Tafsir ibn kathir: Allah said, `O Children of Israel! Remember how I blessed you with miracle of the cow that was the means for discovering the identity of the murderer, when the murdered man was brought back to life.'
Ibn Abi Hatim recorded `Ubaydah As-Salmani saying, "There was a man from among the Children of Israel who was impotent. He had substantial wealth, and only a nephew who would inherit from him. So his nephew killed him and moved his body at night, placing it at the doorstep of a certain man. The next morning, the nephew cried out for revenge, and the people took up their weapons and almost fought each other. The wise men among them said, `Why would you kill each other, while the Messenger of Allah is still among you' So they went to Musa and mentioned the matter to him and Musa said
(ch 2:67-74).When Musa said to his people, .Allah commands you to slaughter a cow., they said, .Are you making fun of us?. He said, .I seek refuge with Allah from being one of the ignorant.
68. They said, .Pray for us to your Lord that He makes it clear to us what sort (of cow) should she be.. He said, .He says she should be a cow neither too old, nor too young - of some middle age in between. Now, do what you are being asked to do.
69. They said, .Pray for us to your Lord that He makes it clear to us of what colour it should be.. He said: .He says that she should be a yellow cow, rich yellow in her colour that should please the onlookers.
70. They said, .Pray for us to your Lord that He makes it clear to us of what sort should she be, for this cow has made us confused and, if Allah wills, We shall certainly take the right course.
71. He said, .He says that it should be a cow which is not tractable for tilling the soil or in watering the fields, (and it should be) sound and without blemish.. They said, .Now, you have come up with the right description.. Then they slaughtered her, although it appeared that they would not do it.
72. And when you killed a man, and started putting the blame for it on one another, while Allah was to bring forth what ye did hide
73. So, We said, .Strike him with a part of it (the cow),"Thus Allah bringeth the dead to life and He shows you His signs, so that you may understand.
Tafsir, Al-`Awfi said that Ibn `Abbas said, "When the dead man was struck with a part of the cow, he stood up and became more alive than he ever was. He was asked, `Who killed you' He said, `My nephews killed me.' He then died again. His nephews said, after Allah took his life away, `By Allah! We did not kill him' and denied the truth while they knew it. Allah said,
74.When, even after that, your hearts were hardened, as if they were rocks, or still worse in hardness. For surely among the rocks there are some from which rivers gush forth, and there are others that crack open and water flows from them, and there are still others that fall down in fear of Allah. And Allah is not unaware of what you do.
Ibn Abi Hatim recorded `Ubaydah As-Salmani saying, "There was a man from among the Children of Israel who was impotent. He had substantial wealth, and only a nephew who would inherit from him. So his nephew killed him and moved his body at night, placing it at the doorstep of a certain man. The next morning, the nephew cried out for revenge, and the people took up their weapons and almost fought each other. The wise men among them said, `Why would you kill each other, while the Messenger of Allah is still among you' So they went to Musa and mentioned the matter to him and Musa said
(ch 2:67-74).When Musa said to his people, .Allah commands you to slaughter a cow., they said, .Are you making fun of us?. He said, .I seek refuge with Allah from being one of the ignorant.
68. They said, .Pray for us to your Lord that He makes it clear to us what sort (of cow) should she be.. He said, .He says she should be a cow neither too old, nor too young - of some middle age in between. Now, do what you are being asked to do.
69. They said, .Pray for us to your Lord that He makes it clear to us of what colour it should be.. He said: .He says that she should be a yellow cow, rich yellow in her colour that should please the onlookers.
70. They said, .Pray for us to your Lord that He makes it clear to us of what sort should she be, for this cow has made us confused and, if Allah wills, We shall certainly take the right course.
71. He said, .He says that it should be a cow which is not tractable for tilling the soil or in watering the fields, (and it should be) sound and without blemish.. They said, .Now, you have come up with the right description.. Then they slaughtered her, although it appeared that they would not do it.
72. And when you killed a man, and started putting the blame for it on one another, while Allah was to bring forth what ye did hide
73. So, We said, .Strike him with a part of it (the cow),"Thus Allah bringeth the dead to life and He shows you His signs, so that you may understand.
Tafsir, Al-`Awfi said that Ibn `Abbas said, "When the dead man was struck with a part of the cow, he stood up and became more alive than he ever was. He was asked, `Who killed you' He said, `My nephews killed me.' He then died again. His nephews said, after Allah took his life away, `By Allah! We did not kill him' and denied the truth while they knew it. Allah said,
74.When, even after that, your hearts were hardened, as if they were rocks, or still worse in hardness. For surely among the rocks there are some from which rivers gush forth, and there are others that crack open and water flows from them, and there are still others that fall down in fear of Allah. And Allah is not unaware of what you do.
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