Recitation 203

أعوذ بالله من الشيطان الرجيم
بسم الله الرحمان الرحيم
ألسلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته
Dear Quran Lovers,
Let us continue to recite surah 2 Al-Baqoroh (synopsis of Islam).
أعوذ بالله من الشيطان الرجيم
(51) وَإِذْ وَعَدْنَا مُوسَى أَرْبَعِينَ لَيْلَةً ثُمَّ اُتَّخَذْتُمُ اُلْعِجْلَ مِنم بَعْدِهِى وَأَنتُمْ ظَلِمُونَ
وَإِذْ وَعَدْنَا مُوسَى = "Wa Idz Wa~ 'Add Na~ Mu~sa~",  "Wa" = And,  "Idz" = when, "Wa~'add" = made an appointment, "Na~" = We, "Mu~sa~" = Moses,
أَرْبَعِينَ لَيْلَةً ثُمَّ اُتَّخَذْتُمُ اُلْعِجْلَ مِنم بَعْدِهِى = "Arr-ba-'i~na Lai-(a Madd Lin/softness = 2 harakah) la-tanth~THum~mat-Ta-khodz Tu-mul-'Ijj-la Mi-m~Baa-di Hi~",  "Arr-ba-'i~na" = forty, "Lai-la-tan" = nights, "THum~ma" = then, "it-Ta-khodz" =  disputed, "Tum" all of you, "al-'Ijj-la" = the calf, "Min" = from,  "Baa-di" = after, "Hi~" = him,
وَأَنتُمْ ظَلِمُونَ = "Wa Ant~tum ZHo~li-mu~~n".  "Wa Ant~tum" = and all of you, "ZHo~li-mu~na" = you all are wrong doers.
"Wa Idz  Wa~ 'Add Na~ Mu~sa~ Arr-ba-'i~na Lai-la-tanth~THum~mat-Ta-khodz Tu-mul-'Ijj-la Mim~Baa-di Hi~ Wa Ant~tum ZHo~li-mu~~n". =  And (remember) when We/Allah appointed Moses forty nights. Then all of you, Children of Israel, disputed (and took) a Calf (to worship as your god) after he/Moses a.s. (left all of you) and all of you had done grievous wrong.
(In the Khozin's translation, he rh.a. narrated that the Ulama said that after Moses and his people were saved from Pharaoh and his men, and Pharaoh and his army were drowned, and they/Moses a.s. and his people had landed in Sinai, Allah promised Moses to give him a Scripture, Torah, as a guidance to the Children of Israel. Moses a.s. told his people that he was to go to get the Book of Allah and would go for forty nights. During his absence, his brother, Aaron a.s. would take over his place. Then he a.s. left for Mount Sinai.
 A man, named Samari (a hypocrite Jew, and a cow worshipper) heard  that Moses a.s. had left them, and He could see Archangel, Gabriel a.s. came riding on a horse to fetch Moses a.s. to Mount Sinai and he also saw the hoof prints of the Archangel's horse had certain unusual power. Any thing which touches against the hoof print would become alive. So Samari collected the prints and kept them.
While Prophet Moses a.s. was away, Samari took the opportunity to seduce the Children of Israel to betray Prophet Moses a.s., and that they would worship a cow. He had used several schemes to deceive the people. He called them to take off their jewelleries which they  borrowed from the Coptic Egyptians, which they had brought along with them when escaping from the Pharaoh, and that they were to give them to him for safe-keeping, and that he would bury them until Prophet Moses a.s. returned. It was for him/Moses a.s. to decide whether the Children of Israel could keep the jewelleries or not because the jewelleries were borrowed from the Egyptians. The people believed in what he said and they gave the jewelleries to him. He burried them in front of them. Later, he secretly dug out the jewelleries, melted them and with that gold, he made a statute of a calf/young cow and it took him three days to finish the job. Then he smeared the statue with the hoof prints of the Archangel Gabrial's a.s. horse until it became alive and could speak like a human. 
 Then Samari called to the Children of Israel and told them that the living golden calf was their god, saying, "This is your god and the god of Moses. Moses had forgotten where his god was, but he/the god is here. Go and find Moses and ask him to come back here". The Israelites went out and searched for Prophet Moses a.s. They counted a day and a night as two days. When twenty days had passed, and to they reckoning, it was forty days, the seach parties returned home. And they waited another day and a night, and saw that Prophet Moses did not return and they thought he a.s. had passed away. So they changed their religion into believing and worshipping a talking golden calf and made it  god.  All Children of Israel worshipped the speaking and alive golden calf, except Prophet Aaron a.s. and twelve thousand others who did not).
(52)ثُمَّ عَفَوْنَا عَنكُم مِّنم بَعْدِ ذَلِكَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ = "THum~ma 'A-faw Na~ 'Ank~Kum~Mim~Baa-di DZa~li-ka La-'al-la Kum Tasy-ku-ru~~n".  "THum~ma" = Then, " 'A-faw" =  forgive, "Na~" = We, " 'An" = with, to, "Kum" = all of you, "Min" = from, for, "Baa-di DZa~li-ka" = afterwards, "La-'al-la" = perhaps, so that,
"Kum" = all of you, "Tasy-ku-ru~na" = all of you give thanks.
"THum~ma 'A-faw Na~ 'Ank~Kum~Mim~Baa-di DZa~li-ka La-'al-la Kum Tasy-ku-ru~~n". = Then, even after that, We/Allah forgave all of you, so that all of you might give thanks.
(This is the third Niimat that Allah had given to the Children of Israel, Forgiving them for their wrongdoing in worshipping a live golden calf).
(53) (to be continued).
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Let us now continue to look into the Basic Islamic Rules:
  (2) Solat: (B) The Sunnah/optional In A Solat:
  (v) To Utter, "A~mi~~n". It is Sunnah to a person who perform solat, be he an Imam/leader or  Maamum/follower, or solat alone to utter, "A~mi~~n" or "A~~mi~~n" = Be it so!, after surah Al-Fatihah is recited and is uttered loudly in a solat where verses of the Quran is recited loudly, and softly when the verses are recited softly.
From Abu Huroiroh r.a. said, "When the Prophet s.a.w. recited (in a solat), "GHoiril-Magh-dhu~bi 'AlaiHim Wa Ladho~~~l~li~~n" then he s.a.w. would utter "A~mi~~n" which could be heard by the people in the front row". (narrated by Abu Daud and Ibnu Majah who said, "until it could be heard by the people in the front row (and they also uttered it) which caused the mosque be in an up-roar".
There are five more Hadith to the same effect.
It is Sunnah to utter the Amin together with the Imam. And it must not be before the Imam nor after the Imam utters the Amin. From Abu Huroiroh r.a. who said, "The Prophet s.a.w. said, "When the Imam recites "Ghoiril-Magh-dhu~bi 'Alai Him Wa Ladh-dho~~~l~li~~n," say, "A~mi~n", because those who utter the Amin at the same time with the Angels (who also utter "Amin"), their sins will be pardoned". (narrated by Bukhari). And there is another Hadith from Abu Hurairoh r.a. and narrated by Ahmad, Abu Daud and An-Nasa-i to the same effect.
 (vi) To Recite Verses Of the Quran After the Fatihah: (to be continued).
Until we meet again in the next session, see you all Quran Lovers later.
والسلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته
Abdul Hamid Mohd Yusof.