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CH. 20 ṬĀHĀ PT. 16 وَاصْطَنَعْتُكَ لِنَفْسِي 42. And I have chosen thee for Myself, 2265 with My Signs, and slacken not in remembering Me. 2266 اذْهَبْ أَنْتَ وَأَخُوكَ بِالْتِي وَلَا تَنيَا ,Go, thou and thy brother. 43 فِي ذِكْرِى اِذْهَبَا إِلَى فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُ طَغَى 44. Go, both of you, to Pharaoh, for he has transgressed all bounds. فَقُولَا لَهُ قَوْلًا لَّيْنَا لَّعَلَّهُ يَتَذَكَّرُ But speak to him a gentle. 45 أوْ يَخْشُى speech, haply he might heed or fear. "2266A "20:14. 28:36. €79:18. live with the Israelites in the deserts and forests of the valley of Sinai, he was made to become used to a hard life by living for several years in Midian. 2265. Important Words: bo (I have chosen thee). For. 20:40 see اصطنع The verse signifies that God chose Moses for the great and difficult task of delivering a broken and crushed people from a heartless tyranny. 2266. Important Words: (slacken not) is derived from 3, which means, he was or became languid, remiss, weak, feeble or faint. ¿ means, he entered upon a thing languidly or weakly; he flagged or was remiss in the affair; greatly helpful in attaining success. They constitute the spiritual means which one must employ along with physical and material means for the furtherance and success of one's cause. They are as essential as the physical means. God's command to Moses and Aaron to adopt these means, although He had promised them His help, makes it abundantly clear that the promise of Divine help does not absolve one of the obligation to use those means which God has created for the attainment of a certain object. God wants us to use all legitimate means that lie in our power for the accomplishment of our object and leave the rest to Him. 2266A. Important Words: when لعل. (that haply he might) لعله he passed from it and left it ونى عنه (Lane & Aqrab). Commentary: The words, and slacken not in remembering Me, show that prayer and constant remembrance of God are 2018 expressing hope or fear is not used with regard to God. Hope or fear combined with expectation expressed by JW pertains sometimes to the