Quranic Wonders

Field of Teeh

After pharaoh drowned into the River Nile and all the Bani Israel becameMuslim, and when Sayyiduna Musa ﷷﷵ َwas blessed with tranquillity andpeace, Allah s.w.t َordered him to enter the Holy Land (Bayt-ul-Muqaddas)with the Bani Israel. At that time, Bayt-ul-Muqaddas was under thedomination of the people of 'Amaliqah who were the worst of unbelievers,very sturdy warriors and very cruel. Therefore, Sayyiduna Musa ﷷﷵleft for Jihad against the people of 'Amaliqah with six hundred thousand peopleof the Bani Israel but the moment the Bani Israel reached in the vicinity ofBayt-ul-Muqaddas, they became coward and started exclaiming that thereare Jabbareen ('Amaliqah) in this city, who are very strong and powerful, therefore, we will notenter the city at alluntil these people areinside the city.The Bani Israel saidto Sayyiduna Musaِﷷﷵ َeven up tothis extent, 'O Musaِﷷﷵ your and your Rab shouldَ go and fight with suchpowerful people; wewill stay here.' Such comments from the Bani Israel made Sayyiduna Musa  veryَ much Grieved and thus he said to Allah

O My Lord! I have no control except upon myself and my brother (Haroon), so keep usseparate from these disobedient ones.[Kanz-ul-Iman (Translation of Quran)] (Part 6, Surah Al-Mai'dah, Ayah 25) 

In response of this supplication of Sayyiduna Musa ﷷﷵ Allah s.w.t exposed His wrath saying,

So, that (holy) land is forbidden for them for forty years, let them wander on the earth,so you (O Musa) do not grieve for these disobedient people.[Kanz-ul-Iman (Translation of Quran)] (Part 6, Surah Al-Mai'dah, Ayah 26) 

As a result, these six hundred thousand Bani Israel wandered in the field forforty years, but could not get out of it. This field is called the 'field of Teeh'.'Mann and Salwa' was also descended in the same field for the Bani Israel. when Sayyiduna Musa ﷷﷵ would struck his staff over the stone, twelvesprings of water gushed out of it. This event has been narrated in the HolyQuran with different contexts time and again; among which, in Surah Al Mai'dah, this event has a comparatively full description which undoubtedlyis an excellent event that consists of the descriptions of the deviation anddisobedience of the Bani Israel. But despite all this, Sayyiduna Musa ﷷﷵ always remained affectionate towards the Bani Israel that when these peopleexhausted due to extreme hunger and thirst in the field of Teeh, Sayyiduna Musaْﷷﷵ prayed for them and got the Mann and Salwa descended forِthem. Afterwards he ﷷﷵ َalso made twelve springs of water emerge bystriking his staff on the stone. From this event, we can have an idea of howpatient, placid and tolerant Sayyiduna Musa ﷷﷵ was.