Tafseer Surah Baqarah Verse 49 | Surah Baqarah explanation in English | Surah Baqarah explained | Surah Baqarah Ayat 49

Tafseer Surah Baqarah Verse 49 | Surah Baqarah explanation in English | Surah Baqarah explained | Surah Baqarah Ayat 49 Translation

Surah Al-Baqarah

Verse 49

2:49 Al-Baqarah

وَإِذْ نَجَّيْنَاكُمْ مِنْ آلِ فِرْعَوْنَ يَسُومُونَكُمْ سُوءَ الْعَذَابِ يُذَبِّحُونَ أَبْنَاءَكُمْ وَيَسْتَحْيُونَ نِسَاءَكُمْ ۚ وَفِي ذَٰلِكُمْ بَلَاءٌ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ عَظِيمٌ

And [recall] when We saved you from the people of Firˋawn, who afflict you with a horrible torment; they slaughter your [newborn] sons and keep your females alive. And in that was a great trial from your Lord (Al-Baqarah 2:49)

Surah Baqarah Verse 49

☘️In this ayah, the Children of Israel are being commanded to recall when they were in the slavery of *Pharaoh and Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala saved them.

☘️Pharaoh had a dream in which he saw a fire emerge from Bayt Al-Maqdis (Jerusalem), and then the fire entered the houses of the Coptics of Egypt with the exception of the Children of Israel. Its purpose was that his kingship would be toppled by a man among the Children of Israel. 

☘️After the dream, Pharaoh ordered that every newborn male among the Children of Israel be killed and that the girls be left alone. He also commanded that the Children of Israel be given tasks of hard labor and assigned the most humiliating jobs. They were to build the pyramids without any sophisticated machinery of today.

☘️“…afflicting you with the worst torment,” Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala explains this as killing of their sons and leaving behind their women. It would have been enough to say “they killed your sons,” but by talking about their women their ghairah has been moved that when your men are few in number and there are more women then what will become of your nation, more importantly what will become of your women.

☘️Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala adds “And in that was a great trial from your Lord,” meaning that although Pharaoh was tormenting them it was in fact a trial from Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala.

When people lose their path Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala puts them in a trial this is a favor on us to shake us up and give us a wake-up call. 

🔮Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala knows best why we are tested. We should, however, remember He is never Unjust. He who abundantly recites istighfar is shown a way out of the calamity.

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