Transliteration:( Wa wassaa bihaaa Ibraaheemu baneehi wa Ya'qoob, yaa baniyya innal laahas tafaa lakumud deena falaa tamootunna illaa wa antum muslimoon )
265. From this verse we learn that real success lies not merely in being a Muslim, but dying as one. May Allah grant us Faith at the time of our death, Ameen. In this verse the word Muslims refers to the followers of Religion of Hazrat Ebrahim.
The tafsir of Surah Baqarah verse 131 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Baqarah ayat 130 which provides the complete commentary from verse 130 through 132.
131. Jacob is especially mentioned since the Children of Israel were his direct descendants.
132. Din is a Qur’anic technical term, signifying the way of life, the system of conduct, and the code on which man bases his entire mode of thought and action. (For the author’s views on din see his Four Basic Qur’anic Terms, tr. Abu Asad, Lahore, 1979, pp. 93-103 – Ed.)
133. In the Bible the events connected with the death of Jacob (peace be on him) are narrated in detail. It is amazing that this narrative makes no reference to his testament. However, the contents of the detailed testament embodied in the Talmud greatly resemble the Qur’anic version. The Talmudic version reads as follows:
Serve the Lord your God, and He will deliver ye from all trouble, even as He delivered your fathers.’
. . . Teach your children to love God, and observe His commandments, in order that their days may be prolonged, for God will guard those who do justly and walk in righteousness through all His ways.’
And the sons of Jacob responded, ‘All that you have commanded us, our father, we will do. May God be with us!’ And Jacob answered: ‘The Lord will be with you if ye depart not from His ways to the right hand or to the left.’
(The Talmud Selections by H. Polano, London, Frederick Warne & Co., [1877], pp. 113-14.)
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