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واذ قلتم يا موسى لن نصبر على طعام واحد فادع لنا ربك يخرج لنا مما تنبت الارض من بقلها وقثايها وفومها وعدسها وبصلها قال اتستبدلون الذي هو ادنى بالذي هو خير اهبطوا مصرا فان لكم ما سالتم وضربت عليهم الذلة والمسكنة وباءوا بغضب من الله ذالك بانهم كانوا يكفرون بايات الله ويقتلون النبيين بغير الحق ذالك بما عصوا وكانوا يعتدون ٦١
وَإِذْ قُلْتُمْ يَـٰمُوسَىٰ لَن نَّصْبِرَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامٍۢ وَٰحِدٍۢ فَٱدْعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ يُخْرِجْ لَنَا مِمَّا تُنۢبِتُ ٱلْأَرْضُ مِنۢ بَقْلِهَا وَقِثَّآئِهَا وَفُومِهَا وَعَدَسِهَا وَبَصَلِهَا ۖ قَالَ أَتَسْتَبْدِلُونَ ٱلَّذِى هُوَ أَدْنَىٰ بِٱلَّذِى هُوَ خَيْرٌ ۚ ٱهْبِطُوا۟ مِصْرًۭا فَإِنَّ لَكُم مَّا سَأَلْتُمْ ۗ وَضُرِبَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلذِّلَّةُ وَٱلْمَسْكَنَةُ وَبَآءُو بِغَضَبٍۢ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ۗ ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ يَكْفُرُونَ بِـَٔايَـٰتِ ٱللَّهِ وَيَقْتُلُونَ ٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَ بِغَيْرِ ٱلْحَقِّ ۗ ذَٰلِكَ بِمَا عَصَوا۟ وَّكَانُوا۟ يَعْتَدُونَ ٦١
وَإِذۡ
قُلۡتُمۡ
يَٰمُوسَىٰ
لَن
نَّصۡبِرَ
عَلَىٰ
طَعَامٖ
وَٰحِدٖ
فَٱدۡعُ
لَنَا
رَبَّكَ
يُخۡرِجۡ
لَنَا
مِمَّا
تُنۢبِتُ
ٱلۡأَرۡضُ
مِنۢ
بَقۡلِهَا
وَقِثَّآئِهَا
وَفُومِهَا
وَعَدَسِهَا
وَبَصَلِهَاۖ
قَالَ
أَتَسۡتَبۡدِلُونَ
ٱلَّذِي
هُوَ
أَدۡنَىٰ
بِٱلَّذِي
هُوَ
خَيۡرٌۚ
ٱهۡبِطُواْ
مِصۡرٗا
فَإِنَّ
لَكُم
مَّا
سَأَلۡتُمۡۗ
وَضُرِبَتۡ
عَلَيۡهِمُ
ٱلذِّلَّةُ
وَٱلۡمَسۡكَنَةُ
وَبَآءُو
بِغَضَبٖ
مِّنَ
ٱللَّهِۚ
ذَٰلِكَ
بِأَنَّهُمۡ
كَانُواْ
يَكۡفُرُونَ
بِـَٔايَٰتِ
ٱللَّهِ
وَيَقۡتُلُونَ
ٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَ
بِغَيۡرِ
ٱلۡحَقِّۚ
ذَٰلِكَ
بِمَا
عَصَواْ
وَّكَانُواْ
يَعۡتَدُونَ
٦١
And ˹remember˺ when you said, “O Moses! We cannot endure the same meal ˹every day˺. So ˹just˺ call upon your Lord on our behalf, He will bring forth for us some of what the earth produces of herbs, cucumbers, garlic, lentils, and onions.” Moses scolded ˹them˺, “Do you exchange what is better for what is worse? ˹You can˺ go down to any village and you will find what you have asked for.” They were stricken with disgrace and misery, and they invited the displeasure of Allah for rejecting Allah’s signs and unjustly killing the prophets. This is ˹a fair reward˺ for their disobedience and violations.
