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Moses' Childhood and Rescue

نَجَاة مُوسَىٰ فِي طِفُولَتِهِ

Moses' childhood and rescue is a poignant testament to Allah's protective power and intricate planning in the face of tyranny. At a time when Pharaoh was killing male Israelite infants, Allah [inspired to Moses' mother] to take a remarkable step of faith. She was divinely instructed to [cast him into the chest and cast it into the river, that it might be brought up under My eye]. This act of profound trust led to a miraculous turn of events: [the family of Pharaoh picked him up [out of the river]]. Through another divine arrangement, Moses was then [restored to your mother that she might be content and not grieve] for nursing, against all odds, within the very household of his future adversary. This incredible narrative highlights Allah's ability to turn the plots of oppressors against themselves and beautifully illustrates His profound care for His chosen servants, ensuring their protection from birth to fulfill their divine mission.

Quran 7 verses

إِذْ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰٓ أُمِّكَ مَا يُوحَىٰٓ

Iz awhainaaa ilaaa ummika maa yoohaaa

When We inspired to your mother what We inspired,

جب ہم نے تمہاری والدہ کو الہام کیا تھا جو تمہیں بتایا جاتا ہے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: إِذْ أَوْحَيْنَا إِلَىٰ أُمِّكَ مَا يُوحَىٰ (When We revealed to your mother what was to be revealed - 20:38) It means that the information given to the mother of Sayyidna Musa (علیہ السلام) was about a matter which could be learnt only through Divine revelation. This was that the Pharaoh's soldiers...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: when idh for explanation of that favour We revealed to your mother either in her sleep or by way of inspiration — when she gave birth to you and feared that Pharaoh would have you slain for being one of the newborn of the Children of Israel — that which was revealed regarding your affair this mā yūh...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Glad Tidings of the acceptance of Musa's Supplication and the Reminder of the Previous Blessings This is a response from Allah to His Messenger, Musa, for what he requested from His Lord. It also contains a reminder of Allah's previous favors upon him. The first was inspiring his mother when she was...

أَنِ ٱقْذِفِيهِ فِى ٱلتَّابُوتِ فَٱقْذِفِيهِ فِى ٱلْيَمِّ فَلْيُلْقِهِ ٱلْيَمُّ بِٱلسَّاحِلِ يَأْخُذْهُ عَدُوٌّ لِّى وَعَدُوٌّ لَّهُۥ وَأَلْقَيْتُ عَلَيْكَ مَحَبَّةً مِّنِّى وَلِتُصْنَعَ عَلَىٰ عَيْنِىٓ

Aniqzifeehi fit Taabooti faqzifeehi fil yammi fal yul qihil yammu bis saahili yaakhuzhu 'aduwwul lee wa 'aduwwul lah; wa alqaitu 'alaika mahabbatam minnee wa litusna'a 'alaa 'ainee

[Saying], 'Cast him into the chest and cast it into the river, and the river will throw it onto the bank; there will take him an enemy to Me and an enemy to him.' And I bestowed upon you love from Me that you would be brought up under My eye.

(وہ یہ تھا) کہ اسے (یعنی موسیٰ کو) صندوق میں رکھو پھر اس (صندوق) کو دریا میں ڈال دو تو دریا اسے کنارے پر ڈال دے گا (اور) میرا اور اس کا دشمن اسے اٹھا لے گا۔ اور (موسیٰ) میں نے تم پر اپنی طرف سے محبت ڈال دی ہے (اس لئے کہ تم پر مہربانی کی جائے) اور اس لئے کہ تم میرے سامنے پرورش پاؤ

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: فَلْيُلْقِهِ الْيَمُّ بِالسَّاحِلِ (Then let the river throw it by the shore - 20:39.). The word يَمّ (Yamm) means river and here it refers most probably to the river Nile. In this verse the mother of Sayyidna Musa (علیہ السلام) has been commanded by Allah Ta` ala to place the baby in a box and set ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: “Cast him place him in the ark then cast him while in the ark into the river into the flow of the Nile and then the river shall throw him up onto the shore that is its bank the imperative here fa’l-yulqihi ‘let it throw him’ functions as a predicate; there an enemy of Mine and an enemy of his namely...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Glad Tidings of the acceptance of Musa's Supplication and the Reminder of the Previous Blessings This is a response from Allah to His Messenger, Musa, for what he requested from His Lord. It also contains a reminder of Allah's previous favors upon him. The first was inspiring his mother when she was...

