From the People of the Sabbath?
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Question:
In his third question, he asks: Who are the People of the Sabbath?
Answer:
The People of the Sabbath are those from the Children of Israel who devised a scheme to catch fish on the day of the Sabbath, for Allah had forbidden them to catch fish on the Sabbath as a test and trial for them. This is among the trials and among the things Allah forbade them, which were originally permissible, as a punishment for them. But they dared to resort to deception, so they set up nets and dug pits on the day of the Sabbath.
On Saturday, when the fish came, they fell into the pits and were caught in the nets. When it became Sunday, they took them. When they did this and schemed against the command of Allah, Mighty and Majestic, Allah punished them by transforming them into apes, in a state of disgrace, as the Exalted said:[Al-A'raf 7:163] meaning they schemed to catch fish, for their fish came to them on their Sabbath, which was legislated. This is a matter of trial and testing. Yes, and on the day they did not observe the Sabbath, the fish did not come to them. This is a trial. Thus We tested them for what they used to commit of open sinfulness. This is a punishment for them for their open sinfulness. When they forgot what they had been reminded of, that [Al-A'raf 7:164] they [Al-A'raf 7:164] When they forgot what they had been reminded of.
We saved those who forbade evil, and We seized those who wronged with a painful punishment for what they used to commit of open sinfulness.[Al-A'raf 7:166] [Al-A'raf 7:167] This is the story of the People of the Sabbath.
In his third question, he asks: Who are the People of the Sabbath?
Answer:
The People of the Sabbath are those from the Children of Israel who devised a scheme to catch fish on the day of the Sabbath, for Allah had forbidden them to catch fish on the Sabbath as a test and trial for them. This is among the trials and among the things Allah forbade them, which were originally permissible, as a punishment for them. But they dared to resort to deception, so they set up nets and dug pits on the day of the Sabbath.
On Saturday, when the fish came, they fell into the pits and were caught in the nets. When it became Sunday, they took them. When they did this and schemed against the command of Allah, Mighty and Majestic, Allah punished them by transforming them into apes, in a state of disgrace, as the Exalted said:
And ask them about the town that was by the sea - when they transgressed in [the matter of] the sabbath
وَاسْأَلْهُمْ عَنِ الْقَرْيَةِ الَّتِي كَانَتْ حَاضِرَةَ الْبَحْرِ إِذْ يَعْدُونَ فِي السَّبْتِAnd when a community among them said, "Why do you advise [or warn] a people whom Allah
وَإِذْ قَالَتْ أُمَّةٌ مِّنْهُمْ لِمَ تَعِظُونَ قَوْمًا اللَّهُto destroy or to punish with a severe punishment?" they [the advisors] said, "To be absolved before your Lord and perhaps they may fear Him."
مُهْلِكُهُمْ أَوْ مُعَذِّبُهُمْ عَذَابًا شَدِيدًا قَالُوا مَعْذِرَةً إِلَىٰ رَبِّكُمْ وَلَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَّقُونَWe saved those who forbade evil, and We seized those who wronged with a painful punishment for what they used to commit of open sinfulness.
So when they were insolent about that which they had been forbidden, We said to them, "Be apes, despised."
فَلَمَّا عَتَوْا عَن مَّا نُهُوا عَنْهُ قُلْنَا لَهُمْ كُونُوا قِرَدَةً خَاسِئِينَAnd [mention] when your Lord declared that He would surely [continue to] send upon them until the Day of Resurrection those who would afflict them with the worst torment. Indeed, your Lord is swift in penalty; but indeed, He is Forgiving and Merciful.
وَإِذْ تَأَذَّنَ رَبُّكَ لَيَبْعَثَنَّ عَلَيْهِمْ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ مَن يَسُومُهُمْ سُوءَ الْعَذَابِ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَسَرِيعُ الْعِقَابِ وَإِنَّهُ لَغَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، من أصحاب السَّبت؟ الشيخ صالح بن فوزان الفوزان — youtube.com
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