Transliteration:( Wa qaala Moosaa yaa qawmi in kuntum aamantum billaahi fa'alaihi tawakkalooo in kuntum muslimeen )
"Musa said [224], 'O my people if you believe in Allah, place your trust in Him alone if you are Muslims [225].'"
These words of Hazrat Musa (Alaihis Salaam) were directed to those who had accepted faith, urging them to prepare for the hardships ahead. The verse hints at the trials they would face and calls for patience in the face of adversity.
This verse teaches two key principles:
Faith and Islam are one and the same.
True faith demands complete reliance on Allah Almighty. One must trust Allah alone, fearing no one besides Him. This highlights the importance of placing absolute trust in Allah in all matters.
84. And Musa said: “O my people! If you have believed in Allah, then put your trust in Him if you are Muslims.” 85. They said: “In Allah we put our trust. Our Lord! Make us not a trial for the folk who are wrongdoers. 86. “And save us by Your mercy from the disbelieving folk.”
Allah told us that Musa said to the Children of Israel:
(O my people! If you have believed in Allah, then put your trust in Him if you are Muslims.) Allah is sufficient for those who put their trust in Him.
(Is not Allah sufficient for His servant)(39:36)
(And whosoever puts his trust in Allah, then He will suffice him.)(65:3) Allah combines worship and reliance in many places. He said:
(So worship Him and put your trust in Him.)(11:123)
(Say: “He is the Most Gracious (Allah), in Him we believe, and in Him we put our trust..)(67:29) and
((He alone is) the Lord of the east and the west; none has the right to be worshipped but He. So take Him (alone) as a protector.)(73:9) And Allah commanded the believers to say many times in their Salah:
(You (Alone) we worship, and You (Alone) we ask for help (for each and everything).)(1:5) The Children of Israel complied with this command and said:
(In Allah we put our trust. Our Lord! Make us not a trial for the folk who are wrongdoers.) This means don’t give them victory over us so that they rule us. So they might not think that they have authority over us because they were following the truth and we were falsehood. This might be a deceiving trial for them. This meaning was reported from Abu Mijliz and Abu Ad-Duha, `Abdur-Razzaq, in a narration from Mujahid, said,
(Our Lord! Make us not a trial for the folk who are wrongdoers) meaning, “Do not give them authority over us so they might make us fall into Fitnah.” Allah’s statement:
(And save us by Your mercy) means save us through Your mercy and beneficence
(from the disbelieving folk. ) meaning, from those who denied the truth and covered it. We truly have believed in You and put our trust in You.
(10:84) Moses said: ‘My people! If you believe in Allah and are truly Muslims[81] then place your reliance on Him alone.’
81. The fact that Prophet Moses (peace be upon him) in his address called his people “Muslims” shows that all the people of the community of Israel were Muslims; otherwise he could not say to them, “if you are Muslims”. He meant to urge them to be brave, saying: If you are true Muslims, as you profess to be, do not fear the might of Pharaoh but put your trust in the might of Allah.
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