QURAN TAFSIR: In the name of Allah, the beneficent, the merciful.. Chapter: 2.21 (59. But those who did wrong changed the word from that which had been told to them for another, so We sent upon the wrongdoers Rijz, from the heaven because of their rebellion.) The summary of what the scholars have said about this subject is that the Children of Israel distorted Allahs command to them to submit to Him in tongue and deed. They were commanded to enter the city while bowing down, but they entered while sliding on their rear ends and raising their heads! They were commanded to say, ` Hittah meaning, Relieve us from our errors and sins. However, they mocked this command and said, Hintah (grain seed) in Sha` irah (barley). This demonstrates the worst type of rebellion and disobedience, and it is why Allah released His anger and punishment upon them, all because of their sinning and defying His commands. The Messenger of Allah said, (This calamity and sickness (i.e. the plague) is a Rijz, a punishment with which some nations who were before you were punished. ) (60. And (remember) when Musa asked for water for his people, We said: Strike the stone with your stick. Then gushed forth therefrom twelve springs. Each (group of) people knew its own place for water. “Eat and drink of that which Allah has provided and do not act corruptly, making mischief on the earth. Twelve Springs gush forth - Allah said, Remember My favor on you when I answered the supplication of your Prophet, Musa, when he asked Me to provide you with water. I made the water available for you, making it gush out through a stone. Twelve springs burst out of that stone, a designated spring for each of your tribes. You eat from the manna and the quails and drink from the water that I provided for you, without any effort or hardship for you. So worship the One Who did this for you. Do not return the favor by committing acts of disobedience that cause favors to disappear. (61. And (remember) when you said, O Musa ! We cannot endure one kind of food. So invoke your Lord for us to bring forth for us of what the earth grows, its herbs, its cucumber its Fum, its lentils and its onions. He said, Would you exchange that which is better for that which is lower Go you down to any town and you shall find what you want ! ) The Children of Israel preferred Foods inferior to Manna and Quails - (One kind of food) meaning, the manna and quails, because they ate the same food day after day. They were bored and impatient with the type of food they were provided. They also remembered the life they used to live, when their diet consisted of lentils, onions, garlic and herbs. Musa criticized the Jews for asking for inferior foods, although they were living an easy life, eating tasty, beneficial and pure food. (Go you down to any Misr) means, ` any city. Therefore, the meaning of Musas statement to the Children of Israel becomes, What you are asking for is easy, for it is available in abundance in any city that you might enter. So since what you asked for is available in all of the villages and cities, I will not ask Allah to provide us with it, especially when it is an inferior type of food. Since their request was the result of boredom and arrogance and since fulfilling it was unnecessary, their request was denied. (61. And they were covered with humiliation and misery, and they drew on themselves the wrath of Allah. That was because they used to disbelieve in the Ayat (proofs, evidence) of Allah and killed the Prophets wrongfully. That was because they disobeyed and used to transgress the bounds (in their disobedience to Allah, i.e. commit crimes and sins. )) Allahs anger that descended on the Children of Israel was a part of the humiliation they earned, because of their defiance of the truth, disbelief in Allahs Ayat and belittling the carriers of Allahs Law i.e. the Prophets and their following. The Children of Israel rejected the Messengers and even killed them. Surely, there is no form of disbelief worse than disbelieving in Allahs Ayat and murdering the Prophets of Allah. Disobedience is to do what is prohibited, while transgression entails overstepping the set limits of what is allowed and what is prohibited. Allah knows best. In Sha Allah to continue...
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