The Holy Quran 2:243 — Surah Al-Baqarah

Arabic text

۞ أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ خَرَجُوا۟ مِن دِيَـٰرِهِمْ وَهُمْ أُلُوفٌ حَذَرَ ٱلْمَوْتِ فَقَالَ لَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ مُوتُوا۟ ثُمَّ أَحْيَـٰهُمْ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَذُو فَضْلٍ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَشْكُرُونَ

Translation

Have you seen those people (from the Bani Israa'eel) who fled their homes in the thousands out of the fear of death (fearing that they will die in a plague). Allaah said to them, "Die!" (so they all died) and then brought them all back to life (after 7 days because of the du'aa of their Prophet Hizqeel عليه الصلاة والسلام). Verily Allaah is The One Who showers blessings on people but most people are ungrateful (to Allaah and do not obey His command to fight in Jihaad for fear of death. In a like manner, they fail to obey Allaah's command to spend in charity for fear of poverty and do not obey His command to be kind to others because of their pride).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

A story of earlier people: this is the story of an earlier community: several thousand people fled their homeland taking their households with them. They had either become afraid of the enemy and shrunk from fighting, or become afraid of a plague and did not rely on and believe in the divine decree.

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