Musa (AS) ke sath jo Bani Israel samandar paar kar gaye, woh un logon se mukhtalif thay jo Firon ke sath gharaq hue. Qur’an ka usool yeh hai ke jab Allah ka Rasool barah-e-raast kisi qaum ke samne aa jata hai, to haq aur batil bilkul wazeh ho jata hai. Firon aur us ke sardaron ne Musa (AS) ko pehchanne ke bawajood jaan-boojh kar inkar kiya, is liye un par azab aaya. Yeh un ka apna free will tha — Firon dil se Allah ka munkir tha, us ne apni trajectory khud band kar li. Is ke baraks Bani Israel ke jo log iman la kar samandar paar kar gaye, unhon ne Rasool par iman qabool kiya, is liye woh us waqt ke azab se bach gaye.
Lekin iman lana yeh matlab nahi hota ke insan foran kamil ho jata hai. Qur’an bilkul wazeh hai ke baad mein isi Bani Israel ke kuch logon ne bachray ko mabood bana liya. Yeh kaam unhon ne Musa (AS) ki ghair-maujoodgi mein apni kamzori, jahalat aur nafsani mailan ki wajah se kiya. Yahan ek bohot aham baat samajhne wali hai: azab se bach jana aur deen par mustaqil rehna do alag cheezein hain. Azab se bachna is liye hua kyun ke unhon ne Rasool ko reject nahi kiya, jabke gumrahi is liye hui kyun ke un ka iman abhi pukhta aur tarbiyat-yafta nahi tha.
Allah ne un logon ko bhi mohlat aur mauqa diya, jaise is duniya mein har insan ko diya jata hai. Iman laane ke baad bhi insan ko apni zindagi mein imtihan se guzarna hota hai, aur us ka hisaab us ke baad ke amal par hota hai. Isi tarah aaj ke daur mein bhi non-Muslims ko waqt diya ja raha hai; jab tak haq bilkul wazeh ho kar jaan-boojh kar reject na kiya jaye, Allah ki sunnat yeh hai ke mohlat di jati hai, foran pakar nahi hoti.
Mukhtasar yeh ke Firon aur us ke sathi is liye halak hue kyun ke unhon ne haq ko pehchan kar reject kiya, jabke Bani Israel is liye bache kyun ke unhon ne iman qabool kiya — lekin iman ke baad un se ghaltiyan ho jana is baat ki daleel hai ke iman ek safar hai, perfection ka guarantee nahi. Allah free will deta hai, trajectory badalne ka mauqa deta hai, aur phir insaan apne ikhtiyar se apna anjaam tay karta hai.