وَقَالَ لَهُمْ نَبِيُّهُمْ إِنَّ ءَايَةَ مُلْكِهِۦٓ
أَن يَأْتِيَكُمُ ٱلتَّابُوتُ فِيهِ سَكِينَةٌ
مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ وَبَقِيَّةٌ مِّمَّا تَرَكَ ءَالُ
مُوسَىٰ وَءَالُ هَـٰرُونَ تَحْمِلُهُ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ ۚ إِنَّ
فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً لَّكُمْ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ
And their Prophet said to them:
“Verily! The sign of His kingdom is
that there shall come to you At-Tabut,
wherein is Sakinah (peace and
reassurance) from your Lord and
a remnant of that which Musa and
Harun left behind, carried by the angels.
Verily, in this is a sign for you
if you are indeed believers.
Their Prophet then proclaimed, “The sign of the blessings of Talut’s kingship over you is that Allah will give you back the Tabut (wooden box) that has been taken from you.” Allah said:
فِيهِ سَكِينَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ
wherein is Sakinah from your Lord
meaning, peace (or grace) and reassurance. `Abdur-Razzaq stated that Qatadah said:
فِيهِ سَكِينَةٌ
wherein is Sakinah
means grace. In addition, Ar-Rabi` said that Sakinah means mercy. This is also the meaning given by Ibn `Abbas, as Al-`Awfi narrated.
Allah then said:
وَبَقِيَّةٌ مِّمَّا تَرَكَ ءَالُ مُوسَى وَءَالُ هَـرُونَ
..and a remnant of that which Musa and Harun left behind
Ibn Jarir related that Ibn `Abbas said about this Ayat:
وَبَقِيَّةٌ مِّمَّا تَرَكَ ءَالُ مُوسَى وَءَالُ هَـرُونَ
…and a remnant of that which Musa and Harun left behind,
Meaning, Musa’s staff and the remnants of the Tablets. This is the same Tafsir of Qatadah, As-Suddi, Ar-Rabi` bin Anas and `Ikrimah, who added, “And also the Torah.” `Abdur-Razzaq said that he asked Ath-Thawri about the meaning of,
وَبَقِيَّةٌ مِّمَّا تَرَكَ ءَالُ مُوسَى وَءَالُ هَـرُونَ
..and a remnant of that which Musa and Harun left behind
Ath-Thawri said, “Some said that it contained a pot of manna and the remnants of the Tablets, while some others said that it contained (Moses’) staff and two shoes (and refer to Taha 12).”
Allah then said:
تَحْمِلُهُ الْمَلَـئِكَةُ
…carried by the angels.
Ibn Jurayj stated that Ibn `Abbas said, “The angels came down while carrying the Tabut between the sky and the earth, until they placed it before Talut while the people were watching.” As-Suddi said, “The Tabut was brought to Talut’s house, so the people believed in the prophethood of Sham`un and obeyed Talut”
The Prophet then said:
إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لأَيَةً لَّكُمْ
Verily, in this is a sign for you
testifying to my truth in what I was sent with, my prophethood, and my command to you to obey Talut,
إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ
if you are indeed believers.
in Allah and the Hereafter.’