Ayaats of the Glorious Quran | Chapter 2 || Verse 47-49 | | Translation | 47 – O Children of Israel! Call to mind the (special) favour which I bestowed upon you,* and that I preferred you to all other (for My Message). 48 - Then guard yourselves against a day when one soul shall not avail another nor shall intercession be accepted for her, nor shall compensation be taken from her, nor shall anyone be helped (from outside).** 49 - And remember, We delivered you from the people of Pharaoh: they set you hard tasks and punishments, slaughtered your sons and let your women-folk live;*** therein was a tremendous trial from your Lord. | Commentary | * These words are recapitulated from Qur’an 2:40, which introduced a general account of Allahs favours to Israel; now we are introduced to a particular account of incidents in Israel’s history. Each incident is introduced by the Arabic words ‘Idh’ which is indicated in the translation by Remember. ** Before passing to particular incidents, the conclusion is stated. Be on your guard: do not think that special favours exempt you from the personal responsibility of each soul. (Cf. 2:123 and 2:254). *** The bondage of Egypt was indeed a tremendous trial. Even the Egyptians wish to spare the lives of Israel’s females when the males were slaughtered, added to the bitterness of Israel. Their hatred was cruel, but their love was still more cruel. About the hard tasks, see Exod. 1:14: They made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in mortar and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour. Pharaohs taskmasters gave no straw, yet ordered the Israelites to make bricks without straw: Exod. 5:5-19. Pharaohs decree was: Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive: Exod. 1:22. It was in consequence of this decree that Moses was hidden three months after he was born, and when he could be hidden no longer, he was put into an ark of bulrushes and cast into the Nile, where he was found by Pharaohs daughter and wife (Qur’an 28:9), and adopted into the family: Exod. 2:2-10. (See Qur’an 20:37-40). Thus Moses was brought up by the enemies of his people. He was chosen by Allah to deliver his people, and Allahs wisdom made the learning and experience and even cruelties of the Egyptian enemies themselves to contribute to the salvation of his people. | Arabic Text | https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/t31.0-8/10710285_824416007580399_2706125614933119288_o.jpg The Divine Revelation | bit.do/tdr || bit.do/tdrs |
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