Friday, 3 April 2015

Tafseer Al-Baqara: 60-61 | Sheikh 'Ata Abu Al-Rashtah

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Extract from the book 'At-Tayseer Fee Usool At-Tafseer' written by the Ameer of Hizb ut Tahrir, Sheikh Ata Ibn Khalil Abu Al-Rashtah.


Ayaah 60 and 61:
?????????? ?????? ?????????? ????????? ?????? ?????????? ????????? ???????????? ?????? ???????? ???????? ??????? ???? ?????? ????? ??????? ????????????? ??????? ???????????? ??? ??????? ??????? ????? ?????????? ??? ???????? ??????????? (60)
(60) And when Musa was looking for water for his people, We said, �Strike the rock with your staff.� Then twelve fountains gushed out from it and all the people knew their drinking place. �Eat and drink of Allah's provision and do not go about the earth corrupting it.�
Allah (??????) reminds Bani Israeel of the favours that he blessed them with, as if to say �Remember when Musa prayed for rain��
Here, Allah (??????) explains that the people of Musa (???? ??????) became thirsty, so he prayed to Allah for them to quench their thirst, so it was revealed to him by Allah (??????) to strike the rock with his staff. When he did this (???? ??????) twelve streams gushed forth from the rock, according to the number of Jewish tribes. Each tribe had a stream.
It was a favour from Allah for them to eat from the ????? and the ??????? and drink from the water of the streams, so thank Allah for his sustenance, and not to transgress and roam the earth causing corruption.
?????? ???????? ??? ?????? ??? ????????? ?????? ??????? ??????? ??????? ????? ??????? ???????? ????? ?????? ??????? ???????? ??? ????????? ????????????? ?????????? ??????????? ??????????? ????? ????????????????? ??????? ???? ??????? ????????? ???? ?????? ?????????? ??????? ??????? ????? ???? ?????????? ?????????? ?????????? ?????????? ??????????????? ??????????? ???????? ????? ??????? ?????? ??????????? ???????? ??????????? ???????? ??????? ????????????? ????????????? ???????? ???????? ?????? ????? ??????? ??????????? ??????????? (61)
(61) And when you said, �Musa, we will not put up with just one kind of food so ask your Lord to supply to ussome of what the earth produces � its green vegetables, cucumbers, grains, lentils and onions,� he said, �Do you want to replace what is better with what is inferior? Go back to Egypt, then you will have what you are asking for.� Abasement and destitution were stamped upon them. They brought down anger from Allah upon themselves. That was because they rejected Allah�s Signs and killed the Prophets without any right to do so. That was because they rebelled and went beyond the limits.
This verse explains the following:
1.
The people of Musa (???? ??????) disliked to continue with this food that Allah had sent to them ???????? ????????????, so they asked Musa (???? ??????) to ask Allah (??????) to bring out for them some of what the earth produces � of vegetables, cucumbers, lentils, grains and onions, as they used to eat in Egypt, before they left to the wilderness.
???????? is the wheat & bread, as was explained by Ibn Abbas (ra) according to their language. We said that they disliked that food because ??? ????????? indicates that; as the origin of ????? is ??? ????? ??? ????? ?? ????? holding oneself on a restrictive matter.
Therefore, Musa (???? ??????) reprimanded them for that, saying to them �do you swap what is better for what is worse?�
They had requested a lower food, i.e. of diminished quality, and left what is better ???????? ????????????.
In the language, the ????? comes before the discarded thing when replacing with ?????????.
????????????????? ??????? ???? ??????? ????????? ???? ??????
So no doubt, that this is a request for the inferior food and leaving what is superior to it.
2.
Musa (???? ??????) prayed to the lord of the worlds to give them what they asked for, so Allah answered his prayer and gave them what they requested & said to them:
?????????? ??????? ??????? ????? ???? ??????????
i.e. go to a place, as what you wanted is not in the wilderness and desert, rather in the towns or other places.
??????? here comes indefinite, so it takes a tanween, i.e. a land.
As for ????? that is well known (Egypt) the preferred opinion is that it does not take tanween, as in Allah�s statements:
??????? ??????? ?????????? ???? ??????
�The one who bought him from Egypt said�[Yusuf:21]
????????? ?????? ???? ????? ??????? ????????
��Enter Egypt safe and sound, if Allah wills.�� [Yusuf: 99]
???????? ??? ?????? ??????
�does the kingdom of Egypt not belong to me?� [az-Zukhruf: 51]
???? ???????? ????????????? ???????? ????????
��Settle your people in houses in Egypt� [Yunus: 87]
Except that in the ayah ??????? does not mean that it is not the well known ????? Egypt, as Allah (??????) mentioned it indefinitely � i.e. a land � so it could be Egypt or elsewhere.
Mentioning ??????????, although it means descending, but here there is an indication that this descent is from a better place to a worse place.
3.
After that Allah punished them, so they became associated with abasement and destitution.
???????? i.e. surrounded (or) attached to them and never escaping from it. They are in disgrace and poverty irrespective of the appearance of their condition and this is because they have no real honour. Rather it is as Allah says:
???????? ?????????? ?????????? ?????? ??? ???????? ?????? ???????? ???? ??????? ???????? ???? ????????
�They will be plunged into abasement wherever they are found, unless they have a treaty with Allah and with the people.� [aal-Imran: 112]
i.e. Abased without any honour appearing for them, except if they were with Allah ???????? ???? ??????? like the believers with Musa (???? ??????), or if they were assisted by other peoples ???????? ???? ????????
This is what we see in reality, they are tied to other states who feed them and give them strength.
Similarly, ????????????? destitution has been branded on them. ????????????? is the verbal noun of ??????? indicating in this verse poverty and need.
This is also apparent with their continued need for help and grants and them appearing to be poor and needing money of other is well known.
Then Allah (??????) became angry with them and they live with that anger, as though Allah�s anger for them accompanies them as they journey, coming and going, while they carry that anger of Allah (??????).
All of what they were branded with and live with is because of their denial of Allah�s signs and favours and because of their killing their Prophets, like their killing of Zakaria and Yahya (?????? ??????), and also due to their disobedience and transgressing Allah�s limits and commands.
?????? ??????????? the ??? (baa�) is for causality (???????), i.e. the cause of these matters.

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