Transliteration:( Falammaaa ataahaa noodiya min shaati'il waadil aimani fil buq'atil muubaarakati minash shajarati ai yaa Moosaaa inneee Anal laahu Rabbul 'aalameen )
82. When he arrived there Hazrat Moosa (On whom be peace) saw light instead of fire which was appearing from a jungle tree which is a dark red colour. The tree was in its correct state and shape. It was neither burning, nor was any smoke emanating from it.
83. This was either a jujube, berry, acacia tree, olive tree or aloe tree which is called weeping willow. It is also known as Jewish tree which is accorded great respect by the Jews. (Roohul Bayaan)
84. This tree was not talking. But Allah Almighty was speaking this. The tree was the communicator of this speech. Likewise, those Saints who had uttered 'I am Allah' were not speaking this by themselves. The speaker was Allah Almighty, while they were the communicators Hazrat Maulana Rumi says in his Mathanawi. If the utterance ‘I am Allah’ is permissible from a tree then when a blessed Saint utters the words ‘I am Allah' then why is that not acceptable.
85 This speech of Allah Almighty was spoken to Hazrat Mosa (in whom be peace) directly and not through the angels. It is for this reason that his title is Allah's interlocutor i.e that Prophet who would speak to Allah Almighty directly. Although our Holy Prophet (On whom be peace) had spoken to Allah Almighty on the Night of Me'raj "Now He revealed to His bondsman whatever He revealed (553 V10), and He had blessed him with His vision" The heart lied not what he saw†(S53 VII), but since this was in a different world. His title was not KALEEMULLAH .
The tafsir of Surah Qasas verse 30 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Qasas ayat 29 which provides the complete commentary from verse 29 through 32.
(28:30) But when he came to the fire, a cry was heard from the right bank[43] of the valley, from a tree in the hallowed ground:[42] “O Moses, verily I am Allah, the Lord of all creatures of the Universe.”
43. That is, on that side of the valley which lay to the right of the Prophet Moses (peace be upon him).
44. These two miracles were shown to the Prophet Moses (peace be upon him) at that time so that, firstly, he himself is fully convinced that the same Being Who is speaking to him is, in fact, the Creator and Master and Ruler of the whole system of the universe and secondly, he should have full satisfaction that he was not going unarmed before Pharaoh, to perform the dangerous mission assigned to him, but would go well armed with the two powerful weapons.
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