Baqarah 57
57- AND WE SHADED THEM WITH CLOUD AND WE SENT DOWN TO THEM AL-MANNA AND AL-SALWA (THE QUAILS): “EAT OUT OF WHAT WE PROVIDED FOR YOU”. INDEED, THEY WERE NOT UNJUST TO US BUT UNJUST TO THEMSELVES.
The Children of Israel were in the desert for forty years. Allah the Highest was very Merciful to them during that time.
Allah the Highest shaded them from the hot sun with clouds, and provided them with food which is scarce in the desert. There were two kinds of food, Al-Manna and Al-Salwa.
Al-Manna was a kind of food they found on the ground, fresh every day, and it did not store except the harvest of Friday, which they could store for Friday and Saturday (The Sabbath). Its exact nature is not known for certain, but it was like bread. It could have been a sort of Mushroom or something else.
Al-Salwa is the Quails, birds a little smaller than a dove or pigeon. They used to fly their way every day and they caught them easily with nets.
These were not the only favour they received, just a sample of them. But, The Children of Israel did not meet them with thanks or gratitude, but quite the opposite. They told Moses, peace upon him, to tell Allah the Highest that they could not continue to eat the same food every day “AND AS THEY SAID: O MOSES, WE CAN NOT PERSEVERE AND BE PATIENT EATING THE SAME FOOD, SO ASK YOUR LORD TO BRING FORTH FOR US OF WHAT THE EARTH GROWS …………….” (S: 2 A: 61)
Thanking, Allah the Highest, for His bounties upon us, is a cause for Allah’s reward, in this life and the Hereafter. It is also a cause for these bounties to last and increase. “AND YOUR LORD DECREED; IF YOU THANK I SHALL GIVE YOU MORE”. (S: 14 A: 7)
“HE WHO DESIRES THE REWARD OF THE LOWER LIFE, WE WILL GIVE HIM OF IT, AND HE WHO DESIRES THE REWARD OF THE HEREAFTER, WE WILL GIVE HIM FROM IT, AND WE SHALL REWARD THE THANKFUL”. (S: 3 A: 145)
These bounties were special, for a special situation, which should have deserved special thanks from the Children of Israel, but they did not give thanks. This was particularly bad, when they should have been thankful for all the bounties, Allah the Highest bestowed upon them, as He does for the rest of the human beings, “ALLAH IS BOUNTIFUL TO MANKIND, BUT THE MAJORITY OF MANKIND DO NOT THANK”. (S: 10 A: 60)
All believers should try to recognize Allah’s bounties and favors upon them, and be thankful. Allah the Highest does not need our thanks, but we need to be seen to be thankful.
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