We sent Moses with Our signs and clear authority
And indeed We sent Moosa with Our signs and a clear proof.
We also sent Moses with Our signs and a clear authority,
THUS, INDEED, did We send Moses with Our mes­sages and a manifest authority [from Us]
And assuredly We sent Musa with Our signs and a manifest authority.
And indeed We sent Musa (Moses) with Our Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.), and a manifest authority,
We sent Moses with Our signs, and a clear authority.
Verily We sent Moses with Our Signs and a clear authority
And indeed We sent Musa with Our Ayat, and a manifest authority,
And verily We sent Moses with Our revelations and a clear warrant
Certainly We sent Moses with Our signs and a manifest authority
We sent Moses with Our signs and with clear authority
And We did certainly send Moses with Our signs and a clear authority
We sent Moses with Our miracles and clear authority.
And certainly We sent Musa with Our communications and clear authority,
Walaqad arsaln<u>a</u> moos<u>a</u> bi<u>a</u>y<u>a</u>tin<u>a</u> wasul<u>ta</u>nin mubeen<b>in</b>
We sent Moses with Our signs and clear authority
Of old We sent Moses, with Our Signs and an authority manifest,
وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا مُوسَىٰ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا وَسُلْطَٰنٍ مُّبِينٍ
I sent Moses with My clear signs and decisive proof.
I sent Moses with My clear signs and decisive proof.
<h2 class="title">The Story of Musa and Fir`awn</h2><p>Allah consoles His Prophet Muhammad for the disbelief of his people and gives him the glad tidings of good consequences and victory in this world and the Hereafter, as happened to Musa bin `Imran, peace be upon him, whom Allah sent with clear proof and definitive evidence. Allah says:</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">بِـَايَـتِنَا وَسُلْطَانٍ مُّبِينٍ</div><p>(with Our Ayat, and a manifest authority). Authority means proof and evidence.</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">إِلَى فِرْعَوْنَ</div><p>(to Fir`awn), who was the king of the Copts of Egypt.</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">وَهَـمَـنَ</div><p>(Haman) who was his adviser.</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">وَقَـشرُونَ</div><p>(and Qarun) who was the richest trader among the people of his time.</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">فَقَالُواْ سَـحِرٌ كَـذَّابٌ</div><p>(but they called (him): "A sorcerer, liar!") means, they rejected him and thought he was a sorcerer, a madman and an illusionist who was telling lies about having been sent by Allah. This is like the Ayah:</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">كَذَلِكَ مَآ أَتَى الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلاَّ قَالُواْ سَـحِرٌ أَوْ مَجْنُونٌ - أَتَوَاصَوْاْ بِهِ بَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ طَـغُونَ </div><p>(Likewise, no Messenger came to those before them but they said: "A sorcerer or a madman!" Have they transmitted this saying to these Nay, they are themselves a people transgressing beyond bounds!) (51:52-53)</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُمْ بِالْحَقِّ مِنْ عِندِنَا</div><p>(Then, when he brought them the Truth from Us,) means, with definite evidence that Allah had sent him to them,</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">قَالُواْ اقْتُلُواْ أَبْنَآءَ الَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ مَعَهُ وَاسْتَحْيُواْ نِسَآءَهُمْ</div><p>(they said: "Kill with him the sons of those who believe and let their women live;) This was a second command from Fir`awn to kill the males of the Children of Israel. The first command had been as a precaution against the emergence of a man like Musa, or an act intended to humiliate this people or reduce their numbers or both. The second command was for the second reason, to humiliate the people so that they would regard Musa as a bad omen. they said:</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">أُوذِينَا مِن قَبْلِ أَن تَأْتِيَنَا وَمِن بَعْدِ مَا جِئْتَنَا قَالَ عَسَى رَبُّكُمْ أَن يُهْلِكَ عَدُوَّكُمْ وَيَسْتَخْلِفَكُمْ فِى الاٌّرْضِ فَيَنظُرَ كَيْفَ تَعْمَلُونَ</div><p>("We (Children of Israel) had suffered troubles before you came to us, and since you have come to us." He said: "It may be that your Lord will destroy your enemy and make you successors on the earth, so that He may see how you act") (7:129). Qatadah said, this was one command after another.