ٌ ‫ض َو ََل ب ِّ ْك ٌر عَ َو‬
‫ان بَيْنَ َذلِّكَ َفا ْفع َ ُلوا َما‬
ُ ‫َقا ُلوا ا ْد‬
ٌ ‫ار‬
ِّ ‫ع َلنَا َربَّكَ يُبَي ِّ ْن َلنَا َما هِّيَ َقا َل إ ِّ َّنهُ يَ ُقو ُل إ ِّ َّنهَا بَ َق َرةٌ ََل َف‬
AlBaqarah
)68(
َ‫تُؤْ َم ُرون‬
Transliteration:
Qaloo odAAu lana rabbakayubayyin lana ma hiya qala innahu
yaqooluinnaha baqaratun la faridun walabikrun AAawanun bayna thalika
fafAAaloo matu/maroon
Elhoush:
They (Jews) said, "Pray your Lord to make clear to us what it is. He (Moses)
said, "Surely He (Allah) says, 'It is a cow which is neither old nor young, but
median between that,' so do what you are commanded."
َ‫سى إ ِ َّنا َل ْن َن ْد ُخ َلهَا َأبَ ًدا َما دَامُوا فِيهَا َف ْاذ َهبْ َأ ْنتَ َو َربُّكَ َف َقاتِ ََل إ ِ َّنا َها ُه َنا َقا ِعدُون‬
َ ‫َقا ُلوا يَا مُو‬
AlMa'idah
]24 :‫[المائدة‬
Transliteration:
Qaloo ya moosa innalan nadkhulaha abadan ma damoo feehafa-ithhab anta
warabbuka faqatila innahahuna qaAAidoon
Elhoush:
They (Jews) said, "O Moses, certainly we will not enter it, ever, as long as
they are in it; so go, you and your Lord, and fight you both. Indeed, we are, right
here, remaining."
Their question showed the shortage in the degree of faith that they had.
They did not say 'Pray for us our Lord. But they said: "pray your Lord", as if
HE is the Lord of Moses alone. And this way of speech have been repeated in
the words of the children of Israel several times. They even said as HE tells us
in the Qura'n:
The dialogue continued between them and Moses a long time, directing the
question to Moses who calls upon Allah Almighty and the answers kept
coming to Him from the Almighty God. Rather than implement it and end the
matter, they asked new questions. Invites Moses again and gets answered, and
the answer leads to a misplaced question from them. Then the Right Almighty
cuts on them the controversy and gives them the descriptions of a cow that
apply only to one specific cow. As if they stressed on themselves, so HE
stressed upon them.
We come to the questions of the children of Israel. Says God Almighty:
{They (Jews) said, "Pray your Lord to make clear to us what it is}. It is a
question which is out of meaning and place. Because the Almighty God said to
them, it is a cow. HE did not say, for example, it is an animal in generality. So
there was no place for the question. So the Right Almighty says to them: It is a
cow neither old nor young. then HE says:" but median between that", meaning
a compromise between all these descriptions. The Right after that rebukes
them saying: {so do what you are commanded}. It means Stop arguing and
carry out the command of Allah and Slay the cow. But they did not do and
therefore changed the wording of the question.