سُوْرَةُ الْفُرْقَانِ

Surah Al-Furqaan (25) — Ayah 35

The Criterion · Meccan · Juz 19 · Page 363

وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَى ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ وَجَعَلْنَا مَعَهُۥٓ أَخَاهُ هَـٰرُونَ وَزِيرًا ﴿35﴾
And indeed We gave Mûsâ (Moses) the Scripture [the Taurât (Torah)], and placed his brother Hârûn (Aaron) with him as a helper;
وَلَقَدْ walaqad And verily
ءَاتَيْنَا ātaynā We gave
مُوسَى mūsā Musa
ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ l-kitāba the Scripture
وَجَعَلْنَا wajaʿalnā and We appointed
مَعَهُۥٓ maʿahu with him
أَخَاهُ akhāhu his brother
هَـٰرُونَ hārūna Harun
وَزِيرًۭا wazīran (as) an assistant

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(Ayah 35) ➊ { وَ لَقَدْ اٰتَيْنَا مُوْسَى الْكِتٰبَ :} In these verses, Allah Almighty has mentioned the stories of five messengers and their nations, and the towns of the people of Lot, in a very concise manner. The purpose is to console the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) and to warn those who deny him of a bad end like that of the previous nations. Regarding the book that was given to Musa (peace be upon him) before being sent to Pharaoh, there are two opinions: one is that it was the Torah itself, and the book that was given to Musa (peace be upon him) on "Tur" after Pharaoh was drowned, in the form of tablets, was not the complete Torah, but a part of it. The second opinion is that the Torah was given to Musa (peace be upon him) on "Tur" after Pharaoh was drowned, and before that, the book that was given to Musa (peace be upon him) when he was sent to Pharaoh refers to those divine commands based on revelation which were other than the Torah, and these are also called "the Book of Allah," as the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said regarding the judgment about the laborer who committed adultery with the wife of the man for whom he was working. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: [ وَ الَّذِيْ نَفْسِيْ بِيَدِهِ لَأَقْضِيَنَّ بَيْنَكُمَا بِكِتَابِ اللّٰهِ ] "By Him in Whose hand is my soul! I will judge between you both according to the Book of Allah." Then the Prophet (peace be upon him) ordered one hundred lashes and one year of exile for the unmarried laborer, and stoning for the woman in case of confession. [ بخاري، الشروط، باب الشروط التي لا تحل في الحدود : ۲۷۲۴، ۲۷۲۵ ] According to this opinion, Pharaoh was drowned because he denied this Book of Allah, which was other than the Torah and which was sent to Musa (peace be upon him) in the form of divine speech.
{ وَ جَعَلْنَا مَعَهٗۤ اَخَاهُ هٰرُوْنَ وَزِيْرًا :} See Surah Ta-Ha (29 to 35). In this verse, there is also an indication that if a messenger really needs help, an angel is not sent to share his burden, as the disbelievers demand, but rather a man is sent.

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The exegesis of this verse has been done along with the previous verse.

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35. And We gave Moses the Book [46], and made his brother Aaron a helper for him.

[46] Here, "the Book" does not refer to the Torah, because the Torah was given to Hazrat Musa ؑ when he was summoned to Mount Sinai, at a time when the Children of Israel were residing in the wilderness of Tih. Rather, it refers to those divinely revealed instructions and commands that were given to him before the exodus from Egypt. Such divinely revealed guidance is, in technical terms, also called "wahy khafi" (hidden revelation) or Sunnah, and such commands can be referred to as the Book of Allah, as is evident from this verse. Acting upon such revelation or Sunnah is just as obligatory as acting upon "wahy jali" (clear revelation), "wahy matlu" (recited revelation), or the Book of Allah.