Transliteration:( Wa ja'alnaa minhum a'immatany yahdoona bi amrinaa lammaa sabaroo wa kaanoo bi aayaatinaa yooqinoon )
49. In the presence of Hazrat Musa On whom be peace and after his demise. He created Pious sages in the Children of Israel. who could help keep them on the path of guidance .
50. From this verse emerge a lew issues.
1. Religious scholars and Saints are the leaders of the religion.
2. Just as there is a need for Prophets to achieve piety, likewise, there is a need of the Imam to reach the Prophet.
3. One can achieve religious leadership through faith, piety and patience.
4. There is no definite number for the Imams, ie they could be twelve, six or three. In fact, anyone who is an embodiment of faith, piety and patience, is a religious leader.
The tafsir of Surah Sajdah verse 24 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Sajdah ayat 23 which provides the complete commentary from verse 23 through 25.
37. That is, “Whatever progress the children of Israel made and whatever heights they attained by that Book, was not simply due to the reason that a Book had been sent among them. It was not an amulet that they might have hung around their necks and they might have started ascending the steps of glory under its good and protective influence. But the glory was the direct result of their firm faith in the revelations of Allah, and of the patience and perseverance that they showed in following the divine commandments. Among the Israelites, the leadership also belonged to only those who were true believers of the Book of Allah and were not tempted at all by the greed of worldly gains and enjoyments. When in their love of the truth they stood firm against every danger, endured every loss and affliction, and exerted their utmost against every hostile force, from the lusts of their own selves to the external enemies of the true faith, then only did they become the leaders of the world. The object is to warn the disbelievers of Arabia that just as the coming of the Book of Allah had decided the destinies of the children of Israel, so will this Book decide the destinies among you. Now only those people will become the leaders, who will believe in it and follow the truth presented by it patiently and resolutely. Those who turn away from it are destined to end up in failure and wretchedness.
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