سُوْرَةُ الصَّفِّ
Surah As-Saff (61) — Ayah 5
وَإِذْ قَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِقَوْمِهِۦ يَـٰقَوْمِ لِمَ تُؤْذُونَنِى وَقَد تَّعْلَمُونَ أَنِّى رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ إِلَيْكُمْ ۖ فَلَمَّا زَاغُوٓا۟ أَزَاغَ ٱللَّهُ قُلُوبَهُمْ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ لَا يَهْدِى ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلْفَـٰسِقِينَ ﴿5﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And (remember) when Mûsâ (Moses) said to his people: "O my people! Why do you annoy me while you know certainly that I am the Messenger of Allâh to you? So when they turned away (from the Path of Allâh), Allâh turned their hearts away (from the Right Path). And Allâh guides not the people who are Fâsiqûn (the rebellious, the disobedient to Allâh).
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
لِمَ
lima
Why
تُؤْذُونَنِى
tu'dhūnanī
do you hurt me
وَقَد
waqad
while certainly
تَّعْلَمُونَ
taʿlamūna
you know
أَنِّى
annī
that I am
رَسُولُ
rasūlu
(the) Messenger
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
إِلَيْكُمْ ۖ
ilaykum
to you
فَلَمَّا
falammā
Then when
زَاغُوٓا۟
zāghū
they deviated
أَزَاغَ
azāgha
(was caused to) deviate
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
(by) Allah
قُلُوبَهُمْ ۚ
qulūbahum
their hearts
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
And Allah
لَا
lā
(does) not
يَهْدِى
yahdī
guide
ٱلْقَوْمَ
l-qawma
the people
ٱلْفَـٰسِقِينَ
l-fāsiqīna
the defiantly disobedient
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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5. And (remember) when Musa said to his people: "O my people! Why do you hurt [4] me when you know that I am indeed Allah's Messenger sent to you?" Then when they deviated [5], Allah caused their hearts to deviate, and Allah does not guide the defiantly disobedient people.
[4]
The Children of Israel Causing Distress to Their Prophet, Sayyiduna Musa:
All the prophets have always suffered pain and hardships from their opponents and enemies, and what is even more regrettable is when their own people begin to cause them distress. In this regard, the way the people of Sayyiduna Musaؑ troubled and hurt him, perhaps no other nation has done so. Even though they knew well, rather were certain, that he was a messenger sent by Allah. When Sayyiduna Musaؑ, according to Allah’s command, ordered them to slaughter a cow, they troubled him with all sorts of unnecessary arguments and questions. When they were saved from Pharaoh and had just set out, upon seeing a nation worshipping idols, they said: “Musa! Make for us an idol like they have, so that we may worship it.” In the wilderness of Tih, when they were receiving manna and quails without any effort, they said: “Musa! We are tired of eating this food and have had enough. Now we want to eat vegetables and lentils.” When Sayyiduna Musaؑ went to Mount Tur to receive the Torah, they later made a calf and began to worship it, saying that Musaؑ had gone to Tur by mistake. “Our and his deity is this (calf); what did he go there for?” When Sayyiduna Musaؑ brought the Book of Torah, they said: “How do we know that this is really a book revealed from Allah? We will not accept this book until we see Allah clearly.” When Sayyiduna Musaؑ told them to wage jihad in the land of Sham, they said: “Musa! There are very powerful people living there; how can we fight them? If jihad is so necessary, then you and your Lord go and fight them; we will stay right here.” Troubled by such words from his people, Sayyiduna Musaؑ prayed to Allah: “My Lord! I have power only over myself and my brother, so separate us from this disobedient people.” [5: 25]
The prophets have always prayed like this against their enemy nations, but perhaps no prophet has ever prayed like this regarding his own people.
[5] By repeatedly disrespecting and hurting their prophet, their nature became so crooked that they were never ready to accept any command like true believers. Rather, they would find faults in it and interpret it in a twisted way. Then, when they chose the path of deviation, Allah also set them upon that path, because it is not Allah’s way to forcibly put those who choose a crooked path onto the straight path. For if He did so, the very purpose of human trial in this world would be nullified.
[4]
The Children of Israel Causing Distress to Their Prophet, Sayyiduna Musa:
All the prophets have always suffered pain and hardships from their opponents and enemies, and what is even more regrettable is when their own people begin to cause them distress. In this regard, the way the people of Sayyiduna Musaؑ troubled and hurt him, perhaps no other nation has done so. Even though they knew well, rather were certain, that he was a messenger sent by Allah. When Sayyiduna Musaؑ, according to Allah’s command, ordered them to slaughter a cow, they troubled him with all sorts of unnecessary arguments and questions. When they were saved from Pharaoh and had just set out, upon seeing a nation worshipping idols, they said: “Musa! Make for us an idol like they have, so that we may worship it.” In the wilderness of Tih, when they were receiving manna and quails without any effort, they said: “Musa! We are tired of eating this food and have had enough. Now we want to eat vegetables and lentils.” When Sayyiduna Musaؑ went to Mount Tur to receive the Torah, they later made a calf and began to worship it, saying that Musaؑ had gone to Tur by mistake. “Our and his deity is this (calf); what did he go there for?” When Sayyiduna Musaؑ brought the Book of Torah, they said: “How do we know that this is really a book revealed from Allah? We will not accept this book until we see Allah clearly.” When Sayyiduna Musaؑ told them to wage jihad in the land of Sham, they said: “Musa! There are very powerful people living there; how can we fight them? If jihad is so necessary, then you and your Lord go and fight them; we will stay right here.” Troubled by such words from his people, Sayyiduna Musaؑ prayed to Allah: “My Lord! I have power only over myself and my brother, so separate us from this disobedient people.” [5: 25]
The prophets have always prayed like this against their enemy nations, but perhaps no prophet has ever prayed like this regarding his own people.
[5] By repeatedly disrespecting and hurting their prophet, their nature became so crooked that they were never ready to accept any command like true believers. Rather, they would find faults in it and interpret it in a twisted way. Then, when they chose the path of deviation, Allah also set them upon that path, because it is not Allah’s way to forcibly put those who choose a crooked path onto the straight path. For if He did so, the very purpose of human trial in this world would be nullified.
