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Qur'an 14:6
Verse's Information
SuraSura Ibrahim
Verse6
Juz'13
AboutReminding of Divine blessings and testing the people of Moses (a)
Related VersesQur'an 2:49 ● Qur'an 7:141


Qur'an 14:6 refers to the trial of Banu Isra'il and their rescue from Pharaoh's people. According to this verse, Moses (a) reminded his people of the oppression they had suffered under Pharaoh, whose people had inflicted terrible torment on them and slaughtered their sons, and took their daughters into captivity and slavery.[1]


According to Makarim Shirazi, the author of Tafsir-i nimuna, in Qur'an 14:5, God refers to the "Ayyam Allah" (Days of God), and in the following verse, He introduces the rescue of the people of Moses (a) as one of its instances,[2] because truth triumphed over falsehood on these days.[3] The content of verse 6 of Qur'an 14 is also repeated in Qur'an 2:49 and Qur'an 7:141, and this repetition indicates the importance of paying attention to and reminding oneself of Divine blessings.[4] According to Jawadi Amuli, the author of Tafsir Tasnim, Pharaoh imposed various punishments on the people of Moses (a), but the killing of their sons is singled out as a specific form of punishment.[5]

Some Shi'a exegetes believe that God saved Banu Isra'il by destroying the Pharaonic ideology and replacing it with a system of justice;[6] therefore, the rescue of the people of Moses (a) from Pharaoh's domination is considered one of the greatest blessings upon Banu Isra'il.[7] Allamah Tabataba'i, in Tafsir al-mizan, states that in this verse, God commands the Prophet (s) to recount the story of the deliverance of the people of Moses (a) in order to strengthen his faith in God.[8]

According to some exegetes, in this event, the people of Moses were tested in their patience in the face of Pharaoh's oppression and their gratitude for the blessing of deliverance,[9] and Pharaoh's people were tested through their power and domination.[10] Reminding oneself of Divine blessings is one of the most prominent manifestations of gratitude. One who knows that blessings come from God strives to attract His satisfaction so that the blessings are not taken away from him.[11]

Jawadi Amuli considers the role of freedom and independence as fundamental in the destiny of nations and regards it as a great blessing bestowed upon Banu Isra'il, because liberation from tyranny makes the acceptance of the doctrinal, ethical, and behavioral teachings of the Prophets (a) possible.[12] Makarim Shirazi believes that remembering times of hardship and the liberation that followed can help awaken nations,[13] and believes that this subject must remain in the minds of the people to prevent a return to the era of oppression.[14] According to Rida'i Isfahani, a Shi'a Quranic scholar, the Pharaohs used to eliminate key elements of society.[15]

Notes

  1. ↑ Riḍāʾī Iṣfahānī, Tafsīr-i Qurʾān-i Mihr, vol. 11, p. 37.
  2. ↑ Makārim Shīrāzī, Tafsīr-i namūna, vol. 10, p. 273; Qurashī, Tafsīr-i aḥsan al-ḥadīth, vol. 5, p. 278.
  3. ↑ Dihqān, Pursish-hā-yi iʿtiqādī, p. 82.
  4. ↑ Riḍāʾī Iṣfahānī, Tafsīr-i Qurʾān-i Mihr, vol. 11, p. 37.
  5. ↑ Jawādī Āmulī, "Tafsīr-i Sūra-yi Ibrāhīm, Jalasa-yi 8".
  6. ↑ Jawādī Āmulī, Tasnīm, vol. 4, p. 336.
  7. ↑ Makārim Shīrāzī, Tafsīr-i namūna, vol. 10, p. 277; Qarāʾatī, Tafsīr-i nūr, vol. 4, p. 388.
  8. ↑ Ṭabāṭabāʾī, al-Mīzān, vol. 12, p. 21.
  9. ↑ Ṣādiqī Tihrānī, al-Furqān, vol. 16, p. 22; Sabziwārī Najafī, al-Jadīd, vol. 4, p. 141; Shubbar, al-Jawhar al-thamīn, vol. 3, p. 347.
  10. ↑ Fakhr al-Rāzī, Mafātīḥ al-ghayb, vol. 19, p. 66.
  11. ↑ Mudarrisī, Min hudā al-Qurʾān, vol. 5, p. 381.
  12. ↑ Jawādī Āmulī, Tasnīm, vol. 4, p. 334.
  13. ↑ Makārim Shīrāzī, Tafsīr-i namūna, vol. 10, p. 276.
  14. ↑ Makārim Shīrāzī, Tafsīr-i namūna, vol. 10, p. 273.
  15. ↑ Riḍāʾī Iṣfahānī, Tafsīr-i Qurʾān-i Mihr, vol. 11, p. 39.

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