Commentary:
Allah is alluding in this noble verse to one of the samples of the sending of the prophets as against their contemporary despots for getting them out of the darkness and directing them to light. He says:
" And indeed We sent Moses with Our Signs (saying) : 'Bring forth your people from the darkness into the light ..."
Then, referring to one of the great missions of Moses (a.s.) , it remarks:
"... the and remind them of the days of Allah. the ..."
"The days of Allah" are all those days which stand prominent in the history of mankind.
Each day which marks the beginning of a new chapter and provides an instructive lesson for man and has witnessed the emergence or the uprising of a prophet or has witnessed the downfall of an unruly despot or pharaoh, is considered as "the day of Allah". In short, on every day when one witnesses that justice is being achieved and an injustice or any innovation has been wiped out, all such days are among the days of Allah.
A tradition quoted from Imam Baqir (a.s.) indicates that he remarked: "The days of Allah refer to: the day on which the
uprising of the promised Mahdi (a.s.) takes place, and to the day of Return to life, as well as the Resurrection day. " At the end of the verse the Qur'an remarks that: in these words and throughout all the days of Allah there are sings for each man and for every persevering, resisting and grateful individual. The verse says:
"... Verily there are signs in this for every patient, grateful (one) '. "
Therefore, the faithful people will neither lose their way when they are having a hard time so that they submit to the events, nor do they become arrogant and negligent during the days of victory and affluence. All they often do is that they constantly show their gratitude towards Allah.
Explanations:
1- Concentration on history leads to and paves the way for one's patience and gratitude. The remembrance of the catastrophes and of the past bitter events and their removal, makes man grateful and thankful, and once his attention is focused on the resistance of the nations and on their eventual victory, this invites man to patience and perseverance.
"... Verily there are signs in this for every patient, grateful (one) .
2- All days are the days of Allah (s.w.t.) , though the day of the glorification of Allah's power is a different matter. (The glorification of His Power is seen through His punishment over the pagans, and the glorification of His favor over the believers is regarded as the days of Allah) .
(6) وَ إِذْ قالَ مُوسى لِقَوْمِهِ اذْكُرُوا نِعْمَةَ اللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ إِذْ أَنْجاكُمْ مِنْ آلِ فِرْعَوْنَ يَسُومُونَكُمْ سُوءَ الْعَذابِ وَ يُذَبِّحُونَ أَبْناءَكُمْ وَ يَسْتَحْيُونَ نِساءَكُمْ وَ في ذلِكُمْ بَلاءٌ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ عَظيمٌ
6. " And (remember) when Moses said to his people: 'Remember Allah's favour to you when He delivered you from Pharaoh's people. They afflicted you with evil chastisement, slaughtering your sons, and sparing your women; and in this was a great trial from your Lord. "
Commentary:
He alludes to one of those Divine days, in this verse, and to those eventful and illuminated days which existed in the history of the Children of Israel, and the mentioning of which provides an appropriate admonition for the Muslims. The Qur'an, addressing them, implies that you should remember the time when Mousa told his own nation that they would remember Allah's blessings and favor at the time when He liberated you from the hands of the Pharaoh's people. Verily they were punishing you and inflicting the worst kind of chastisement on you, used to decapitate your sons before you and used to keep your wives alive for the sake of service to them. The verse says:
" And (remember) when Moses said to his people: 'Remember Allah's favour to you when He delivered you from Pharaoh's people. They afflicted you with evil chastisement, slaughtering your sons, and sparing your women; ..."
Such has been the case with every colonizing power throughout history that it has always sought to destroy and perish parts of the aggressive, active and resisting powers, or to render useless other sections of such powers, and finally, to weaken other segments so as to utilize them for the sake of and in line with their own interests. The verse continues saying:
"... and in this was a great trial from your Lord. "
Incidentally, such trial and test has not been the case only in connection with the Children of Israel, but it has also been the case with all the nations as well that the day of their liberation and independence from the hands of the despots, has been always remembered as the Divine days.
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