Surah al Baqarah

Ayahs 63 – 73

Ayah 63

And [recall] when We took your covenant, [O Children of Israel, to abide by the Torah]

and We raised over you the mount, [saying], "Take what We have given you

with determination and remember what is in it that perhaps you may become

righteous (develop taqwa)."

…with Strength

Qur’an

Hold it with

Strength

Take it with

Determination

Implement its

Teachings

Follow its

Commands

Continue to Refer

back to it

Taqwa

Consciousness &

Awareness of Allah

Become Conscious

of Your Deeds

Abstinence from Sins

from Difficulties

in this world

from Difficulties of Akhirah

What is Taqwa

Taqwa

Hold On to the Book

Guidance

Ibadah

Got Taqwa?

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AYAH 64

Then you turned away after that. And if not for the favor of Allah

upon you and His mercy, you would have been among the losers.

When we are in trouble, we make promises with Allah, Once we are out of it, we forget

The respite, the delay is a special mercy from Allah.

Its Allah’s Fadl that we are here in a gathering of knowledge

Our life should be spent with this book ن� ق�و �� ن ن� م ق� ن�� ن ن�

Lessons

AYAH 65And you had already known

about those who transgressed among you concerning the

Sabbath, and We said to them, "Be apes, despised."

SABBATH

Holy Day

No Work

Entire Day of Ibadah

Forbidden to Fish

Lessons

We shouldn’t prefer this World over Hereafter

We should not leave our Faraidh for some more work hours

We should trust Allah, that He will provide us

Elephant Man

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Rasool Allah(s.a.w)’s Warning

Do not do what the Jews did that they made the things that Allah made haramhalal upon themselves through trickery,

deceit.

Sabbath Elevator

Do we play around with the commands of Allah?

Ayah 66ن

And We made it a deterrent punishment for those who were

present and those who succeeded [them] and a lesson for those who

fear Allah.

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For Everyone

م=وCعظ=ة:

For Muttaqee

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Trickery & Deceit is forbidden

If someone disobeys Allah through his actions but in his speech he says that he is obeying Allah, he is

misguided

Intelligent is the one who takes the word of Allah as it is and does not misinterpret it.

Allah can make anyone a deterrent Example for Others

They changed Allah’s Commands, Allah changed their faces

Lessons

Ayah 67

And [recall] when Moses said to his people, "Indeed, Allah commands

you to slaughter a cow." They said, "Do you take us in ridicule?" He said, "I seek refuge in Allah from

being among the ignorant."

True knowledge is Action

When any command comes, we should submit

We should honor the commands of Allah, we should take them seriously

Beautiful Response of Musa, He didn’t argue back rather he sought refuge in Allah

Lessons

Ayah 68

They said, "Call upon your Lord to make clear to us what it is." [Moses] said, "[ Allah ] says, 'It is a cow which is neither old nor virgin, but median between that,' so do what you are

commanded."

Delaying Tactics are very obvious

An arrogant & carefree attitude towards Messenger, does not make him/his ways

(sunnah) less important

They made things difficult upon themselves, so Allah made it difficult

upon them.

Lessons

Ayah 69

They said, "Call upon your Lord to show us what is her color." He said, "He says, 'It

is a yellow cow, bright in color - pleasing to the

observers.' "

Ayah 70

They said, "Call upon your Lord to make clear to us what it is. Indeed,

[all] cows look alike to us. And indeed we, if Allah wills, will be

guided."

Do not make excuses, do not argue – if Allah has said so, then do it. sami’naa wa ata’naa.

A person should not delay in doing good

Importance of Insha’Allah

No Blames – No Excuses – Show results [M AlShareef]

Lessons

Ayah 71He said, "He says, 'It is a cow neither

trained to plow the earth nor to irrigate the field, one free from fault with no

spot upon her.' " They said, "Now you have come with the truth." So they

slaughtered her, but they could hardly do it.

Question

Relevant

Helps Improve Action

Irrelevant

Wastes Time

Do not ask questions that would make the simple Deen difficult.

Too many questions are not liked

Allah dislikes for you three things: 1)Qeel wa Qaal [He said, she said]2) Wasting wealth3) asking too many questions.

Lessons

Ayah 72

And [recall] when you slew a man and disputed over it, but

Allah was to bring out that which you were concealing.

Ayah 73

So, We said, "Strike the slain man with part of it." Thus does Allah bring the dead to life, and He shows you His signs that you

might reason.