وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَى الْكِتَـبَ مِن بَعْدِ مَآ
أَهْلَكْنَا الْقُرُونَ الاٍّولَى بَصَآئِرَ لِلنَّاسِ وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةً
لَّعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ
أَهْلَكْنَا الْقُرُونَ الاٍّولَى بَصَآئِرَ لِلنَّاسِ وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةً
لَّعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ
(43. And indeed We gave Musa -- after We
had destroyed the generations of old -- the Scripture as an enlightenment for
mankind, and a guidance and a mercy, that they might remember.)
The Blessings which Allah bestowed upon Musa
Allah tells us about
the blessings which He gave His servant and Messenger Musa, the speaker, may the
best of peace and blessings from his Lord be upon him, He revealed the Tawrah to
him after He destroyed Fir`awn and his chiefs.
مِن بَعْدِ مَآ أَهْلَكْنَا الْقُرُونَ
الاٍّولَى
(after We had destroyed the generations of old) After the
revelation of the Tawrah, no nation would again be punished with an overwhelming
calamity; instead the believers were now commanded to fight the enemies of Allah
among the idolators, as Allah says:
وَجَآءَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَن قَبْلَهُ
وَالْمُؤْتَفِكَـتُ بِالْخَاطِئَةِ - فَعَصَوْاْ رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَهُمْ
أَخْذَةً رَّابِيَةً
(And Fir`awn, and those before him, and the cities
overthrown committed sin. And they disobeyed their Lord's Messenger, so He
seized them with a strong punishment) (69:9-10).
بَصَآئِرَ لِلنَّاسِ وَهُدًى
وَرَحْمَةً
(as an enlightenment for mankind, and a guidance and a
mercy,) guidance from blindness and error. A guidance to the truth and a mercy
means, to show the way towards doing righteous deeds.
لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ
(that they
might remember.) means, that the people might be reminded and guided by it.
