سُوْرَةُ المَآئِدَةِ
Surah Al-Maaida (5) — Ayah 20
وَإِذْ قَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِقَوْمِهِۦ يَـٰقَوْمِ ٱذْكُرُوا۟ نِعْمَةَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ إِذْ جَعَلَ فِيكُمْ أَنۢبِيَآءَ وَجَعَلَكُم مُّلُوكًا وَءَاتَىٰكُم مَّا لَمْ يُؤْتِ أَحَدًا مِّنَ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ﴿20﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And (remember) when Mûsâ (Moses) said to his people: "O my people! Remember the Favour of Allâh to you when He made Prophets among you, made you kings and gave you what He had not given to any other among the ‘Âlamîn (mankind and jinn, in the past)."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَإِذْ
wa-idh
And when
قَالَ
qāla
said
مُوسَىٰ
mūsā
Musa
لِقَوْمِهِۦ
liqawmihi
to his people
يَـٰقَوْمِ
yāqawmi
O my people
ٱذْكُرُوا۟
udh'kurū
remember
نِعْمَةَ
niʿ'mata
(the) Favor
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
عَلَيْكُمْ
ʿalaykum
upon you
إِذْ
idh
when
جَعَلَ
jaʿala
He placed
فِيكُمْ
fīkum
among you
أَنۢبِيَآءَ
anbiyāa
Prophets
وَجَعَلَكُم
wajaʿalakum
and made you
مُّلُوكًۭا
mulūkan
kings
وَءَاتَىٰكُم
waātākum
and He gave you
مَّا
mā
what
لَمْ
lam
not
يُؤْتِ
yu'ti
He (had) given
أَحَدًۭا
aḥadan
(to) anyone
مِّنَ
mina
from
ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
l-ʿālamīna
the worlds
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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20. And (remember) when Moses said to his people, "O my people! Remember Allah’s favor upon you when He appointed prophets among you, made you kings, and gave you what He had not given to anyone else among the worlds. [51]"
[51]
The Prophets of Bani Israel Who Were Also Kings:
The Children of Israel were living a life of utter humiliation and slavery in Egypt. When Allah Almighty sent Sayyiduna Yusuf ؑ, He also granted him a great kingdom. He ruled over Egypt and the surrounding lands. During that time, the Children of Israel were able to live with honor, and both religious and worldly leadership was in their hands. However, later, due to their disobedience, that honor was taken away from them, until the time when Sayyiduna Musa ؑ was sent. At that time, despite being in the millions in Egypt, the Children of Israel were living under the rule of Pharaoh in a state of subjugation and extreme humiliation. When Musa ؑ came, he delivered the Children of Israel from the slavery of Pharaoh. In that era, these people of Bani Israel, who had a slave mentality, had become involved in calf-worship, imitating the ruling nation. The concept of worshipping the One God had vanished from their minds, and, what is worse, the love for the worship of the calf and that religion had taken such root in their hearts as should have been for Allah Almighty, or even more than that. Allah Almighty forgave them for this sin as well. Then among them, Sayyiduna Dawud ؑ and Sayyiduna Sulaiman ؑ were sent, whom Allah Almighty also granted kingship.
[51]
The Prophets of Bani Israel Who Were Also Kings:
The Children of Israel were living a life of utter humiliation and slavery in Egypt. When Allah Almighty sent Sayyiduna Yusuf ؑ, He also granted him a great kingdom. He ruled over Egypt and the surrounding lands. During that time, the Children of Israel were able to live with honor, and both religious and worldly leadership was in their hands. However, later, due to their disobedience, that honor was taken away from them, until the time when Sayyiduna Musa ؑ was sent. At that time, despite being in the millions in Egypt, the Children of Israel were living under the rule of Pharaoh in a state of subjugation and extreme humiliation. When Musa ؑ came, he delivered the Children of Israel from the slavery of Pharaoh. In that era, these people of Bani Israel, who had a slave mentality, had become involved in calf-worship, imitating the ruling nation. The concept of worshipping the One God had vanished from their minds, and, what is worse, the love for the worship of the calf and that religion had taken such root in their hearts as should have been for Allah Almighty, or even more than that. Allah Almighty forgave them for this sin as well. Then among them, Sayyiduna Dawud ؑ and Sayyiduna Sulaiman ؑ were sent, whom Allah Almighty also granted kingship.
