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The Clear Qur'anic Exegesis (29)

Muhammad Khayr Ramadan Yusuf

Surat Al Baqarah (72-73)


{ وَإِذْ قَتَلْتُمْ نَفْساً فَادَّارَأْتُمْ فِيهَا وَاللّهُ مُخْرِجٌ مَّا كُنتُمْ تَكْتُمُونَ } [البقرة: 72]

72- Remember the wisdom of slaughtering the cow, for you had killed a human being and you differed and disputed about the murdered, but Allah wanted to show up the truth you have concealed otherwise the killer would not have confessed.


{ فَقُلْنَا اضْرِبُوهُ بِبَعْضِهَا كَذَلِكَ يُحْيِي اللّهُ الْمَوْتَى وَيُرِيكُمْ آيَاتِهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ } [البقرة: 73]
73- We said: Hit the dead with a part of the slaughtered cow and the murdered will revive again and would say the name of his murderer. That was an example to the power of Allah to revive the dead and turn the bones to dust even if you do not understand the wisdom behind it. It was a practical lesson that you had seen in order to think and believe in Allah's Ability.