Moses returned to Mount Sinai with the seventy elders Israelites and there he communicated with Allah.
The elders heard Moses speaking with his Lord. (Allah spoke to Moses directly.) This was,
perhaps, the last miracle that they would see, and it was hoped that it would be sufficient enough
to convey the religion to their hearts forever. However, the seventy elite who heard the miracles
were dissatisfied.
They said to Moses:
“O Moses! We shall never believe in you till we see Allah plainly.” (Ch 2:35 Quran)
This was a tragedy that amazes one. It was a tragedy that indicated those who were hard-hearted
and who continued to hold onto sensual and material concerns. Their stubborn demand was
rewarded with punishing lightning bolts and a violent quaking that stupefied their souls and bodies
at once, leaving them dead.
Moses Prays for His People
Moses knew what had happened to the seventy elite and was filled with sorrow. He prayed to his
Lord, entreating Him to forgive them, for they were fools. Foolishness is only expiated by death.
Allah forgave the elders and revived them after their death.
Allah the Exalted declared:
“Moses chose out of his people seventy of the best men for Our appointed time and place of
meeting, and when they were seized with a violent earthquake,
he said: “O my Lord, if it had
been Your Will, You could have destroyed them and me before; would You destroy us for the
deeds of the foolish ones among us? It is only Your Trial by which You lead astray whom You
will, and keep guided whom You will. You are our Wali (Protector), so forgive us and have
Mercy on us, for You are the Best of Those who forgive. And ordain for us good in this world,
and in the Hereafter. Certainly we have turned unto You.”
He said (as to ) My Punishment I afflict therewith whom I will and My Mercy embraces all
things. That (Mercy) I shall ordain for those who are the Muttaqun and give Zakat; and those
who believe in our Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.); Those who
follow the Messenger, the Prophet who can neither read nor write (Muhammad) whom they find
written with them in the Torah and the Gospel, (Ch 7:155-157 Quran , Deut. 18:18; Psl.
118:22-23; Isa 42:1-13; Hab, 3:3-4, Matt 21:42-43, Jn 14:16-17, 26-28, 16:7-14)
he commands them for Al Ma’ruf (Islamic Monotheism and all that Islam has ordained); and forbids them
from Al Munkar (disbelief, polytheism, of all kinds, and all that Islam has forbidden); he allows
them as lawful At Tayyibat (all good and lawful) as regards things, deeds beliefs, persons, food,
etc. and prohibits them as unlawful Al Khabaith (all evil and unlawful as regards things, deeds,
beliefs, persons, food, etc.), he releases them from their heavy burdens (of Allah’s Covenant),
and from the fetters (bindings) that were upon them. So those who believe in him (Muhammad),
honor him, help him, and follow the light (the Quran) which has been sent down with him, it is
they who will be successful. (Ch 7:155-157 Quran)
The Story of Israelites and the Cow – The Pious Man and His Son
Moses (pbuh) stayed among his people calling them to Allah. It seems their souls were uneasy in a
way that the observant eye could not mistake. Their obstinacy and chattering about what has
become known as “The Story of the Cow” was unwarranted. This topic did not need so many
negotiations between Moses and the people, nor did it need all their bias.
It was said that among the children of Israel there lived a pious man. He was poor but very careful
about how he earned the living; it had to be honestly earned. Everything that he did was done for
the sake of Allah, never for selfish gain. On his deathbed his last words were: “O Allah, I place my
wife, my little son, and my only possession, a calf, in Your care.” Strangely, he asked his wife to
lead the calf to the forest and leave it there. He did this because he did not trust the children of
Israel, for they were a selfish and greedy folk.
After a few years when the boy had grown up, his mother told him: “Your father has left you a
calf in the trust of Allah. It must have grown into a cow by now.” The son was surprised. He did
not know of any calf all these years and asked his mother where it was. She replied: “Be like your
father and say: ‘I trust in Allah,’ then go look for it.”
