The inquiry is about; Whose name was mentioned first?
"They said, "We have believed in the Lord of the worlds," 26:47
"The Lord of Moses and Aaron.". " 26:48
".. "We have believed in the Lord of Aaron and Moses.". " 20:70
Though, the Lord is the same, and Moses and Haron didn't change!
Why is the sequence different, in both verses?
We've said..
on many occasions..that..
bringing a word first or later..
is.. first it is for informing..
and we've given more than one example..
and that it is not necessarily an indication that..
the first is the best person or thing.
the least better might be mentioned first!
according to the context.
So, the least better might be mentioned first!
Yes, and the best would be mentioned later.
Okay.
This is it.
It is not necessary!
But, the context is more important.
"It is He who created you, and among you is the disbeliever, and among you is the believer.. " 64:2
He mentioned the disbeliever first..
"Not equal are the companions of the Fire and the companions of Paradise.. " 59:20
He began with whom?
with the companions of the Fire.
This is how it is!
And, the examples are numeros.
".. there would have been demolished monasteries, churches, synagogues.. " 22:40
".. and mosques.. "
are mentioned at last!
"By the fig and the olive" "And [by] Mount Sinai." 95:1-2
"And [by] this secure city [Makkah]," 95:3
Makkah was mentioned last.
True.
So, the rule that we should know, as regards, which is to be mentioned first.. is that..
It is not necessary..
that the best is to be mentioned first.
this is governed by the need of the context.
The priority is for the important..
and the important is according to the context.
So, in Quran, the context is the most important in this regards.
Yes, exactly.
Okay.
so, here, we have Haron and Moses.. or Moses and Haron..
in many verses..
in Surah; Taha..
Haron was mentioned before Moses.
".. the Lord of Aaron and Moses. "
Yes.
and in Surah Ash-Shu'ara; ".. Moses and Aaron "
some interpreters said;
Basically Moses should be mentioned first, because he is superior to Haron..
but, the reverse was done for the sake of the ends of the verses.. the style.
because, in Surah Taha..
the versses end with the letter; [Alif=Aa]
this is a fact.
So, he said; Haron and [Mosa].
to match the style of the end of the verses in Quran.
"We have not sent down to you the Qur'an that you be distressed[Tashqa]." 20:2
Yes, it is like this.
And in Surah Ash-Shu'ara he said; Moses and [Haron]..
for the same reason.
But, in fact..
if we look in the two stories.. the contexts..
in each Surah;
We find that, in Surah Taha..
Haron was mentioned.. many times..
and Allah has made him a partner of Moses in the process of conveying the message.
But, in Surah Ash-Shu'ara, he was mentioned only in few times at the beginning.
For example..
in Surah Taha..
"And appoint for me a minister from my family. " 20:29
"Aaron, my brother." 20:30
"Increase through him my strength." 20:31
"And let him share my task." 20:32
"That we may exalt You much." 20 33
"Go, you and your brother, with My signs.. " 20:42
".. and do not slacken in My remembrance."
"Go, both of you, to Pharaoh.. " 20:43
".. Indeed, he has transgressed."
"And speak to him..[Both of you] " 20:44
".. with gentle speech.."
notice, all the verses are in the plural of two.
"They said.. [both of them].. " 20:45
".. "Our Lord, indeed we are afraid that he will hasten [punishment] against us [Both].. "
".. or that he will transgress."
"[ Allah ] said, "Fear not. [Both of you].. " 20: 46
".. Indeed, I am with you both.. "
"So [Both of you] go to him.. and say.. , 'Indeed, [we are] messengers.. "
Ma'Sha'Allah.. there are so many words..
isn't it?
Even Pharaoh, he talked to them both..
"[Pharaoh] said, "So who is the Lord of you two.. " 20:49
".. O Moses?". "
Also.. "They said, "Indeed, these two.. " 20:63
'.. are two magicians.. "
".. who [both] want to drive you out of your land with their magic [both of them].. "
".. and [Both] do away with your most exemplary way... "
And after Moses left.. leaving Haron behind..
"And Aaron had already told them before [the return of Moses].. " 20:90
In Surah Ash-Shu'ara..
He was mentioned at the beginning..
".. so send for Aaron." 26:13
"[ Allah ] said, "No. Go both of you with Our signs; indeed, We are with you, listening." 26:15
only in this part of the story.
The rest of the story was about Moses.
They talked with Moses..
"[Pharaoh] said, "If you take a god other than me.. " 26:29
".. I will surely place you among those imprisoned."."
".. "Indeed, this is a learned magician." 26:34
Not; these are two magicians.
a learned magician.
The talk was about one of them..
Yes, only one.
But, in Taha; these are two magicians.
Both of them.
Yes.
There is another point..
Okay.
In Surah Taha, The fear of Moses was mentioned.
"And he sensed within himself apprehension, did Moses." 20:67
He didn't say that Haron felt afraid!
Yes.
Moses was afraid.
Though, they were together.
Of course he was with him, that was the context of the Surah.
they were together.
Weren't they?
Yes.
But, Moses was intimidated.
He mentioned that Moses felt afraid, but He didn't say that Haron felt the same!
Now, we have the first and the second.
Where should we mention Haron first?
when Moses was afraid..
Haron was to be mentioned first?
In which case?
I think...
When Moses was afraid, Haron was mentioned before him.
And, when Moses was not afraid, he was mentioned in the verse, before Haron.
In addition to taking the context into consideration.
So, in both Suras.
the situation was not the same.
So, here, the name of Haron was mentioned before the name of Moses..
but, Moses was afraid!
Exactly, for this reason, He mentioned his name after Haron.
So, it is like mentioning the stronger first.
Isn't it, logically?
True.. Allahu Akbar!!
Isn't it? he was frightened!
He would mention the stronger first.. and the afraid is to be mentioned afterwards.
Exactly, the name of the one who was intimidated was mentioned later.
the one who was afraid, was delayed.
Correct.
Can we say that the style of Quran, the end of each verse has something to do with this?
Yes, this is a factor..
but, we can't say that it is the only reason.
Because, we've noticed that, in Quran..
this factor is ignored, if it was necessary.
For example;
"And let him share my task[Amri]." 20: 32-33
this is in Surah Taha..
It has a different ending.
".. that you would be brought up under My eye[A'yni]." 20:39
not the expected ending.
So..
in many places in Quran..
the style of the end of verses is ignored.
Okay.