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The Clear Qur'anic Exegesis (24)

Muhammad Khayr Ramadan Yusuf

Surat Al Baqarah (63)

{ وَإِذْ أَخَذْنَا مِيثَاقَكُمْ وَرَفَعْنَا فَوْقَكُمُ الطُّورَ خُذُواْ مَا آتَيْنَاكُم بِقُوَّةٍ وَاذْكُرُواْ مَا فِيهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ } [البقرة: 63]
63- O Children of Israel, remember the covenants and promises you have made in order to follow the messengers of Allah and to act upon the Torah in general. We have raised the mountain above your heads until it became like a shade and said to you: Take the Torah that had been revealed to you and act according to its rulings firmly, for there is no appeasement or compliment in terms of religion and belief.


Remember the articles that have been mentioned in those covenants or in the Torah that was revealed to you so that you should not neglect it and to make it the constitution of your manners and ethics, or perhaps you may change your situation and rescue yourselves of the punishment.


When they saw the mountain above their heads, they knew that it was a miracle that amazed the minds and caused the deniers and those who have doubts to believe. They knew that it was the truth from their Lord, so they recognized and admitted the truthfulness of their Prophet, repented, and gave homage to protect and act upon the Torah.