</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">وَمَا كَـيْدُ الْكَـفِرِينَ إِلاَّ فِى ضَلَـلٍ</div><p>(but the plots of disbelievers are nothing but in vain!) means, their schemes and intentions -- to reduce the numbers of the Children of Israel lest they prevail over them -- were doomed to failure.</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">وَقَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ ذَرُونِى أَقْتُلْ مُوسَى وَلْيَدْعُ رَبَّهُ</div><p>(Fir`awn said: "Leave me to kill Musa, and let him call his Lord!...") Fir`awn, may Allah curse him, resolved to kill Musa, peace be upon him, i.e., he said to his people, `let me kill him for you.'</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">وَلْيَدْعُ رَبَّهُ</div><p>(and let him call his Lord!) means, `I do not care.' This is the utmost in offensive stubbornness.</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">إِنِّى أَخَافُ أَن يُبَدِّلَ دِينَكُـمْ أَوْ أَن يُظْهِرَ فِى الاٌّرْضِ الْفَسَادَ</div><p>(I fear that he may change your religion, or that he may cause mischief to appear in the land!) means, Musa; Fir`awn was afraid that Musa would lead his people astray and change their ways and customs. As if Fir`awn would be concerned about what Musa might do to his people! The majority understood this as meaning, `he will change your religion and cause mischief to appear in the land.'</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">وَقَالَ مُوسَى إِنِّى عُذْتُ بِرَبِّى وَرَبِّكُـمْ مِّن كُلِّ مُتَكَبِّرٍ لاَّ يُؤْمِنُ بِيَوْمِ الْحِسَابِ </div><p>(Musa said: "Verily, I seek refuge in my Lord and your Lord from every arrogant who believes not in the Day of Reckoning!") means, when he heard that Fir`awn had said,</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">ذَرُونِى أَقْتُلْ مُوسَى</div><p>(Leave me to kill Musa,) Musa, peace be upon him, said, "I seek refuge and protection with Allah from his evil and the evil of those like him." So he said:</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">إِنِّى عُذْتُ بِرَبِّى وَرَبِّكُـمْ</div><p>(Verily, I seek refuge in my Lord and your Lord) -- those who were being addressed here --</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">مِّن كُلِّ مُتَكَبِّرٍ</div><p>(from every arrogant) means, from every evildoer,</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">لاَّ يُؤْمِنُ بِيَوْمِ الْحِسَابِ</div><p>(who believes not in the Day of Reckoning!) It was reported in the Hadith narrated from Abu Musa, may Allah be pleased with him, that when the Messenger of Allah was afraid of some people, he would say:</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">«اللْهُمَّ إِنَّا نَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شُرُورِهِمْ، وَنَدْرَأُ بِكَ فِي نُحُورِهِم»</div><p>(O Allah, we seek refuge in You from their evil and we seek Your help in repulsing them.)</p>
The Story of Musa and Fir`awnAllah consoles His Prophet Muhammad for the disbelief of his people and gives him the glad tidings of good consequences and victory in this world and the Hereafter, as happened to Musa bin `Imran, peace be upon him, whom Allah sent with clear proof and definitive evidence. Allah says:بِـَايَـتِنَا وَسُلْطَانٍ مُّبِينٍ(with Our Ayat, and a manifest authority). Authority means proof and evidence.إِلَى فِرْعَوْنَ(to Fir`awn), who was the king of the Copts of Egypt.وَهَـمَـنَ(Haman) who was his adviser.وَقَـشرُونَ(and Qarun) who was the richest trader among the people of his time.