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A Siddiqui
5 years ago · Referencing Ayah 2:61
'A sense of entitlement is based on a person's belief that they deserve privileges or recognition for things that they did not earn. In simple terms, people with a sense of entitlement believe that the world owes them something in exchange for nothing.'
When I read the ayah noted below, the word 'entitlement' came to mind. It almost sounds like someone asking another person to place a take-out order for them at restaurant. As though the friend i...See more
When I read the ayah noted below, the word 'entitlement' came to mind. It almost sounds like someone asking another person to place a take-out order for them at restaurant. As though the friend i...See more
Ahmad Hayat
last year · Referencing Ayah 2:61
When you start letting go of faith. Even the food from Heaven loses its taste and pleasure. Prophet Musa (A.S) feels frustration when he sees his people asking for earthly vegetables over man-o-salwa...
Noorr Sahar
5 years ago · Referencing Ayah 2:61, 7:31, 69:24
We live in a world where food is abused as drugs.
Yesterday my mother was telling me that diabetic people can't eat many things such as rice,potatoes,juices, desserts etc.
I'm struggling these days on my irregular eating habit. I'm a food lover. It seems like putting a stone on my heart..
Eating beyond our need leads us to laziness in general and in salah. Furthermore, it is a poison for heart.
Urwah' reported :Aisha (May Allah be Pleased...See more
Yesterday my mother was telling me that diabetic people can't eat many things such as rice,potatoes,juices, desserts etc.
I'm struggling these days on my irregular eating habit. I'm a food lover. It seems like putting a stone on my heart..
Eating beyond our need leads us to laziness in general and in salah. Furthermore, it is a poison for heart.
Urwah' reported :Aisha (May Allah be Pleased...See more
Khansa Chemnad
last year · Referencing Ayah 2:61
Bani Israel is complaining for not having variety in food - foods that came from the heavens. They were ungrateful in so many ways, The verses prior to this Allah is listing out the favours he gave them. but inspite of so many favours - big and small, they were truly ungrateful.
While I was reading these verses, I wondered how many times have we sat down to look at all the favours Allah has given us, yet most times we choose to look at what we d...See more
While I was reading these verses, I wondered how many times have we sat down to look at all the favours Allah has given us, yet most times we choose to look at what we d...See more
Nuzhath Fatima
6 days ago · Referencing Ayah 2:61
Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh.
"This line in the ayah, 'ٱلَّذِى هُوَ أَدْنَىٰ بِٱلَّذِى هُوَ خَيْرٌ,' really struck a chord with me. It highlights how we often prioritize the immediate, fleeting benefits over what's truly better in the long run. We might choose a lucrative job over pursuing Quranic studies.
ٱلَّذِى هُوَ أَدْنَىٰ بِٱلَّذِى هُوَ خَيْرٌ or opt for extravagant weddings instead of simple, Sunnah-compliant celebrations. ...See more
"This line in the ayah, 'ٱلَّذِى هُوَ أَدْنَىٰ بِٱلَّذِى هُوَ خَيْرٌ,' really struck a chord with me. It highlights how we often prioritize the immediate, fleeting benefits over what's truly better in the long run. We might choose a lucrative job over pursuing Quranic studies.
ٱلَّذِى هُوَ أَدْنَىٰ بِٱلَّذِى هُوَ خَيْرٌ or opt for extravagant weddings instead of simple, Sunnah-compliant celebrations. ...See more
Tareq Abed
7 years ago · Referencing Ayah 2:61, 2:57
Compare his attitude with the companions of Rasool Allah saw who would travel in the desert heat for battles , eating leaves of trees when they run out of food, and would sometimes chew the date seed all die to satisfy their hunger and with that never complained or asked the Prophet SAW to ask Allah swt to send down blessings from the sky.
