THE CONSIDERED REQUESTS OF MOSES VERSE NO.24ِ36

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Verses 37-41Verses 24-36

      At last Moses was chosen a prophet by his Lord, Allah, (YAHOVAH), and was spiritually prepared to attend his commission, but he knew enough of Pharaoh, and that how unrestrained and immoderate the tyrant was. He therefore prayed to our Lord for some means of confronting with the dictator of Egypt. First of all he prayed to Allah to grant him more spiritual insight, by the expansion of his breast, which we may take it as a broad mind. He asked for God's help in removing the hardship and difficulties of his mission and tasks.

      He also asked for the power of eloquence and the removal of any impediment from his speech.

      Some commentators have narrated that the tongue of Moses had been burned when he was a child, and the verse (NO.27) has been sent down to this effect that:ِ

      ``My Lord! Loosen the knot from my tongue.''

      But the next verse (NO.28), implies that he has prayed for eloquence, so as to be able to express his feelings, or what was inspired to him with a more moving force and fluency:ِ

      ``That they may easily understand what I say to them.''

      In the next verse (NO.29) Moses prays to his Lord to assign his brother, Aaron, as his VAZIR, or a minister by our translation. The Arabic, ``VAZIR'' is taken from the root word, ``VEZR'' which means a heavy load. We have translated it to, ``MINISTER'' who usually carries a part of the heavy loads of his sovereign, or the executive head of a government. He helps and does things needful and helpful.

      Minister is also a religious title denoting one who is duly authorized to conduct Christian worship, preach the Gospel, or administer the sacraments. So Moses asked for his brother's Ministry to back him up, and to increase his power saying:ِ

      ``Strengthen my back with him.''

      Besides the spiritual help that Aaron could afford, Man's physical strength mostly lies in his backbone by which he can stand up firmly.

      There are many useful lessons that we may take from the above discussed verses, some of which are as undermentioned:ِ

      Without any doubt, Pharaoh had many faults and weak points, such as having no faith in God, being an idolater, ruling as a very cruel tyrant, and a selfish dictator. Among all these evil qualifications, Qurän puts a finger on his rebellion, that he renounced and resisted obstinately the authority of his Creator by uprising against all the natural rules and regulations that were contrary to his wishes, fancies, and caprices. The challenge of Moses and all the righteous men throughout the history have been against such kinds of rebels.

      For every task, there must be a prepared programme, and also the necessary means and equipments should be provided. Even the prophets, in spite of having so much supernatural power, used the ordinary and natural means and ways of reaching their aims. In other word, the primeval Muslims would not sit down hand on hand, and out of work, waiting for things to come down to them in a basket from the skies and miraculously. They were always up and doing, and meanwhile had their trusts on God.

      Here Moses has declared his final goal to be celebrating the praise of God:ِ

      ``That we may glorify you much, and that we may remember you much.''

      Moses meant to show his gratitude and thankfulness to God, by remembering Him and celebrating His praise, because all his prayers were answered, and all his requests were granted him.

 

 

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