juror Allah Who Maharajah while you're
zopim in haste who lay the SIP that the person who fears Allah than Allah creates a way out for him
a way out for him, meaning from the problem that he is in and then Allah provides that person from
where that person does not even expect from where that person cannot even imagine. Our job remember
as slaves of Allah is to call upon Allah is to
		

			Ask Allah that he or Allah, you bring me out of this difficulty any everyone experiences some kind
of difficulty right? Look at the difficulty that the bunny is slightly we're in there we're enslaved
by fit our own tortured by him for years and years and years. There were armies of fit our own
soldiers off in our own whose job was to terrorize the Bani Israel evil to break their will kill
their babies, any to completely destroy them. This was what Finneran was doing. But Allah subhanaw
taala rescued the Bani Israel. So if Allah subhanaw taala rescued them, he is able to rescue you. He
is able to bring you out of the difficulty that you find yourself in and yes, what you're in is a
		

			trial. It came upon you by the permission of Allah. And Allah is the best judge. Allah is wise in
his decrees. My job is to ask Allah, Ya Allah you bring me out of this difficulty. And my job is to
have faith in Allah, to believe in Allah to have great hope that Allah is Able to bring me out of
this difficulty. If the sea was parted for the Bani Israel, Allah will create a way for me as well.
Have hope have hope for n j now come with a Huracan and Anna fit our own will antem tons alone you
were looking on. It happened in front of your eyes. And the Bible mentions in Exodus 15 The Song of
the Sea Okay, where basically it is that that Musa alayhis salam you know, he expressed his
		

			gratitude for being rescued and in that is basically hummed you know, praise for Allah subhanaw
taala so the Bani Israel are being reminded this is a huge blessing of Allah upon you realize this
favor, then what happened, the bunny is sloth you are rescued, they crossed the sea, and now they're
in the desert, they're no longer enslaved by fit our own, they have been completely liberated. But
you know, slavery, and in general, when you have been in great difficulty for so long. Right? Then
there is many things that you may have missed out on you may have forgotten, you need to learn how
to live, you need to learn how to do things, you need to learn how to worship Allah subhanaw taala
		

			you need to learn how to navigate this new reality. So Allah subhanaw taala, called Musa alayhis
salaam to the mount for an appointment where Musa alayhis salam was going to be granted different
teachings and the book as well right to total the 10 commandments. And those teachings were
necessary for Bani Israel. They needed to learn how to worship Allah subhanaw taala. So what is
where are dinner Musa Barbarina Leila and this was supposed to be a gift for the Bani Israel, that
their messenger has gone for 40 Nights, right? And he's going to return with teachings with you
know, the law, how they're supposed to live, how they're supposed to worship Allah. So remember that
		

			initially this meeting was supposed to be for 30 nights and that is what is mentioned in the Quran.
But then it was extended to 40 Nights. So for an entire month over a month, basically mozarella
Salam was gone. And the Bani Israel were under the guardianship the supervision of our own early his
salaam, okay. Now what happened is that after 30 nights when Musa al Islam did not return, we
learned that there was a man among the Bani Israel whose name was seminary. Okay, and what did
samedi do samedi made a calf out of gold, the gold that the Bani Israel had, because you know when
you are fleeing, you're only going to take your most precious, most valuable belongings with you.
		

			You cannot take a lot of things with you. So the Bani Israel brought gold, okay. And it has said
that they had stolen that gold from the Egyptians or that they had gathered that however it came in
their hands is not of concern. What matters is that they had gold and what did they do samedi made a
calf out of gold, and this calf was basically hollow from the inside. And when the wind blew, you
know, it would make a sound. So they were really fascinated by that which is any strange because of
course, if something's going to be hollow from inside, wind is going to blow through it, there's
going to be a sound. So in sort of Paul hovers number 88. It has mentioned how samedi made the calf
		

			out of gold. And what he said to the Bani Israel eel is that look, this is actually your God and the
God of Musa as well. But Musa actually forgot to tell you, Musa forgot to tell you this is the God
that we're supposed to worship and the bunny is throwing
		

			began worshipping that calf not everyone but many among them. Haroon early Islam tried to stop them,
but they became so emotionally attached to this calf that they again he threatened to kill how soon
early his center so basically I don't listen I'm had to take a step back and he had to wait for the
return of musante his setup so that is mentioned over here that we made an appointment with Musa for
40 nights so much the hustler hmm embody he and then you took the calf after him. Musa was gone to
bring you something from Allah subhanaw taala and what did you do? You began worshipping a calf well
unto him Lolly Moon while you were wrongdoers, any This is so wrong. Allah is the one who saved you
		

			can you witnessed the might of Allah you witnessed the favor of Allah. And now you began worshipping
the calf while until Lolly Moon while you were wrongdoers? This was clear injustice. Now one might
say that, well, the Bani Israel at the time of the Prophet salallahu Alaihe Salam did not do that.
So why is this being mentioned you took the calf you were wrongdoers? Because the thing is that, had
they been alive at that time, they too would have done the same thing.
		

			They too would have done the same thing and Allah subhanaw taala knew about this. You know, it's
very easy to judge people. But really what we need to see is that had I been there, what would I
have done? So somewhat the husband will urgent I'm embarrassed he will until Molly Moon Samar fauna,
I'm coming by the Dalek Then We forgave you after that. Allahu Akbar. Allah subhanaw taala pardon
them after that. Any if you think about this justice would be that okay. You show such extreme
ingratitude you don't deserve to live you should be finished. This entire nation should be finished
right? They don't deserve any more blessings. They don't deserve any more favors. Yet Allah subhanaw
		

			taala pardon them lol accomplish Quran perhaps you would be grateful. Grateful that such a huge
mistake you made and yet Allah subhanaw taala in he pardoned you and the entire nation of Bani
Israel was not punished because think about it the people of all the people of the moon any a
torment from above came and destroyed all of them the same thing could have happened with the bunny
is so easy but that did not happen only the guilty were punished so so Mara fauna on common bar The
Daily Caller Allah contact Quran Now in Surah are off verse number 138. It has mentioned how when
the Bani Israel were taken across the sea, and they were passing through the desert, or making their
		

			way towards it in order to make their way towards their ancestral home, which is basically cut on
Palestine what happened is that they came upon a people who were worshipping idols. So they said to
Musashi salaam that oh Musa make an idol for us as well. You know, you make an idol for us so that
we can also worship that idol was already salaam said in a component that you don't you all are
people who are very ignorant, any Do you realize what you're doing? Allah saved you and here you are
eager to worship an idol. So when Musa alayhis salam went for the appointment, and he did not return
after 30 days, samedi made the idol and he said this is actually the God that we're supposed to
		

			worship Musa just forgot to tell us and when Musa will come if he comes, he will worship this as
well. And the Bani Israel many people among them fell for it. And they began worshipping the calf.
But look at how ever tolerant Allah subhanaw taala is Halim that he did not strike them with a
punishment from above and eradicate them. Rather, Allah subhanaw taala let them realize their
mistake, and then seek forgiveness from him.