The Shade, the Mannah, and the Quail
Tafseer Al-Baqarah Ayah 57 Jan24/2022 Verse By Verse Quran Study Circle The Shade, the Mannah, and the Quail After mentioning the calamities that the Children of Israel went through and how Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala saved them, we now learn about His favors: When the Children of Israel escaped the tyranny of Pharaoh they were to commanded to go to Jerusalem and fight their enemy. They, however, refused and were left to wander in the wilderness of Sinai for forty years . Despite their repetitive transgression, Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala did not abandon them completely. In the wilderness of Sinai where there were neither homes to take shelter from the scorching sun nor food to eat, Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala sent clouds to protect them for the sun’s heat. Ibn Jarir said that several scholars said that they type of cloud the ayah mentions were cooler and better than the type we know. And Allah knows best. Not only the clouds, ...