Tafseer Surah Baqarah Verse 51 | Surah Baqarah explanation in English | Surah Baqarah explained | Surah Baqarah Ayat 51

Tafseer Surah Baqarah Verse 51 | Surah Baqarah explanation in English | Surah Baqarah explained | Surah Baqarah Ayat 51 Translation

Surah Al-Baqarah

Verse 51

2:51 Al-Baqarah

وَإِذْ وَاعَدْنَا مُوسَىٰ أَرْبَعِينَ لَيْلَةً ثُمَّ اتَّخَذْتُمُ 

الْعِجْلَ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ وَأَنْتُمْ ظَالِمُونَ

And (remember) when We appointed for Musa (Moses) forty nights, and (in his absence) you took the calf (for worship), and you were Zalimun (polytheists and wrong-doers, etc.).

Surah Baqarah verse 51

☘️From a developed country (Egypt), the Children of Israel entered the wilderness of Sinai. Now that they were free, Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala called Prophet Musa ‘alayhi salaam to a meeting place for forty days to give him the Book. Though the word layl [لَيْل] denotes ‘night’, in the Arabic language the same word is used for both day and night.

☘️It was said that these days were during the month of Dhul Qa’dah plus the first ten days in Dhul Hijjah, after the Children of Israel were delivered from Pharaoh and they safely crossed the sea.

☘️While their prophet was away, the Children of Israel were tricked by a magician accompanying them (Samiri) and started worshiping a calf. 

☘️When a person has to move from one place in a state of emergency they carry their most precious things and leave other belongings behind. Bani Israel’s moving from Egypt was no ordinary migration it was a mass exodus. They gathered their ornaments and escaped the country. Walking such long distance carrying their burdens they got tired. While Prophet Musa ‘alayhi salaam was away, Samiri, the magician asked them to free themselves from the burden of the ornaments by throwing them into fire. He then created a calf out of the gold and informed that this was their god and the god of Musa ‘alayhi salaam that he had forgotten. The Children of Israel believed Samiri and started worshiping the calf.

☘️Why did Samiri create a calf for them – and why did the Children of Israel fell for it? Living in the slavery of the Egyptians, they had lost their power to think. They had seen the Egyptians worship gold statues hence they fell for Samiri’s trick and took the calf as their god.

☘️In the ayah, Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala calls them zaalim because man does no injustice to anyone else but himself. By committing a wrong he deprives himself from the Rahmah (mercy) of Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala and calls on punishment on himself.

🔮 Be conciouse of being tricked in doing that, which will deprive you from the mercy of your Creator.

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