Tafheem ul Quran
Surah 2 Al-Baqarah, Ayat 60-60
وَاِذِ اسۡتَسۡقَىٰ مُوۡسٰى لِقَوۡمِهٖ فَقُلۡنَا اضۡرِب بِّعَصَاكَ الۡحَجَرَؕ فَانۡفَجَرَتۡ مِنۡهُ اثۡنَتَا عَشۡرَةَ عَيۡنًاؕ قَدۡ عَلِمَ کُلُّ اُنَاسٍ مَّشۡرَبَهُمۡؕ کُلُوۡا وَاشۡرَبُوۡا مِنۡ رِّزۡقِ اللّٰهِ وَلَا تَعۡثَوۡا فِىۡ الۡاَرۡضِ مُفۡسِدِيۡنَ
﴿2:60﴾
(2:60) And recall when Moses prayed for water for his people and We replied:
“Strike the rock with your staff.” And there gushed out from it twelve springs76
and each tribe knew its drinking-place. (Then you were directed): “Eat and drink
of the sustenance provided by Allah, and do not go about acting wickedly on
earth, spreading mischief.”
Notes
76 That rock can still be seen in the Sinai Peninsula with the twelve holes
of the springs. Twelve springs were caused to flow for the Israelites in order
to avoid water disputes among their twelve clans.