Araf 132-135

Araf 132-135

132- AND THEY SAID: “AND WHATEVER IS THE SIGN YOU BRING TO PUT A SPELL ON US WITH, WE WILL NOT BELIEVE FOR YOU.

133- THEN WE SENT THEM THE FLOOD, THE LOCUST, THE FLIES, THE FROGS, AND THE BLOOD; DETAILED AND CLEAR SIGNS, BUT THEY WERE ARROGANT AND EVIL PEOPLE.

134- WHEN PUNISHMENT FELL UPON THEM THEY SAID: “O MOSES, CALL UPON YOUR LORD APPEALING WITH THE COVENANT HE HAS GIVEN YOU, IF YOU RELIEVE US OF THIS PUNISHMENT, WE WILL BELIEVE FOR YOU AND WILL SEND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL WITH YOU”.

135- THEN WHEN WE RELIEVED THEM OF THE PUNISHMENT, UP TO A TERM THEY WOULD REACH, THEY WENT BACK ON THEIR WORD.

Pharaoh and his close circuit rejected the signs and miracles which Moses showed.  They also said that they will not believe in any further signs or miracles in the future.

Allah the Highest sends people Ayahs to guide them.  The Ayahs are the verses of the scripture, signs they see around them and miracles performed by the prophets and messengers peace upon them.  First, the Ayahs are gentle and inviting.  When people do not response positively, the Ayahs then become harsher and more punitive.  Some people respond only this way, and some do not take heed unless they are threatened.  Allah’s messenger prayer and peace upon him said about those: “Allah is amazed by people who enter Paradise in chains”.   (B:Jehad;144 & D:Jehad;114 & A:2;302)

Allah the Highest sent them a number of punitive signs in the form of: 

1. Flood which flooded the land as well as the homes, yet it did not flood the homes of the Children of Israel.   Pharaoh pleaded to Moses, who prayed to Allah the Highest to lift the flood, but when the flood was lifted, pharaoh did not believe.
2. Allah the Highest sent them swarms of Locust.  The Locust is an insect which fly in big swarms looking like cloud.  When they land on a green land, they leave it bare.  The locust can cause famine in the areas they hit.
3. Allah the Highest sent them small insects infesting their wheat and other crops, destroying the crops.
4. Allah the Highest sent them frogs in very large numbers.  They were all over the land, went into people’s homes, and they could not get away from them.
5. Allah the Highest sent them blood, they did not know its source, but it contaminated everything, water and food.  However, it did not affect the children of Israel.

Every time they suffered an affliction, they pleaded to Moses to pray to Allah the Highest for their relief, promising to believe if the relief comes.  Every time, the relief came, and every time they went back on their word and did not believe.  

Allah the Highest gave pharaoh and his people many chances, and plenty of time, so that:

1. They may see Allah’s Mercy not only His Punishment.
2. To give people time to think, reconsider, and reflect.
3. So that they cannot argue on the Day of Judgement that they did not have any chance or enough time.  

However, it was of no benefit to pharaoh and his people.