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Chapter 20, Ta Ha (Ta Ha) · verses 1–6The Quran is a reminder of the call to the Truth, but its full impact is felt only when the caller himself is fully dedicated to the cause of God, having sacrificed his own interests thereto.Chapter 20, Ta Ha (Ta Ha) · verses 7–8In this world, on the one hand, there are those whose creed is to compromise on their principles for the sake of their worldly interests and, on the other hand, there are the few who call people to the Truth and whose creed is based on remaining in consonance with God.Chapter 20, Ta Ha (Ta Ha) · verses 9–10Moses was born in Egypt.Chapter 20, Ta Ha (Ta Ha) · verses 11–16The fire seen by Moses was not an ordinary fire, but the glowing manifestation of God’s glory.Chapter 20, Ta Ha (Ta Ha) · verses 17–21The question ‘What do you have in your right hand?’ was meant to awaken Moses’s awareness.Chapter 20, Ta Ha (Ta Ha) · verses 22–24Incidents in the lives of prophets of the past are mentioned in the Bible as well as in the Quran.Chapter 20, Ta Ha (Ta Ha) · verses 25–36After attaining prophethood, Moses might well have developed a sense of pride.Chapter 20, Ta Ha (Ta Ha) · verses 37–40The original inhabitants of Egypt were the Copts (Qibti) whose political and religious representative was Pharaoh.Chapter 20, Ta Ha (Ta Ha) · verses 41–44When, after a series of testing experiences, Moses reached the final stage of maturity, God assigned to him prophethood, so that he might communicate the divine message to man.Chapter 20, Ta Ha (Ta Ha) · verses 45–48Pharaoh was an extremely haughty and arrogant person.Chapter 20, Ta Ha (Ta Ha) · verses 49–52Pharaoh’s question, ‘Who is your Lord?’ did not mean that he was not aware of any god besides himself, or that he quite finally denied the existence of a superior god.Chapter 20, Ta Ha (Ta Ha) · verses 53–55The creation of the earth, the institution of the system of rainfall, the growth of plants and greenery and other natural phenomena that have made the present world habitable for living things, are astonishingly great and wonderful manifestations.Chapter 20, Ta Ha (Ta Ha) · verses 56–58Moses continued to preach to Pharaoh over a long period of time, using rational arguments and also showing him miracles of a physical nature.Chapter 20, Ta Ha (Ta Ha) · verses 59–61Pharaoh sent his messengers throughout the country with an invitation to all the expert magicians.Chapter 20, Ta Ha (Ta Ha) · verses 62–64Moses’ initial speech caused a difference of opinion among the magicians.Chapter 20, Ta Ha (Ta Ha) · verses 65–70The competition started with the magicians throwing their ropes and sticks on the ground where they seemed to move about in the shape of snakes.Chapter 20, Ta Ha (Ta Ha) · verse 71This was not merely a competition between two types of persons to see who could perform the greatest feats; it was actually a confrontation between monotheism and polytheism.Chapter 20, Ta Ha (Ta Ha) · verses 72–73The magicians, on the one hand, were confronted by the cogent reasoning of Moses, and on the other, the towering personality of Pharaoh.Chapter 20, Ta Ha (Ta Ha) · verses 74–76What is meant by ‘becoming a criminal or a delinquent’?Chapter 20, Ta Ha (Ta Ha) · verses 77–79After the confrontation with the magicians, Moses remained in Egypt for many years.Chapter 20, Ta Ha (Ta Ha) · verses 80–82After crossing the gulf, Moses and his companions pushed onwards until they reached the Sinai desert.Chapter 20, Ta Ha (Ta Ha) · verses 83–85After Moses’ departure from Egypt, Almighty God appointed a date for him to go to the same place at the foot of Mount Tur, where he had initially been awarded prophethood.Chapter 20, Ta Ha (Ta Ha) · verse 86When Almighty God informed Moses that his community had gone astray, he returned to his community very emotionally upset.Chapter 20, Ta Ha (Ta Ha) · verses 87–89According to ancient custom, the Israelite women were probably laden with heavy jewelry.Chapter 20, Ta Ha (Ta Ha) · verses 90–91After the departure of Moses, Aaron, entrusted with the responsibility of looking after the community, tried to guide his people, but he did not have as much influence over them as Moses did.Chapter 20, Ta Ha (Ta Ha) · verses 92–94Moses took his brother severely to task.Chapter 20, Ta Ha (Ta Ha) · verses 95–98When Moses came to know that Samiri was the leader behind this episode, he made enquiries of him.Chapter 20, Ta Ha (Ta Ha) · verses 99–104The fate which befell those who denied the truth brought into this world by the prophets was but a partial demonstration of God’s judgement, which will only fully unfold itself on the Day of Judgement and be applicable to all humanity.Chapter 20, Ta Ha (Ta Ha) · verses 105–108On Doomsday, the earth will be turned into a flattened plain.Chapter 20, Ta Ha (Ta Ha) · verses 109–112It is baseless to believe that recommendation in itself is effective.Chapter 20, Ta Ha (Ta Ha) · verses 113–114A dayee should have two major aims: to bring about a psychological revolution in his addressees so that they may become God-fearing or at least he should be able to raise questions in his hearers about his call.Chapter 20, Ta Ha (Ta Ha) · verses 115–117To adhere steadfastly to God’s commandments, unwavering determination is essential.Chapter 20, Ta Ha (Ta Ha) · verses 118–122God kept Adam, with his spouse, in paradise, where he was freely and amply provided with all the necessities of life – food, clothing, water and shelter.Chapter 20, Ta Ha (Ta Ha) · verses 123–127God settled Satan as well as Adam on the earth and gave due warning in the very beginning that clashes of interest between the two would go on till Doomsday.Chapter 20, Ta Ha (Ta Ha) · verses 128–130If a community reaches the zenith of its progress in the world and then is made to face destruction or subjection, it is always because it has transgressed its limits.Chapter 20, Ta Ha (Ta Ha) · verses 131–132These verses are addressed not only to the Prophet, but to all of the faithful.Chapter 20, Ta Ha (Ta Ha) · verses 133–135Before the coming of Muhammad, the last of the Prophets, Almighty God had given intimation of his advent through the previous prophets.