Umar Shariff
5 years ago · Referencing Ayah 2:61, 29:64
Life of this world is insignificant but still, you prefer it over the significant, permanent life of Aakhirah.
Let's not forget you laughed at your forefathers when they have preferred garlic, onion, lentils over the heavenly food.
وَإِذْ قُلْتُمْ يَـٰمُوسَىٰ لَن نَّصْبِرَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامٍ وَٰحِدٍ فَٱدْعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ يُخْرِجْ لَنَا مِمَّا تُنۢبِتُ ٱلْأَرْضُ مِنۢ بَقْلِهَا وَقِثَّآئِهَا وَفُومِهَا وَعَدَسِهَا وَبَصَلِهَا ۖ قَالَ أَتَسْتَبْدِل...See more
Let's not forget you laughed at your forefathers when they have preferred garlic, onion, lentils over the heavenly food.
وَإِذْ قُلْتُمْ يَـٰمُوسَىٰ لَن نَّصْبِرَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامٍ وَٰحِدٍ فَٱدْعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ يُخْرِجْ لَنَا مِمَّا تُنۢبِتُ ٱلْأَرْضُ مِنۢ بَقْلِهَا وَقِثَّآئِهَا وَفُومِهَا وَعَدَسِهَا وَبَصَلِهَا ۖ قَالَ أَتَسْتَبْدِل...See more
Tanzim Faruque Aditi (sister)
2 years ago · Referencing Ayah 2:59-73
Ayat 59-73
Ayat 59-73 Allah reminds the Israelites how they were not just ungrateful at the same time extremely disrespectful, and they had the audacity to mock Allah is so many ways, that again in the presence of a Prophet. They ridiculed Allah's orders, tried to humiliate Allah's messenger.
They received the blessings and rejected saying those were not good enough. Yet Allah granted what they wanted through His prophet.
Amidst all these in...See more
Ayat 59-73 Allah reminds the Israelites how they were not just ungrateful at the same time extremely disrespectful, and they had the audacity to mock Allah is so many ways, that again in the presence of a Prophet. They ridiculed Allah's orders, tried to humiliate Allah's messenger.
They received the blessings and rejected saying those were not good enough. Yet Allah granted what they wanted through His prophet.
Amidst all these in...See more
Rabi'a Brown
48 weeks ago · Referencing Surah 2
#Week1 #QuranicCalendar #Yaqeen #Certainty #Iman #Faith #Hajj #Tilawat #Recitation #Reverts #Arabic #Tafsir #Commentaries #QuranInAYear
One of our reflection prompts this week (Week One of Qur'an in a Year) is 'How do we believe in Allah SWT without seeing Him?'
As a recent revert (March 2022) who was coming from a position of near-atheism, I worried greatly for a while about how it would ever be possible to truly believe in God. But little b...See more
One of our reflection prompts this week (Week One of Qur'an in a Year) is 'How do we believe in Allah SWT without seeing Him?'
As a recent revert (March 2022) who was coming from a position of near-atheism, I worried greatly for a while about how it would ever be possible to truly believe in God. But little b...See more
Razia Zahra
2 years ago · Referencing Surah 2 and Ayah 1:5-6, 2:121-122
In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Especially Merciful,
I had read a few translations of the Qur’an several times during my teenage years. I was marvelled by the science of the Qur’an. Yet, I didn’t really contemplate about the Prophets peace be upon them all, the Day of Judgment and death. I believe I had not ‘experienced’ much about life and especially I had not suffered much loss during my youth.
Then one day, it was as though th...See more
I had read a few translations of the Qur’an several times during my teenage years. I was marvelled by the science of the Qur’an. Yet, I didn’t really contemplate about the Prophets peace be upon them all, the Day of Judgment and death. I believe I had not ‘experienced’ much about life and especially I had not suffered much loss during my youth.
Then one day, it was as though th...See more
He has revealed to you ˹O Prophet˺ the Book in truth, confirming what came before it, as He revealed the Torah and the Gospel
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
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