Musa عليه السلام Fire- Who Was In It?
إِذْ قَالَ مُوسَى لِأَهْلِهِ إِنِّیْ آنَسْتُ نَارًا سَآتِيْكُمْ مِّنْهَا بِخَبَرٍ أَوْ آتِيكُم بِشِهَابٍ قَبَسٍ لَّعَلَّكُمْ تَصْطَلُوْنَ. فَلَمَّا جَآءَهَا نُوْدِیَ أَنْ بُورِكَ مَنْ فِی النَّارِ وَمَنْ حَوْلَهَا وَسُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِيْنَ. “[And in order to understand this favour of God on yourself] remember the incident when Moses said to his family: “I have seen something like fire. [Stay here, you people while] I bring now some news for you from there or an ember of fire so that you can warm yourselves.” So, when he reached it, a voice came: [11] “Blessed be He Who is in this Fire and those also who are around it. [12] And exalted is God, Lord of the Worlds”. [13] (27:7-8) ( Excerpt from Quranic Exegesis: Javed Ahmed Ghamidi ) (Tranlated by Dr. Shehzad Saleem) _____________________________ [11] A passive verb is used here in the text. It denotes vagueness and magnification. In other words, he did hear a voice but could not determine its direction and source. [12] . Ie., the angels of God. The word “blessed” used here not only denotes a fact but it is also a means of assurance for Moses (sws): he should not feel scared after hearing the voice. It is the voice of the blessed being of God that has manifested itself with His blessed angels in the veil of fire. [13] . Since a voice coming from fire could give the impression of confinement and pantheism, it was stated to dispel this impression that Moses (sws) should be informed that, while being above all confinements and defects, it was the manifestation of the being who is the Lord of the worlds that he has seen in the Fire. Thus, He can address His servants whenever He wants to and in whichever way He wants to.
But this is not chasing mutashabihaat. This is something occurring in real life and someone/something is in the fire who is being blessed. Now is this the voice, Musa عليه السلام , or angels?
That’s fine. That’s all I was wondering. If it refers to God or not. If it does we know the usul that this is to do with the affairs of God that we can’t understand. And we have the usul of not believing in pantheism so we just leave it at that. 👌