Whose Body Was Saved From the Sea as a Sign (10:92)?
من المقصود في قوله تعالى: ﴿فَالْيَوْمَ نُنَجِّيكَ بِبَدَنِكَ لِتَكُونَ لِمَنْ خَلْفَكَ آيَةً﴾؟
Fir'aun (Pharaoh)
المقصود هو فرعون.
1. Now? When You Disobeyed Before | آلآن وقد عصيت قبل
When drowning overtook him, Pharaoh said: I believe that there is no god except the One in whom the Children of Israel believe (10:90), and he was answered: now? When you had disobeyed before and were of the corrupters (10:91). Ibn Kathir explains: do you say this at this moment, when you disobeyed Allah before, and were of those who spread corruption in the land and misled people? Why his last-moment faith was not accepted is explained in why Allah did not accept Pharaoh’s repentance.
آلْآنَ وَقَدْ عَصَيْتَ قَبْلُ وَكُنتَ مِنَ الْمُفْسِدِينَ (سورة يونس: 91)
قال تعالى عن فرعون حين أدركه الغرق: (قال آمنت أنه لا إله إلا الذي آمنت به بنو إسرائيل وأنا من المسلمين) (يونس 10: 90)، فقيل له: (آلآن وقد عصيت قبل وكنت من المفسدين) (يونس 10: 91)، قال ابن كثير: أي أهذا الوقت تقول، وقد عصيت الله قبل هذا فيما بينك وبينه؟ (وكنت من المفسدين) أي: في الأرض الذين أضلوا الناس.
2. We Will Save Your Body | فاليوم ننجيك ببدنك
Ibn Kathir reports from Ibn Abbas and others of the early generations that some of the Children of Israel doubted that Pharaoh had died, so Allah commanded the sea to cast up his body, without a soul and wearing his well-known armour, onto a raised place, so that they could be certain he had perished. Nunajjika means: We raise you onto a height of land; bi-badanika, Mujahid said: with your body, and al-Hasan said: a body without a soul. That you may be a sign for those after you means: a proof to the Children of Israel of your death, and that Allah is the One able to do all things.
فَالْيَوْمَ نُنَجِّيكَ بِبَدَنِكَ لِتَكُونَ لِمَنْ خَلْفَكَ آيَةً (سورة يونس: 92)
قال ابن عباس وغيره من السلف: إن بعض بني إسرائيل شكوا في موت فرعون، فأمر الله تعالى البحر أن يلقيه بجسده بلا روح، وعليه درعه المعروفة به، على نجوة من الأرض، وهو المكان المرتفع، ليتحققوا موته وهلاكه، (فاليوم ننجيك) أي: نرفعك على نشز من الأرض، (ببدنك) قال مجاهد: بجسدك، وقال الحسن: بجسم لا روح فيه، (لتكون لمن خلفك آية) أي: لتكون لبني إسرائيل دليلا على موتك وهلاكك، وأن الله هو القادر، كما نقل ابن كثير.
3. The Day of Ashura | يوم عاشوراء
Ibn Kathir notes that Pharaoh and his chiefs were destroyed on the day of Ashura. Ibn Abbas said: when the Prophet came to Madinah, the Jews were fasting Ashura and said: this is the day on which Musa prevailed over Pharaoh. The Prophet said to his companions: you have more right to Musa than they do, so fast it (Sahih al-Bukhari 4680). How Pharaoh drowned is told in the drowning of Pharaoh in the sea, and the nations Allah drowned in who the two nations Allah drowned were.
قال ابن كثير: وقد كان إهلاك فرعون وملئه يوم عاشوراء، وعن ابن عباس قال: قدم النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم المدينة واليهود تصوم عاشوراء، فقالوا: هذا يوم ظهر فيه موسى على فرعون، فقال النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم لأصحابه: "أنتم أحق بموسى منهم، فصوموا" (صحيح البخاري 4680).
Frequently Asked Questions | الأسئلة الشائعة
Who is meant in today We will save your body (10:92)?
Pharaoh.
Why was Pharaoh’s body cast ashore?
Ibn Abbas said some of the Children of Israel doubted his death, so the sea cast up his lifeless body so that they could be certain, as Ibn Kathir reports.
Was Pharaoh’s faith at drowning accepted?
No. He was told: now? When you had disobeyed before and were of the corrupters (10:91).
On which day was Pharaoh destroyed?
On the day of Ashura, as Ibn Kathir notes from the hadith in Sahih al-Bukhari 4680.