The Ranks (Al-Saffat)
Verses 114-122 GROUP_1174 37.114-122
114
وَلَقَدْ مَنَنَّا عَلَى مُوسَى وَهَارُونَ
We also bestowed Our favour on Moses and Aaron:
115
وَنَجَّيْنَاهُمَا وَقَوْمَهُمَا مِنَ الْكَرْبِ الْعَظِيمِ
We saved them and their people from great distress;
116
وَنَصَرْنَاهُمْ فَكَانُوا هُمُ الْغَالِبِينَ
and We helped them, so that they were victorious;
117
وَآتَيْنَاهُمَا الْكِتَابَ الْمُسْتَبِينَ
and We gave them the Book which helps to make things clear;
118
وَهَدَيْنَاهُمَا الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ
and guided them to the straight path;
119
وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِمَا فِي الْآخِرِينَ
and We left them thus to be succeeded by a group [of followers] among later generations:
120
سَلَامٌ عَلَى مُوسَى وَهَارُونَ
‘Peace be upon Moses and Aaron!’
121
إِنَّا كَذَلِكَ نَجْزِي الْمُحْسِنِينَ
This is how We reward those who do good:
122
إِنَّهُمَا مِنْ عِبَادِنَا الْمُؤْمِنِينَ
truly they were among Our faithful servants.
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Commentary
(a) God helped the Prophet Moses and his community and relieved them from the oppression of Pharaoh. This was made possible through the dawah work performed by Moses. He preached the truth before Pharaoh. After the completion of the tenure of his dawah mission came the time for Pharaoh to be pronounced guilty and to be destroyed; and for Moses and his community to be victorious and dominant. In this context, one of the meanings of ‘showing the straight path’ is that the right solution to the problem of Pharaoh was revealed to them. Though this was a problem faced at the community level, its solution nevertheless lay in communicating the divine message. So, the victory and supremacy which they achieved was the result of dawah efforts and was not due to any national struggle or rebellion against Pharaoh in the usual sense.