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Nor will they cease fighting you until they turn you back from your faith if they can. And if any of you turn
back from their faith and die in unbelief their works will bear no fruit in this life and in the Hereafter; they
will be Companions of the Fire and will abide therein. 237238239
239 Cf. ii. 191, 193, where a similar phrase occurs. Fitna - trial, temptation, as in ii. 102; or tumult, sedition, oppression, as
here; M.M.A., H.G.S., and M.P. translate "persecution" in this passage, which is also legitimate, seeing that
persecution is the suppression of some opinion by violence, force, or threats. (2.217)
TUWA:
20:12 - "Verily I am thy Lord! Therefore (in My presence) put off thy shoes: thou art in the sacred
valley Tuwa. 25432544
2543 The shoes are to be put off as a mark of respect. Moses was now to put away his mere worldly interests, he having
been chosen by Allah, the Most High. (20.12)
2544 This was the valley just below Mount Sinai, where subsequently he was to receive the Torah. (20.12)
20:40 – "Behold! thy sister goeth forth and saith `Shall I show you one who will nurse and rear the
(child)?' So We brought thee back to thy mother that her eye might be cooled and she should
not grieve. Then thou didst slay a man but We saved thee from trouble and We tired thee in
various ways. Then didst thou tarry a number of years with the people of Midian. Then didst
thou come hither as ordained O Moses! 2561256225632564
2564 See last note. After many years spent in a quiet life, grazing his father-in-law's flocks, he came one day to the valley of
Tuwa underneath the great mountain mass of Sinai, called Tur (in Arabic). The peak on the Arabian side (where
Moses was) was called Horeb by the Hebrews. Then was fulfilled Allah's Plan: he saw the fire in the distance, and
when he went up, he was addressed by Allah and chosen to be Allah's Messenger for that age. (20.40)
2565 We may suppose that Moses had fled alone to the land of Midian, and that he had now come alone (with his family
but not with his brother) to Tuwa, as described in n. 2542 above. When he was honoured with his mission, and was
granted his request that his brother Aaron should accompany him, we may suppose that he took steps to get Aaron to
come to him, and their meeting was in Tuwa. Some time may be supposed to have elapsed before they were in
Egypt, and then they prayed, and received these directions in their Egyptian home. Aaron was either an elder or a
younger brother, we are not told which. In either case he was born when the ban on Israelite new-born babes was not
in operation. Moses had been out of touch with him, and it speaks greatly for his family affection that he remembered
him and prayed for his comradeship in the most serious spiritual work of his life. (20.42)
79:16 - Behold thy Lord did call to him in the sacred valley to Tuwa 5928
5928 Cf. xx. 12. (79.16)
28:44 - Thou wast not on the Western Side when We decreed the commission to Moses nor wast
thou a witness (of those events). 3376
3376 The Sinai Peninsula is in the north-west corner of Arabia. But the reference here is, I think, to the western side of the
valley of Tuwa. Mount Tur, where Moses received his prophetic commission, is on the western side of the valley.
(28.44)
Al-Muwatta Hadith
Hadith 48.16
Wearing Sandals
Yahya related to me from Malik from his paternal uncle Abu Suhayl ibn Malik from his father that Kab al-Ahbar said to a man
who took off his sandals, "Why have you taken off your sandals? Perhaps you have interpreted this ayat, 'Remove your
sandals. You are in the pure valley of Tuwa?' (Sura 20 ayat 12) Do you know what the sandals of Musa were?"
Malik (the father of Abu Suhayl) said, "I do not know what the man answered." Kab said, "They were made from the skin of a
dead donkey."
TWELVE SPRINGS:
TWELVE TRIBES:
7:160 - We divided them into twelve tribes or nations. We directed Moses by inspiration when his (thirsty)
people asked him for water: "Strike the rock with thy staff": out of it there gushed forth twelve springs:
each group knew its own place for water. We gave them the shade of clouds and sent down to them
manna and quails (saying): "Eat of the good things We have provided for you": (but they rebelled): to Us
they did no harm but they harmed their own souls. 11331134
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