📜 A Chilling Verse from Surah Al-Ma’idah 📜

🔹 Verse 60 – Surah Al-Ma’idah (5:60):

“Say, shall I inform you of [those who deserve] a worse punishment from Allah than that? [It is] those whom Allah has cursed and with whom He is angry, and He turned some of them into apes and swine, and those who worshipped false gods. They are worse in rank and farther astray from the right path.”

🔍 Interpretation from the Ahlul Bayt (peace be upon them):

📌 Imam al-Askari (AS) narrates from Imam Ali (AS):

“Allah commands His servants to ask for the path of those upon whom He has bestowed His favor — the prophets, the truthful, the martyrs, and the righteous — and to seek refuge from the path of those who incurred His wrath — such as the Jews who turned divine blessings into disbelief.”
📚 Bihar al-Anwar, Vol. 25, p. 273

📌 Imam Ali (AS) also said:

“Those who incurred Allah’s wrath are the Jews who turned divine favors into denial. Allah became angry with them and transformed some into apes and pigs. We seek refuge in Allah so He does not become angry with us as He did with them.”
📚 Bihar al-Anwar, Vol. 89, p. 260

🐒 Who Were the Transformed Ones?

📌 Ibn Abbas (ra):

“Those who were transformed were from the Sabbath violators among the Children of Israel — their young men turned into apes and their elders into swine.”
📚 Majma‘ al-Bahrayn, Vol. 3, p. 127

📌 Imam Ali (AS) on Mu’awiya’s army:

“Do not call them the people of Sham (Syria); rather call them the people of ‘shum’ (evil). They are descendants of those whom Prophet Dawud (AS) cursed, and Allah turned into apes and pigs.”
📚 Bihar al-Anwar, Vol. 33, p. 233

💡 Lessons from the Verse:

1️⃣ Divine wrath is the result of arrogance and ingratitude.
2️⃣ Transformation (masakh) reflects the spiritual and moral downfall of those who abandon their God-given nature.
3️⃣ Seeking refuge from the path of the misguided is essential for salvation.

🌹 Supplication:

“O Allah, keep us away from the path of those who earned Your wrath, and include us among those upon whom You have bestowed Your grace.”

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