seekeroftruth
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Quran 10:71. And relate to them the story of Noah, when he said to his people, “O my people, if my presence among you and my reminding you of God’s signs is too much for you, then in God I have put my trust. So come to a decision, you and your partners, and do not let the matter perplex you; then carry out your decision on me, and do not hold back.”
72. “But if you turn away, I have not asked you for any wage. My wage falls only on God, and I was commanded to be of those who submit.”
73. But they denounced him, so We saved him and those with him in the Ark, and We made them successors, and We drowned those who rejected Our signs. So consider the fate of those who were warned.
74. Then, after him, We sent messengers to their people. They came to them with the clear proofs, but they would not believe in anything they had already rejected. Thus We set a seal on the hearts of the hostile.
75. Then, after them, We sent Moses and Aaron with Our proofs to Pharaoh and his dignitaries. But they acted arrogantly. They were sinful people.
76. And when the truth came to them from Us, they said, “This is clearly sorcery.”
77. Moses said, “Is this what you say of the truth when it has come to you? Is this sorcery? Sorcerers do not succeed.”
78. They said, “Did you come to us to divert us from what we found our ancestors following, and so that you become prominent in the land? We will never believe in you.”
79. Pharaoh said, “Bring me every experienced sorcerer.”
80. And when the sorcerers came, Moses said to them, “Throw whatever you have to throw.”
81. And when they threw, Moses said, “What you produced is sorcery, and God will make it fail. God does not foster the efforts of the corrupt.”
82. “And God upholds the truth with His words, even though the sinners detest it.”
This is what the commentary offers.
The challenge of Noah to his opponents was, in fact, being reproduced now as a challenge to the opponents of the Holy Prophet. And these opponents did, in fact, decide upon their course of action in their great council hall, perhaps a year or two later, and surrounded the Prophet’s house in accordance with that decision. But the Prophet escaped unnoticed from among them and they were unable to lay their hands on him.
They do not ponder over the truth, but, having rejected once, go on opposing its progress without reflecting on it. This condition is described as the sealing of the heart, because the heart, being made for reflection, would no doubt be fitly described as being sealed when it ceases to reflect.
One of my daughter's friends was really interested in Noah. She seemed to be fascinated by the fact Noah built a boat in the desert when the desert was in the heat of a horrible draught. She said none of Noah's friends agreed that Noah was a sane man. She said Noah was brave for standing up to everyone and hanging in there on building "God's Boat". I was kind of impressed with the way Hollywood made Charleston Heston into a brave Moses who had no speech impediment at all. When in deed, Moses had a problem with speaking in public. He had to have Aaron do all the PR Work. At any rate... Moses was adopted into a really really rich family.... and he threw riches away to stand up for what is honorable. Moses went to work for God and led over 2,000,000 men, women, and slaves and provisions and flocks out of Egypt.
My mom told me once, if the honorable thing to do was always easy.... no one would turn down the chance to be honorable. Most of the time... someone will have a problem with your doing what is honorable. They will jump up and down.... scream at you.... clench their fists... even threaten you with the looney bin if you don't stop. They said Noah was insane. They said Moses was insane. They said Jesus was insane.
When doing the right thing is always easy.... then it must be Heaven!
So these verses were about Noah and Moses.
