Surah 33. Al-Ahzab, Ayah 69
| يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تَكُونُوا كَالَّذِينَ آذَوْا مُوسَىٰ فَبَرَّأَهُ اللَّهُ مِمَّا قَالُوا ۚ وَكَانَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ وَجِيهًا |
| Transliteration | : | yaa 'ayyuhaa 'alladhena 'aamano laa takono ka- 'alladhena 'aadhaw mosaa fa- barra'a -hu 'allaah min maa qaalo wa- kaana cinda 'allaah wajeh(an) |
| Pickthall | : | O ye who believe! Be not as those who slandered Moses, but Allah proved his innocence of that which they alleged, and he was well esteemed in Allah's sight. |
| Asad | : | O YOU who have attained to faith! Be not like those [children of Israel] who gave offence to Moses, and [remember that] God showed him to be innocent of whatever they alleged [against him or demanded of him j:85 for of great honour was he in the sight of God. |
| Malik | : | O believers! Be not like those who slandered Musa, but Allah cleared him of what they said - for he was honorable in the sight of Allah. |
| Yusuf Ali | : | O ye who believe! be ye not like those who vexed and insulted Moses but Allah cleared him of the (calumnies) they had uttered: and he was honorable in Allah's sight. 3774 |
Note - 85This is an allusion to the aspersions occasionally cast
upon Moses by some of his followers and mentioned in the
Oid Testament (e.g., Numbers xii, 1-13), as well as to
the blasphemous demands of which the Qur'an speaks -
e.g., "O Moses, indeed we shall not believe thee until we
see God face to face" (2:55) or, "Go forth, thou and
thy Sustainer, and fight, both of you!" (5:24). These
instances are paralleled here with the frequently cited
accusations that Muhammad had "invented" the Qur'an and
then falsely attributed it to God, that he was a madman,
and so forth, as well as with frivolous demands to prove
his prophethood by bringing about miracles or - as is
re-stated in verse {63} of this surah - by predicting the
date of the Last Hour.
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Note - 3774The people of Moses often vexed him and rebelled against
him and against God's Law. Here the reference seems to be
to Num. xii. 1-13. It is there said that Moses's own
sister Miriam and his brother Aaron spoke against Moses
because Moses had married an Ethiopian woman. God cleared
Moses of the charge of having done anything wrong: "My
servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all mine
house." Miriam was afflicted with leprosy for seven days
as a punishment, after which she was forgiven, as also
was Aaron. This is the Old Testament story. The holy
Prophet was also attacked because of his marriage with
Zainab bint Jahsh, but not by his own circle, his motives
were of the highest and were completely vindicated as we
have seen above.
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This is an allusion to the aspersions occasionally cast upon Moses by some of his followers and mentioned in the Oid Testament (e.g., Numbers xii, 1-13), as well as to the blasphemous demands of which the Qur'an speaks - e.g., "O Moses, indeed we shall not believe thee until we see God face to face" (2:55) or, "Go forth, thou and thy Sustainer, and fight, both of you!" (5:24). These instances are paralleled here with the frequently cited accusations that Muhammad had "invented" the Qur'an and then falsely attributed it to God, that he was a madman, and so forth, as well as with frivolous demands to prove his prophethood by bringing about miracles or - as is re-stated in verse {63} of this surah - by predicting the date of the Last Hour. |
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The people of Moses often vexed him and rebelled against him and against God's Law. Here the reference seems to be to Num. xii. 1-13. It is there said that Moses's own sister Miriam and his brother Aaron spoke against Moses because Moses had married an Ethiopian woman. God cleared Moses of the charge of having done anything wrong: "My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all mine house." Miriam was afflicted with leprosy for seven days as a punishment, after which she was forgiven, as also was Aaron. This is the Old Testament story. The holy Prophet was also attacked because of his marriage with Zainab bint Jahsh, but not by his own circle, his motives were of the highest and were completely vindicated as we have seen above. |
