Tafseer Surah Baqarah Verse 68 | Surah Baqarah explanation in English | Surah Baqarah explained | Surah Baqarah Ayat 68

Tafseer Surah Baqarah Verse 68 | Surah Baqarah explanation in English | Surah Baqarah explained | Surah Baqarah Ayat 68 Translation

Surah Al-Baqarah

Verse 68

2:68 Al-Baqara

قَالُوا ادْعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ يُبَيِّنْ لَنَا مَا هِيَ ۚ قَالَ إِنَّهُ يَقُولُ إِنَّهَا بَقَرَةٌ لَا فَارِضٌ وَلَا بِكْرٌ عَوَانٌ بَيْنَ ذَٰلِكَ ۖ فَافْعَلُوا مَا تُؤْمَرُونَ

They said, "Call upon your Lord for us that He may make plain to us what it is!" He said, "He says, 'Verily, it is a cow neither too old nor too young, but (it is) between the two conditions', so do what you are commanded."

Tafseer Surah Baqarah Verse 68

☘️The Children of Israel started asking unnecessary questions hoping that they will not be asked to do what they were being told. It is similar to someone asking us for water and we ask, “Do you want it in a glass or a jug?” The person answers. Then we ask, “Do you want it in metal glass or China glass?” Then we ask, “Do you want it hot or cold?” The person only asked for water, why ask so many questions?

☘️Also notice how the Children of Israel addressed Musa ‘alayhi salaam. Each time they asked a question, they said, “Call upon your Lord…” [رَبَّكَ] they didn’t even acknowledge Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala as their Lord.

☘️And this is how many people handle the du’as. They ask others to make du’as for them claiming that they are too sinful to have their du’as answered or just out of negligence because they do not offer Salah. Who could be lazier than a person who cannot even make du’a for himself?

☘️Learn to make d’ua for yourself because Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala loves to hear His servant invoke Him. When you learn how to make d’ua and build a regular relationship with Him, you no longer have to ask people to pray for you. By praying to Him you have shown you love Him. And when a servant loves the Creator, not only does He love you back, but He inspires the creation to love you too.  

☘️The Jews’ way: Rabbaka [رَبَّكَ] “Your Lord…”

The Muslims’ way: Rabbana [رَبَّنَا] “Our Lord…”

☘️The Children of Israel said, “Call upon your Lord to make clear to us what it is,” meaning make its description clear to us. The word yubayyin [يُبَيِّن] is from the root ba-ya-noon. Bayyan means ‘to explicitly tell something, to make something apparent, plain or clear’.

☘️Musa ‘alayhi salaam replied that it should be neither too old nor too young rather it should be in between the two stages meaning at an age when it is the strongest and fittest. Right after this Musa ‘alayhi salaam says, “…so do what you are commanded,” meaning stop asking unnecessary questions and honor the command.

☘️Talking too much hinders one from taking action. Sometimes we share our plans with others and get so exhausted talking that we no more have the energy to actually do it. The time that could have been spent on the project has been wasted in talking. Prioritize your life. Do what’s more important, first.

🔮Talking too much also deprives us of khushu’ in the prayer. The conversations in our head keep distracting us. Talking too much also hardens hearts. Sometimes we utter statements that we regret later. We must learn to talk less and engage our tongues more in the remembrance of Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala. A person must speak only when spoken to and say that which is true and beneficial.

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