This is a brief reference—to complete the enumeration of blessings—to a lengthy story detailed in Surah Al-A'raf, Surah Ta-Ha, and others. It recounts Musa's journey to speak with Allah, during which a Samaritan took a handful of dust from the footprint of Jibril when he came to Musa and mixed it with a statue of a golden calf, which began to make the sound of lowing as if it were alive. The Children of Israel wrongfully worshipped it despite Har...
This ayah reminds me that A LOT can go wrong in a mere 40 days if we are not actively guarding our faith.
Major life changes can remove some of the protective guards that we had around our faith. Think of a student who goes away to college, a new mother who has just had a baby, a worker away on a long business trip, etc. In situations where our environment changes (for example, Musa (a) was not there to continously remind them, so their environm...
Today I watched the TV series for so long, from morning to Duhr time. I was feeling guilty, but I let the feeling go and was regretting it later that I had wasted my time and it's not going to work for me in akhirah, so....,i opened the Quran, and started reading from where I left [Surah Baqarah: 47]. Allah says, "O Bani Israel, remember My blessings on you," and I felt that Allah was saying this to me, "Eman, remember the blessings of your Lord...
What Is No Longer Held Reading Surah Al-Baqarah (2:51–52) through the Hadith
There are moments when something begins to slip— even when nothing outward has changed, and it is hardly noticed at first.
وَإِذْ وَٰعَدْنَا مُوسَىٰٓ أَرْبَعِينَ لَيْلَةًۭ “And [recall] when We appointed for Musa forty nights…” (2:51) A known absence. A fixed time—clear, defined. Nothing uncertain in what had been set.
Going though these verses and reflecting on how many times the children of Israel had to be reminded of the favours of God upon them struck something in me. Why would we have these written and so detailed in the Qur'an if not to serve as a reminder and warning for us too. I applied this to my life and thought about all the things that God has done for me that I've forgotten,all the times He saved me,all the times He ga...
These verses somehow insured me, who are sinful and worthless to the eyes of humans that no matter how bad my past and mistakes were, turn to Allah and ask for His forgiveness. Remember to not lose hope and always believe that everything happened for a reason. The mistakes you made then might be the reason which makes your faith stronger now.