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“[133] So We sent [plagues] on them: Wholesale death, Locusts, Lice, Frogs, And
Blood: Signs openly self-explained: but they were steeped in arrogance,- a p
eople given to sin.” “[134] Every time the penalty fell on them, they said: “O Moses on your
behalf call on thy Lord in virtue of his promise to thee: If thou wilt remove the penalty from us, we shall truly believe in thee, and we shall send away the
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ldren of Israel with thee.”
18. The conversation between Prophet Musa and Bani Israel
Verse 138:
“We took the Children of Israel [with safety] across the sea. They came upon a people devoted entirely to some idols they had. They said: “O Moses Fashion for
us a god like unto the gods they have
.” He said: “Surely ye are a people without knowledge.
”
Its Tafseer is cited in Tafseer Ibn Katsir Juz 9: 1.
“Surely ye are a people without knowledge.” It means that, Musa replied, “You are ignorant of Allah’s greatness and majesty and His purity from
any g ods or anything resembling Him” 68
And cited in Tafseer Jalalain: 1.
He said, ‘Truly you are an ignorant folk, for repaying God’s grace to you with what you have said.
7: 138 Implicature
1.
[You are ignorant of Allah’s greatness and majesty]
[You do not know that Allah is pure from any gods or anything resembling
Him]
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7: 138 The way of the speaker implied the implicature
1. Directly
In this verse, Bani Israel uttered the ignorant ones to Prophet Musa after they left Fir’aun, crossed the sea, and witnessed Allah’s verses and His great power.
They said stupidity, “O Moses Make for us a god, as they have gods to worship.” What they said is because after they crossed the sea, they came unto a people,
called Al-Raqim, the remnants of the people of Abraham, who worshipped idols. In this case, Bani Israel still holds on the idea of idol worshipping, spoke wrongly
assumption about God’s essence and then Prophet Musa opposes it, as he stated clearly in the verse 138-
140. In these verses, Musa reminded them Allah’s bless
ings, such as saving them from Fir’aun, his tyranny and the humiliation and disgrace they suffered. He reminded them of the revenge against their enemy,
when they watched them suffering in disgrace, and destroyed by drowning.
Based on his utterances that is God is one and must not resemble to anything,
the way of Prophet Musa expressed his intention is directly, whenever there is relationship between structure of sentence and its function, which declarative
refers to statement. Moreover, regarding the contribution of Cooperative Principle
in this conversational exchange, Prophet Musa engaged in cooperative behavior that is manifested by adhering the maxim of relevance and quality.
19. The conversation between Prophet Musa and Allah
