Ramadan 2016 - Surat al-Baqarah - Day 26

Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan shares some insight on Ayats which divulge why Musa AS tells to slaughter a cow. There was a murder that was not being taken the responsibility of. So Allah solves this problem with a miracle that is meant to be listened to intently. The dead boy's other relatives came to the Prophet Musa AS and asked his help in tracing the boy's murderer. Musa AS instructed them to slaughter a cow, remove its tongue and place it on the corpse. This would reveal the murderer, he told them. They accused Musa AS of joking with them. Allah the Almighty narrated: And (remember) when Musa said to his people: "Verily, Allah commands you that you slaughter a cow. They said: "Do you make fun of us?" He said: "I take Allah's Refuge from being among AlJahileen (the ignorants or the foolish)." They said: "Call upon your Lord for us that He may make plain to us what it is!" He said: "He says, 'Verily, it is a cow neither too old nor too young, but (it is) between the two conditions; so do what you are commanded." They said: "Call upon your Lord for us to make plain to us its color." He said: "He says, 'It is a yellow cow bright in its color, pleasing to the beholders. They said: "Call upon your Lord for us to make plain to us what it is. Verily to us all cows are alike, and surely, if Allah wills, we will be guided." He (Musa) said: "He says, 'It is a cow neither trained to till the soil nor water the fields, sound, having no other color except bright yellow. They said: "Now you have brought the truth." So they slaughtered it though they were near to not doing it. And (remember) when you killed a man and fell into a dispute among yourselves as to the crime. But Allah brought forth that which you were hiding. So We said: "Strike him (the dead man) with a piece of it (the cow)."  Thus Allah brings the dead to life and shows you His Ayat - proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations - so that we may understand.