With a rope in his hand, he went to the forest and prostrated himself before Allah: “O Allah, Lord
of Abraham and Jacob and Job, return to me my father’s trust. ” As he raised his head, he saw a
cow coming towards him. It stopped submissively beside him. He tied the rope around its neck
and led it to his house. The cow would not allow anyone else come near it except the young man.
The youth was as pious as his father. He earned his living by cutting wood. Whatever he earned
he divided into three equal portions; one he gave to his mother, one he used for his needs, and the
last he gave as charity. His nights, too, were divided into three parts; during the early part of the
night he helped his mother, the middle part he devoted to the worship of Allah, and during the last
part he rested.
The People Ask Questions About a Cow
About this a wealthy man died, leaving behind an only son, who inherited his father’s wealth. His
cousins envied his good fortune, and secretly killed him so that they could inherit it.
The dead boy’s other relatives came to the Prophet Moses (pbuh) and asked his help in tracing the
boy’s murderer. Moses instructed them to slaughter a cow, remove its tongue and place it on the
corpse. This would reveal the murderer, he told them. They accused Moses of joking.
He replied:
“Allah forbid that I be foolish!” They questioned him about the type of cow they should slaughter,
and he said: “This cow is neither young nor mature, but in between the two conditions, so do as
you have been commanded.”
Instead of following his direction, they asked him more questions. “What color must it be?”
He replied: “Verily, it is yellow in color.”
They still were not satisfied with his answer and asked for more details.
Moses replied: “It is an
unyoked cow; it does not plow the soil nor water the tilth, and is entirely without marks.”
Moses’ People Find the Right Cow
They went out in search of such a cow. The only one that matched the description was the one
owned by the orphaned youth. They met him on the way and asked the price for which he would
sell his cow.
He told them he would have to consult his mother first, so they accompanied him to
his house and offered her three gold coins. She refused their offer, saying that the cow was worth
much more.
They were on increasing their offer and the mother kept on refusing. Finally the urged the son to
speak to his mother to be reasonable.
He told them: “I will not sell the cow without my mother’s
approval, even if you offered me its skin filled with gold!” On hearing this,
his mother smiled and said:
“Let that be the price: its skin filled with gold.” They realized that no other cow would do;
they had to have it at any price.
They agreed to buy the cow and paid with its skin filled with gold.
The People are Asked to Slaughter a Cow – Quranic
Allah the Almighty narrated:
“And remember when Moses said to his people: “Verily, Allah commands you that you slaughter
a cow.”
They said: “Do you make fun of us?”
He said: “I take Allah’s Refuge from being among Al Jahileen (the ignorants or the foolish).”
They said: “Call upon your Lord for us that He may make plain to us what it is!”
He said: “He says, ‘Verily, it is a cow neither too old nor too young, but it is between the two
conditions, so do what you are commanded.”
They said; “Call upon your Lord for us to make plain to us its color.”
He said: “He says, ‘It is a yellow cow bright in its color, pleasing to the beholders.'”
They said: “Call upon your Lord for us to make plain to us what it is. Verily to us all cows are
alike, and surely, if Allah wills, we will be guided.”
He (Moses) said: “He says, ‘It is a cow neither trained to till the soil nor water the fields, sound,
having no other color except bright yellow.'”
They said: “Now you have brought the truth.” So they slaughtered it though they were near to not
doing it. And remember when you killed a man and fell into dispute among yourselves to the crime. But
Allah brought forth that which you were hiding.
So We said: “Strike him (the dead man) with a piece of it (the cow).” Thus Allah brings the dead to life and shows you His Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) so that you may understand.
Then after that your hearts were hardened and became as stone or even worse in hardness. And
indeed, there are stones out of which rivers gush forth, and indeed, there are of them stones
which fall down for fear of Allah. And Allah is not unaware of what you do. (Ch 2:67-74 Quran).
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