The educational history of Prophet Moses in the case of the worship of the calf by Bani Israels, with emphasis on the two interpretation: Tasnim and al-Manar (case study of Surah Al-A'raf)

Fathimajd, Zahra; Abbasi Moghaddam, Mustafa

The educational history of Prophet Moses in the case of the worship of the calf by Bani Israels, with emphasis on the two interpretation: Tasnim and al-Manar (case study of Surah Al-A'raf)

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Zahra Fathimajd ¹

Mustafa Abbasi Moghaddam ²

¹ PhD student in Quran and Hadith Sciences, University of Kashan

² Assistant Professor, Department of Quran and Hadith Sciences, University of Kashan

Abstract

Considering that in many verses of the Holy Qur'an, the people of Bani Israel are mentioned, and the method of the Qur'an is to use the stories of the prophets and the past and to guide and educate people article refers to the story of the worship of the calf of the Israelites according to the order of the verses of Surah Al-A'raf. For this purpose, two precious interpretations of Tasnim and al-Manar were referred to and educational points about this issue as well as the causes of such an incident for a monotheistic people were analyzed. Two commentators pointed out the educational points and the causes of this incident, and they also used the verses according to their religion. This article focuses more on the common points of the two commentaries, and the aim of the article is to find out the weaknesses of the Israelites and how they and their leaders faced this polytheistic act in these two commentaries.

Keywords

Comparative interpretation

Surah Al-A'raf

Bani Israel

calf worship

education