Baqarah 63-66
63- AND AS WE MADE A COVENANT WITH YOU AND RAISED THE MOUNTAIN ABOVE YOU. TAKE WHAT WE HAVE GIVEN YOU EARNESTLY AND REMEMBER WHAT IS THEREIN SO THAT YOU MAY BECOME PIOUS.
64- THEN YOU TURNED AWAY AFTER THAT AND IF IT WAS NOT BECAUSE OF ALLAH’S FAVOURS AND MERCY UPON YOU, YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN OF THE LOSERS.
Allah the Highest,is telling us more about the Children of Israel and His favours upon them.
During Allah’s appointment with Moses, peace upon him, He gave him the commandments engraved on plates. The Children of Israel found them difficult and refused to give Moses, peace upon him, their covenants to obey them. Allah the Highest, threatened them with the mountain which was raised above them and about to be dropped on them, only then did they give their covenant.
“WHEN WE RAISED THE MOUNTAIN ABOVE YOU LIKE A CANOPY, AND THEY THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD FALL UPON THEM, TAKE WHAT WE HAVE GIVEN YOU EARNESTLY AND REMEMBER WHAT IS THEREIN, SO THAT YOU MIGHT BE PIOUS”. (S: 7 A: 171)
The important principle here is, that following Allah’s commands and law, is not an option for the believers to take or leave. It is an obligation, if we do not fulfil His commands, punishment follows.
Allah’s principles and policies are the same from the beginning of time and will remain so. The Muslims should remember that the same applies to us, for Allah the Highest is not narrating these as stories, or for the sake of history or for entertainment, there is a great lesson for us too. The same meaning has been stated many more times, here are some of them.
“THOSE WHO DO NOT JUDGE ACCORDING TO WHAT ALLAH SENT DOWN, THOSE ARE THE DISBELIEVERS”. (S: 5 A: 44)
“THOSE WHO DO NOT JUDGE ACCORDING TO WHAT ALLAH SENT DOWN, THOSE ARE THE UNJUST”. (S: 5:45)
“THOSE WHO DO NOT JUDGE ACCORDING TO WHAT ALLAH SENT DOWN, THOSE ARE THE EVEIL DOERS”. (S: 5 A: 47)
Allah’s principles are the same at all times and for all nations.
65- AND YOU HAVE KNOWN THOSE OF YOU WHO TRANSGRESSED ON THE SABBATH, AND WE HAVE SAID TO THEM: BE APES, DESPISED AND REJECTED.
66- THIS WAS MADE TO BE AN EXAMPLE FOR THE TIME AND THE SUCCEEDING GENERATIONS, AND A LESSON FOR THE PIOUS.
Another event in the chronicles of the Children of Israel, happened in a town believed to be Al-Aqaba. The people in that town lived mostly by fishing. They were not righteous people; however they used to be very particular about religious appearances, rather than the core spirit and the meaning. Allah the Highest decided to test them and show their hypocrisy by testing them in the things that they upheld as highest, like not working on the Sabbath.
Allah the Highest made the fish disappear from the sea all week, so that they could not catch any fish, however on the Sabbath, there were be fish in the sea, the sea was so full of fish that they could be seen jumping in the water. They soon decided to violate the Sabbath and went on fishing of that day. Allah the Highest said about them “AND ASK THEM ABOUT THE TOWN BY THE SEA AS THEY VIOLATED THE SABBATH, WHEN THE FISH CAME TO THEM VISIBLY ON THE DAY OF THEIR SABBATH, WHILE ON OTHER DAYS THEY DID NOT COME. SUCH WE TRIED THEM FOR THEIR EVIL DOING”. (S: 7 A: 163)
This means that this test was because of their evil doing and hypocrisy, and in order to uncover it.
The righteous people of the town warned them, but they did not take head “AND WHEN SOME OF THEM SAID: WHY DO YOU ADVISE PEOPLE ALLAH WILL DESTROY OR PUNISH SEVERELY? THEY SAID: TO BE FREE FROM BLAME BEFORE YOUR LORD, AND HOPING THAT THEY MAY BECOME PIOUS * WHEN THEY FORGOT WHAT THEY WERE REMINDED OF, WE SAVED THOSE WHO FORBAD THE EVIL AND TOOK THE EVIL DOERS WITH SEVERE PUNISHMENT BECAUSE OF THEIR EVIL DOING * WHEN THEY TOOK PRIDE IN DOING WHAT THEY WERE FORBIDDEN TO DO, WE SAID TO THEM: BE APES, DESPISED AND REJECTED”. (S: 7 A: 164-166)
So, it is important that the righteous people continue to advise and to warn the others about evil, even if they think that it will be all in vain.
Allah the Highest tested the evil doers in what they held highest, to show that is all part of the facade. This test was to show what was inside them, which Allah the Highest knows, but the others do not.
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