Today's Reflection (Ayah 47- Surah Al-Baqarah)


يَا Ψ¨ΩŽΩ†ΩΩŠ Ψ₯ΩΨ³Ω’Ψ±ΩŽΨ§Ψ¦ΩΩŠΩ„ΩŽ Ψ§Ψ°Ω’ΩƒΩΨ±ΩΩˆΨ§ Ω†ΩΨΉΩ’Ω…ΩŽΨͺِيَ Ψ§Ω„Ω‘ΩŽΨͺِي Ψ£ΩŽΩ†Ω’ΨΉΩŽΩ…Ω’Ψͺُ ΨΉΩŽΩ„ΩŽΩŠΩ’ΩƒΩΩ…Ω’ ΩˆΩŽΨ£ΩŽΩ†Ω‘ΩΩŠ ΩΩŽΨΆΩ‘ΩŽΩ„Ω’Ψͺُكُمْ ΨΉΩŽΩ„ΩŽΩ‰ Ψ§Ω„Ω’ΨΉΩŽΨ§Ω„ΩŽΩ…ΩΩŠΩ†ΩŽ

O Children of Israel, remember My favor that I have bestowed upon you and that I preferred you over the worlds (Quran 2:47)


We have already read a similar ayah before, and here also this ayah is specifically referred to Bani Israel. Allah asks the people of Bani Israel to recall the blessing he has bestowed upon them and he reminds them how he preferred them over the other nations. Here are some ways how Bani Israel were blessed:-


1. They were given the books in their own language. As we see that all the books that Allah had previously sent were sent to the people of Bani Israel in the language they can understand. 

2. Allah sent many prophets among them eg. Musa AS ,Isa AS, Yahya AS ,Ibrahim AS etc .

3. They witnessed many miracles by Allah.  Prophet Musa AS himself was blessed with many miracles to make his people believe,  Prophet Suleman AS had jinns under his control etc .

4. The people of Bani Israel were saved by Allah with miracles such as the splitting of the sea etc


All these points clearly show that they were more blessed than any other nation, at this point some may say that it is unfair with the others. But what we understand is that Allah is our creator He can do as He pleases. And when ever He does something there is always wisdom behind it which we do not understand. In the end we should all keep in mind even if we feel that someone is preferred over us , the highest in the ranks of Jannah will be the one who is most righteous.

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