[43]. Surah Al Zukhruf (The Gold Adornments): Ayat 046-047

৪৬. আমি মূসাকে আমার নিদর্শনাবলী দিয়ে ফেরাউন ও তার পরিষদবর্গের কাছে প্রেরণ করেছিলাম,  অতঃপর সে বলেছিল, আমি বিশ্ব পালনকর্তার রসূল।

৪৭. অতঃপর সে যখন তাদের কাছে আমার নিদর্শনাবলী উপস্থাপন করল, তখন তারা হাস্যবিদ্রুপ করতে লাগল। 

Ayat 46. And indeed Allah did send Musa PBUH (Moses) with Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) to Fir'aun (Pharaoh) and his chiefs (inviting them to Allah’s Religion of Islam) He said: "Verily, I am a Messenger of the Lord of the 'Alamin (mankind, jinns and all that exists)."

Ayat 47. But when he came to them with Our Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) behold! They laughed at them.

Tafseer of Al Zukhruf (The Gold Adornments) Ayat 46. We did send Moses aforetime, with Our Signs, to Pharaoh and his Chiefs: He said, "I am a messenger of the Lord of the Worlds." For the story of Moses PBUH in detail, see 7:103-137, but especially 7:104, 130-136. Ayat 47. But when he came to them with Our Signs, behold they ridiculed them. For the mockery of Moses and his Signs see 17:101; also below, 43:49, 52-53.

Hazrat Abu Said Al-Khudri (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah  [SAWW](PBUH) said, "The best type of Jihad (striving in the way of Allah) is speaking a true word in the presence of a tyrant ruler.''  [Abu Dawud Hadith # 4344 and At-Tirmidhi Hadith # 2174].

Lesson: as mentioned above in Surah Al Zukhruf Ayat 46. And indeed Allah did send Musa PBUH (Moses) with Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) to Fir'aun (Pharaoh) and his chiefs (inviting them to Allah’s Religion of Islam) He said: "Verily, I am a Messenger of the Lord of the 'Alamin (mankind, jinns and all that exists).” Jihad has many degrees. Preaching of virtue is also Jihad. The most meritorious of all is the effort of communicating the Message of Allah to an unjust ruler. Similarly, if a society is so much given to a vice that no one can dare to utter a word against it, then to protest against it can also be reckoned as the best Jihad.