Wilayat of Mohammad and AhlulBayt (SBUT),

From creation to eternity

Part 2

2) Bani Israel and worshipping of the gold calf

Qur’an 2:54 And when Moosa said to his people: O my people! you have surely been unjust to yourselves by taking the calf (for a god); hence turn to your Creator (penitently): so kill your selves, that is good for you by (the view of) your Creator.

Then He turned to you (mercifully), for surely He is the Oft-returning (to mercy), the Merciful.

Imam Hasan Askari (SBUH) in regard to this verse has said that Allah commanded Hadrat Moosa (SBUH) to go to the mountain; and Moosa, before his departure, set his brother Haaroon -Aaron- (SBUT) as his Caliph (Successor) among his people, and told the people that as commanded by Allah, he was going to the mountain to pray to Allah for thirty days.

When by command of Allah, ten days were added to the absence of Hadrat Moosa (SBUH) from his people, the bani Israel fell for the deceit of the Saameri and the Saameri calf. They disobeyed Hadrat Haaroon (SBUH), and became calf-worshippers.

Upon returning and observing such a disaster, Hadrat Moosa (SBUH) became extremely upset and said to his people that by becoming calf-worshippers, they had done injustice to their souls, and they had to repent and return to God.

The manner of repenting which Allah commanded for those people was that those who had worshipped the one and only Allah and had not worshipped the calf had to put those who had worshipped the calf to the sword.

But those who were commanded to slay others argued that they had not worshipped the calf.

[I.e. they were wondering why they had to be involved in the punishment, while they had not worshipped the gold calf.]

Allah -the Mighty and the Majestic- said to Hadrat Moosa (SBUH) to tell them that He was going to put them to a test.

[As we will see, the test was whether or not both groups -those putting to the sword as well as those being put to the sword- were going to Tawassol …]

Allah told Moosa to ask them why did they not depart from their midst and leave them when they worshipped the calf?

[I.e. those who had not worshipped the calf but remained among the calf worshippers were also at fault. A thought-provoking matter for all of us …]

And Allah told Moosa to tell them that if they prayed and implored Allah in the name of Mohammad and his Aal -Progeny- (SBUT), Allah would relieve their slaying, and they would not feel any pain.

After a number of them were killed, some of them said to some others that had not God set Tawassol (seeking as the means; resorting and appealing) to Mohammad and his Aal (SBUT) as the means (Waseelah) for being saved from anything? Then they wondered why they had not sought them! So they gathered and sighed and cried; they called Allah and said: O God! By the dignity of the Akram (the most munificent, magnificent, benevolent, kind, gracious, merciful, venerable, reverent, …) Mohammad, and by the dignity of the Afd(z)al (the most excellent, virtuous, distinguished, eminent, …) and A’zam (the most superior, supreme, grandest, …) Ali, and by the dignity of the Mokarram (the most Honoured, respected, revered, noble, …) Fatemah, and by the dignity of Hasan and Hosain, the lords and masters of the youth of Heaven, and by the dignity of the Pure and Immaculate descendents from Aal Taa-Haa and Yaa-Syn (the AhlulBayt -SBUT-), pardon us and forgive our sins, and take this slaying away from amongst us.

On a sudden, an announcer from heavens said to Moosa (SBUH) that their slaying was enough, for they implored Allah and prayed Him by Mohammad and his Aal (SBUT) to forgive them.

Allah said that, if they -before worshipping the calf- had prayed and called Him by Mohammad and his Aal (SBUT), He would have certainly protected them from committing sin and polytheism; and that, if Namrud (Nimrod), and Pher’on (Pharaoh), prior to the drowning, too had prayed Him by Mohammad and his Aal, to be saved, He would have also saved them; and that, if Shaytaan, before disobedience, Had prayed Him by Mohammad and his Aal, He would have guided him too.

[Shaytaan, the bani Israel, Pher’on and … had all been presented with the superiority of Hadrat Mohammad and the AhlulBayt (SBUT) in many occasions - as mentioned in many writings in this site, and one sample is also mentioned in part 1 of this writing-, but they have refused to submit due to their arrogance …; and their followers are still …]

So bani Israel felt woeful and regretful. They said to themselves that if they had done Tawassol to Mohammad and his Aal (SBUT) from the beginning, Allah would have protected them and saved them from trial and slaying.

(From: Tafsir of Imam Hasan Askari (SBUH); Tafsir Jaame’, vol. 1, pp. 165-168; Tafsir Borhaan, pp. 217, 218; al Noor al Mobin fi Qesas al Anbiya wa al Morsaleen, p. 277; …)

…And the test continues …; if AbuBakr, ‘Umar, ‘Uthman and … and their followers have not arrogantly refused and not been refusing the Allah Bestowed superiority of Allah’s most beloved, Hadrat Mohammad and the AhlulBayt (SBUT), they would have surely been guided too, and still today there is hope, that is if they do submit …; we cordially invite you to read the article: “Seeking the Waseelah” in this site, kindfather.com

O our beloved Mahdi (SBUY)! We implore Allah in the Names of your Pure fathers, your Immaculate mother Fatemah al Zahra, your forefather the most beloved Mohammad (SBUT), and in your name, to protect us from all sins and faults in these hard times, and we beg Him in your Pure Names to hasten your glorious Appearance … .

To be continued …