Islam Guidance

Verse154

(154) وَرَفَعْنَا فَوْقَهُمُ الطُّورَ بِمِيثَاقِهِمْ وَقُلْنَا لَهُمُ ادْخُلُواْ الْبَابَ سُجَّدًا وَقُلْنَا لَهُمْ لاَ تَعْدُواْ فِي

السَّبْتِ وَأَخَذْنَا مِنْهُم مِّيثَاقًا غَلِيظًا

154. " And We raised the (Sinai) Mount above them at (the taking of) their covenant and We said to them: ' Enter the door prostrating ', and We said to them: ' Do not transgress the Sabbath! ' and We took from them a firm covenant."
Commentary:
The verse implies that the Children of Israel, the Jews, did not awaken from the sleep of negligence and did not come down from the mount of Pride and obstinacy.

It was for that reason that Allah raised the Sainai Mount above them, and in the meanwhile, He took covenant from them.
" And We raised the (Sainai) Mount above them at (the taking of) their covenant. "
It implies that Allah told them to enter the door of Jerusalem in the state of prostration and humitily as a sign of repentance from their sins. Allah also decreed emphatically for them not to work on Saterday and not to transgress, (and not to use the sea-fish that the hunting of which was prohibited for them). Allah took serious covennt for all of these things from them. But they fulfiled none of those confirmed promises.
"...and We said to them: ' Enter the door prostrating ', and We said to them: ' Do not transgress the Sabbath! ' and We took from them a firm covenant."

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