“Then they found one of Our servants unto whom We had given mercy from Us...

“Then they found one of Our servants unto whom We had given mercy from Us, and We had taught him knowledge from Our presence.” In view of the fact that the subject was as a sign for Moses (as) in connection with finding that great-learned man, Moses said: “He (Moses) said: ‘That was what we were seeking for!’ So they returned, retracing their footsteps.” When Moses and his attendant returned to the first place they had started their way, i.e.

beside the rock and near ‘the Junction of the Seas’, suddenly they found one of Allah’s servants to whom He had bestowed His mercy and whom He had taught a considerable amount of knowledge. The verse says: “Then they found one of Our servants unto whom We had given mercy from Us, and We had taught him knowledge from Our presence.” The application of the word /wajada/, in the verse, shows that they had been seeking after the knowledgeable man, and finally they found him.

And the Qur’anic phrase /‘abdan min ‘ibadina/ (one of Our servants) indicates that the highest honour of a man is that he would be a true servant of Allah, and this very rank of servitude causes man to…