Lesson # 917 from the Noble Quran
The Favors of God
Surah ‘A’-RAAF (The Heights) – Chapter – 7)
Stage – 2, Verses – 140 & 141 of 206,
Section – 16 of 24 (Part - 9)
BisMIllaahir-Rahmaanir-Rahiim
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the
Merciful
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140. He said: Shall
I seek for you a god other than Allah when He hath favoured you above (all)
creatures?
141. And (remember)
when We did deliver you from Pharaoh’s folk who were afflicting you with
dreadful torment, slaughtering your sons and sparing your women. And that was
a tremendous trial from your Lord.
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140. Qaala
‘a-gayrAllaahi ‘abgiikum ‘ilaahanw-wa Huwa
fazzalakum ‘alal-‘aalamiin.
141. Wa
‘iz ‘anjay-Naakum-min ‘Aali-
Fir-‘awna yasuu-muunakum suuu-‘al-‘azaab. Yuqattiluuna ‘abnaaa-‘akum wa
yastah-yuuna nisaaa-‘akum. Wa
fii zaalikum balaaa-‘um-mir-Rabbikum ‘aziim.
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Lesson
Yasuu-muunakum – {they (were
afflicting you)}, this word has been derived from suum. Suum means “to vex, to trouble, to torment, to afflict”.
Yastah-yuuna - {they (were
sparing, let them living)}, origin of this word is ‘astah-yaaa’, which has been made from hayaat. Hayaat means “life”. ‘Astah-yaaa’
means “to let (someone) survive”.
Balaaa-‘un – actual
meanings of this word are trial, test, examination. Sometimes it comes by means
of any calamity/disaster, and sometime by means of favor. Therefore, it can be
used in both meanings. Here it aims favor.
It was
described in the previous verse that the Children of Israel asked for
permission from Prophet Moses (peace be upon Him) to worship by keeping the
idols in front. He (peace be upon Him) commanded that this way is dangerous.
You don’t know about its sequel. It makes a man oblivious from actual God at
the end. Its benefit is fictitious only, you don’t know, whether it will be gainful
or otherwise, that is to say; to focus the attention at a particular point. But
its harm and loss is sure i.e. falling into the belief in a plurality of God
(polytheism).
It is
commanded that Prophet Moses (peace be upon Him) said: It is biggest misfortune
of the human being if he forgets Allah Almighty. Can it be suitable to adopt
any such matter, which appears in the beginning a harmless but consequence of
which is that, at the end, the people begin to consider the idols as God and
everything and are involved in the polytheism and infidelity. I do not accept
your request that I create another god for you except Allah Almighty, Who is
Creator, Lord and Worshipped of all of the mankind and other entire creatures?
Beholding such strongest Signs of God Almighty, that He did deliver you from
Pharaoh’s nation and raised your dignity more than the entire world at that
time (after deliverance from the people of Pharaoh). It is biggest tyranny if
you arrange to forget Him.
In the next
verse, the Jews are being reminded again about the biggest favor of God
Almighty on their ancestors. They would have been removed from the earth as
horns from the donkey’s head; if God Almighty had not favored the Children of
Israel, because the people of Pharaoh used to slaughter their sons and spare
their women. It was a tremendous trial from the Lord of the Worlds (God
Almighty).
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