فَقَالُواْ سَـحِرٌ كَـذَّابٌ(but they called (him): "A sorcerer, liar!") means, they rejected him and thought he was a sorcerer, a madman and an illusionist who was telling lies about having been sent by Allah. This is like the Ayah:كَذَلِكَ مَآ أَتَى الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلاَّ قَالُواْ سَـحِرٌ أَوْ مَجْنُونٌ - أَتَوَاصَوْاْ بِهِ بَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ طَـغُونَ (Likewise, no Messenger came to those before them but they said: "A sorcerer or a madman!" Have they transmitted this saying to these Nay, they are themselves a people transgressing beyond bounds!) (51:52-53)فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُمْ بِالْحَقِّ مِنْ عِندِنَا(Then, when he brought them the Truth from Us,) means, with definite evidence that Allah had sent him to them,قَالُواْ اقْتُلُواْ أَبْنَآءَ الَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ مَعَهُ وَاسْتَحْيُواْ نِسَآءَهُمْ(they said: "Kill with him the sons of those who believe and let their women live;) This was a second command from Fir`awn to kill the males of the Children of Israel. The first command had been as a precaution against the emergence of a man like Musa, or an act intended to humiliate this people or reduce their numbers or both. The second command was for the second reason, to humiliate the people so that they would regard Musa as a bad omen. they said:أُوذِينَا مِن قَبْلِ أَن تَأْتِيَنَا وَمِن بَعْدِ مَا جِئْتَنَا قَالَ عَسَى رَبُّكُمْ أَن يُهْلِكَ عَدُوَّكُمْ وَيَسْتَخْلِفَكُمْ فِى الاٌّرْضِ فَيَنظُرَ كَيْفَ تَعْمَلُونَ("We (Children of Israel) had suffered troubles before you came to us, and since you have come to us." He said: "It may be that your Lord will destroy your enemy and make you successors on the earth, so that He may see how you act") (7:129). Qatadah said, this was one command after another.وَمَا كَـيْدُ الْكَـفِرِينَ إِلاَّ فِى ضَلَـلٍ(but the plots of disbelievers are nothing but in vain!) means, their schemes and intentions -- to reduce the numbers of the Children of Israel lest they prevail over them -- were doomed to failure.وَقَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ ذَرُونِى أَقْتُلْ مُوسَى وَلْيَدْعُ رَبَّهُ(Fir`awn said: "Leave me to kill Musa, and let him call his Lord!...") Fir`awn, may Allah curse him, resolved to kill Musa, peace be upon him, i.e., he said to his people, `let me kill him for you.'وَلْيَدْعُ رَبَّهُ(and let him call his Lord!) means, `I do not care.' This is the utmost in offensive stubbornness.إِنِّى أَخَافُ أَن يُبَدِّلَ دِينَكُـمْ أَوْ أَن يُظْهِرَ فِى الاٌّرْضِ الْفَسَادَ(I fear that he may change your religion, or that he may cause mischief to appear in the land!) means, Musa; Fir`awn was afraid that Musa would lead his people astray and change their ways and customs. As if Fir`awn would be concerned about what Musa might do to his people! The majority understood this as meaning, `he will change your religion and cause mischief to appear in the land.'وَقَالَ مُوسَى إِنِّى عُذْتُ بِرَبِّى وَرَبِّكُـمْ مِّن كُلِّ مُتَكَبِّرٍ لاَّ يُؤْمِنُ بِيَوْمِ الْحِسَابِ (Musa said: "Verily, I seek refuge in my Lord and your Lord from every arrogant who believes not in the Day of Reckoning!") means, when he heard that Fir`awn had said,ذَرُونِى أَقْتُلْ مُوسَى(Leave me to kill Musa,) Musa, peace be upon him, said, "I seek refuge and protection with Allah from his evil and the evil of those like him." So he said:إِنِّى عُذْتُ بِرَبِّى وَرَبِّكُـمْ(Verily, I seek refuge in my Lord and your Lord) -- those who were being addressed here --مِّن كُلِّ مُتَكَبِّرٍ(from every arrogant) means, from every evildoer,لاَّ يُؤْمِنُ بِيَوْمِ الْحِسَابِ(who believes not in the Day of Reckoning!) It was reported in the Hadith narrated from Abu Musa, may Allah be pleased with him, that when the Messenger of Allah was afraid of some people, he would say:«اللْهُمَّ إِنَّا نَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شُرُورِهِمْ، وَنَدْرَأُ بِكَ فِي نُحُورِهِم»(O Allah, we seek refuge in You from their evil and we seek Your help in repulsing them.)