Surat Al Ma'idah (21-30)

{يَا قَوْمِ ادْخُلُوا الأَرْضَ المُقَدَّسَةَ الَّتِي كَتَبَ اللّهُ لَكُمْ وَلاَ تَرْتَدُّوا عَلَى أَدْبَارِكُمْ فَتَنقَلِبُوا خَاسِرِينَ} [المائدة :  21]

21- And Moses (peace be upon him) told them:  Enter the Sacred Land — Jericho or Jerusalem— which He destined for you in that time. It was in their hands in the time of Jacob (peace be upon him) then it was possessed by the Amalekites:  the remnant of the people of `Ad. Do not be coward to fight nor to retreat for fear of the tyrants because you will go back as losers.

{قَالُوا يَا مُوسَى إِنَّ فِيهَا قَوْماً جَبَّارِينَ وَإِنَّا لَن نَّدْخُلَهَا حَتَّىَ يَخْرُجُواْ مِنْهَا فَإِن يَخْرُجُواْ مِنْهَا فَإِنَّا دَاخِلُونَ} [المائدة :  22]

22- The Children of Israel said:  O Moses, its people are powerful and tyrant because of their height and body-building, moreover we cannot resist them and we shall not enter this Holy Land as long as they are there. We cannot get them out, but if they come out, we shall enter .

{قَالَ رَجُلاَنِ مِنَ الَّذِينَ يَخَافُونَ أَنْعَمَ اللّهُ عَلَيْهِمَا ادْخُلُواْ عَلَيْهِمُ الْبَابَ فَإِذَا دَخَلْتُمُوهُ فَإِنَّكُمْ غَالِبُونَ وَعَلَى اللّهِ فَتَوَكَّلُواْ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ} [المائدة :  23]

23- Two believing men, who were of high prestige, fear Allah, and do not fear enemies upon whom Allah granted faith, courage, and firmness said:  enter their city gate, surprise them, and do not give them time. If you enter the gate, put your trust in Allah, follow His Commands, and attack them, He shall aid you and provide you with victory .

{قَالُواْ يَا مُوسَى إِنَّا لَن نَّدْخُلَهَا أَبَداً مَّا دَامُواْ فِيهَا فَاذْهَبْ أَنتَ وَرَبُّكَ فَقَاتِلا إِنَّا هَاهُنَا قَاعِدُونَ} [المائدة :  24]

24- They said carelessly, insisting to stop the people from Jihad and disobeying the Messenger:  O Moses, we shall never enter this land as long as the tyrants are there. They said in humiliation and bad-manner with Allah and His Messenger:  Go with your Lord and fight because we will stay here and we are not going to enter it

!

{قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّي لا أَمْلِكُ إِلاَّ نَفْسِي وَأَخِي فَافْرُقْ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَ الْقَوْمِ الْفَاسِقِينَ} [المائدة :  25]

25- Moses (peace be upon him) said in submission to his Lord (may He be Glorified and Exalted) when he saw the stubbornness of the Children of Israel, their stone hearts, and lagging to join the conquering fighters:  O Lord, None responds to Your call except my brother Aaron and me, so separate between me and those people who refused to obey You by Your Just Judgment .

{قَالَ فَإِنَّهَا مُحَرَّمَةٌ عَلَيْهِمْ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً يَتِيهُونَ فِي الأَرْضِ فَلاَ تَأْسَ عَلَى الْقَوْمِ الْفَاسِقِينَ} [المائدة :  26]

26- Allah (may He be Exalted) said which means:  This Sacred Land is forbidden for them for forty years. They will not enter it, will wander on the earth where they walk everyday without finding a way. So, do not feel sad for them, O Moses, and do not feel sorry for them because they deserve this punishment .

{وَاتْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ نَبَأَ ابْنَيْ آدَمَ بِالْحَقِّ إِذْ قَرَّبَا قُرْبَاناً فَتُقُبِّلَ مِن أَحَدِهِمَا وَلَمْ يُتَقَبَّلْ مِنَ الآخَرِ قَالَ لَأَقْتُلَنَّكَ قَالَ إِنَّمَا يَتَقَبَّلُ اللّهُ مِنَ الْمُتَّقِينَ} [المائدة :  27]

27- And narrate to the Children of Israel the story of the children of Adam, Cain and Abel, apparently to know the consequence of transgression, envy, and oppression. When Cain wanted to marry the future wife of Abel, his brother refused and Adam refused too, but Cain insisted. Their father said:  Offer a sacrifice and whose sacrifice is accepted shall marry her. Accordingly, Allah accepted from Abel and did not accept from his oppressing brother, thereupon, he said to him out of envy:  I shall kill you. Thereupon, Abel said to him:  but Allah accepts sacrifices from His obedient and faithful servants.

{لَئِن بَسَطتَ إِلَيَّ يَدَكَ لِتَقْتُلَنِي مَا أَنَاْ بِبَاسِطٍ يَدِيَ إِلَيْكَ لَأَقْتُلَكَ إِنِّي أَخَافُ اللّهَ رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ} [المائدة :  28]

28- O Cain, if you stretch your hands to kill me, I shall not stretch my hands either. I shall not exchange your terrible action with another but I shall observe patience, hope for divine reward, I shall surrender to Allah and from His Punishment out of fear.

{إِنِّي أُرِيدُ أَن تَبُوءَ بِإِثْمِي وَإِثْمِكَ فَتَكُونَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّارِ وَذَلِكَ جَزَاء الظَّالِمِينَ} [المائدة :  29]

29- By my surrender, I want you to bear the sin of killing me as well as your previous sins to deserve Hell-fire; and this is the retribution of the wrongdoers.

{فَطَوَّعَتْ لَهُ نَفْسُهُ قَتْلَ أَخِيهِ فَقَتَلَهُ فَأَصْبَحَ مِنَ الْخَاسِرِينَ} [المائدة :  30]

30- His evil soul beatified for him to kill his brother, so he killed him despite the advice that he heard from his brother, thereby he had lost greatly in this world and in the Hereafter. It was reported in “Sahih Al Bukhari” and “Sahih Muslim”:   "None is killed unjustly, but the first son of Adam will have a part of its burden." because he was the first to establish the tradition of murdering." This Hadith is serious, so let everyone in charge take an example because anyone adopts his view or acts according to it shall give him reward or double his burdens.