Moses in his prayer asked God to destroy their possessions...
Moses in his prayer asked God to destroy their possessions in such a way that instead of being the object of desire and pleasure for them, they become the object of disgust and detestation. Moses and his brother, also asked their Lord, to harden the hearts of Pharaoh and his chiefs.
They prayed their hearts which was [ 118 ] supposed to be the seat of affection and Mercy and the seat of joy and hope to become a seat for sorrow and regret and a seat of grief and despair; and this is exactly the fruit of unbelief when it serves to harden the heart of man. The owners of such a hardened heart will believe not until they taste a painful punishment to wake them up!
وَجَاوَزْنَا بِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ الْبَحْرَ فَأَتْبَعَهُمْ فِرْعَوْنُ وَجُنُودُهُ بَغْياً وَعَدْواً حَتَّى إِذَا أَدْرَكَهُ الْغَرَقُ قَالَ آمَنْتُ أَنَّهُ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ الَّذِي آمَنَتْ بِهِ بَنُوا إِسْرَائِيلَ وَأَنَا مِنْ الْمُسْلِمِينَ(( 90 )) 90- AND WE PASSED THE ISRAELITES OVER THE SEA. THEN PHARAOH AND HIS HOSTS PURSUED THEM WITH INSOLENCE AND ENMITY, UNTIL WHEN DROWNING OVERTOOK HIM.
HE SAID; I BELIEVE THAT THERE IS NO GOD EXCEPT HE IN WHOM THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL BELIEVE, AND I AM OF THOSE WHO HAVE SUBMITTED. (TO ALLAH, AND ARE MUSLIMS) أَالاْنَ وَقَدْ عَصَيْتَ قَبْلُ وَكُنْتَ مِنْ الْمُفْسِدِينَ(( 91 )) 91- NOW!? AND YOU HAVE REBELLED BEFORE AND WERE OF THE CORRUPTORS.
فَالْيَوْمَ نُنَجِّيكَ بِبَدَنِكَ لِتَكُونَ لِمَنْ خَلْفَكَ آيَةً وَإِنَّ كَثِيراً مِّنْ النَّاسِ عَنْ آيَاتِنَا لَغَافِلُونَ(( 92 )) 92- SO, TO-DAY WE SHALL SAVE YOUR (DEAD) BODY (FROM THE SEA), SO AS TO BE A SIGN FOR THOSE WHO COME AFTER YOU, THOUGH, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE HEEDLESS TO OUR SIGNS.
[ 119 ] وَلَقَدْ بَوَّأْنَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مُبَوَّأَ صِدْق وَرَزَقْنَاهُمْ مِنْ الطَّيِّبَاتِ فَمَا اخْتَلَفُوا حَتَّى جَاءَهُمْ الْعِلْمُ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ يَقْضِي بَيْنَهُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فِيمَا كَانُوا فِيهِ يَخْتَلِفُونَ(( 93 )) 93- AND WE SETTLED THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL IN A RIGHT SETTLEMENT, AND GAVE THEM SUSTENANCE OF CLEAN THINGS. THEY DIFFERED NOT UNTIL KNOWLEDGE CAME TO THEM. VERILY YOUR LORD WILL JUDGE BETWEEN THEM IN THE RESURRECTION DAY CONCERNING THEIR DIFFERENCES.
THE COMMENTARY THE FINAL STAGE OF THE COMBAT (VERSE NO.
✦ ✦ ✦