إِذْ تَمْشِىٓ أُخْتُكَ فَتَقُولُ هَلْ أَدُلُّكُمْ عَلَىٰ مَن يَكْفُلُهُۥ فَرَجَعْنَٰكَ إِلَىٰٓ أُمِّكَ كَىْ تَقَرَّ عَيْنُهَا وَلَا تَحْزَنَ وَقَتَلْتَ نَفْسًا فَنَجَّيْنَٰكَ مِنَ ٱلْغَمِّ وَفَتَنَّٰكَ فُتُونًا فَلَبِثْتَ سِنِينَ فِىٓ أَهْلِ مَدْيَنَ ثُمَّ جِئْتَ عَلَىٰ قَدَرٍ يَٰمُوسَىٰ

Iz tamsheee ukhtuka fataqoolu hal adullukum 'alaa mai yakfuluhoo faraja 'naaka ilaaa ummika kai taqarra 'ainuhaa wa laa tahzan; wa qatalta nafsan fanajjainaaka minal ghammi wa fatannaaka futoonaa; falabista sineena feee ahli Madyana summa ji'ta 'alaa qadariny yaa Moosa

[And We favored you] when your sister went and said, 'Shall I direct you to someone who will be responsible for him?' So We restored you to your mother that she might be content and not grieve. And you killed someone, but We saved you from retaliation and tried you with a [severe] trial. And you remained [some] years among the people of Madyan. Then you came [here] at the decreed time, O Moses.

جب تمہاری بہن (فرعون کے ہاں) گئی اور کہنے لگی کہ میں تمہیں ایسا شخص بتاؤں جو اس کو پالے۔ تو (اس طریق سے) ہم نے تم کو تمہاری ماں کے پاس پہنچا دیا تاکہ ان کی آنکھیں ٹھنڈی ہوں اور وہ رنج نہ کریں۔ اور تم نے ایک شخص کو مار ڈالا تو ہم نے تم کو غم سے مخلصی دی اور ہم نے تمہاری (کئی بار) آزمائش کی۔ پھر تم کئی سال اہل مدین میں ٹھہرے رہے۔ پھر اے موسیٰ تم (قابلیت رسالت کے) اندازے پر آ پہنچے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: إِذْ تَمْشِي أُخْتُكَ (When your sister was going - 20:40). The story of the sister of Sayyidna Musa (علیہ السلام) following the box along the river and the subsequent events are alluded to in this verse, which ends with the words وَفَتَنَّاكَ فُتُونًا (We tested you with a great ordeal - 20:40). Ac...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: When idh for explanation your sister Maryam walked up to obtain news of you for they had brought wet nurses for you but you would not take to the breast of any of them and she then said “Shall I show you someone who will take care of him?”. Her offer was accepted and so she brought them his mother a...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Choosing Musa to go to Fir`awn and to be Soft and Gentle in His Invitation Allah, the Exalted, says in His address to Musa that he had lived among the people of Madyan, avoiding Fir`awn and his chiefs. He worked as a shepherd for his father-in-law until the appointed time for his work ended. Then he...

قَالَ أَلَمْ نُرَبِّكَ فِينَا وَلِيدًا وَلَبِثْتَ فِينَا مِنْ عُمُرِكَ سِنِينَ

Qaala alam nurabbika feenaa waleedanw wa labista feenaa min 'umurika sineen

[Pharaoh] said, "Did we not raise you among us as a child, and you remained among us for years of your life?

(فرعون نے موسیٰ سے کہا) کیا ہم نے تم کو کہ ابھی بچّے تھے پرورش نہیں کیا اور تم نے برسوں ہمارے ہاں عمر بسر (نہیں) کی

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: أَنْ أَرْ‌سِلْ مَعَنَا بَنِي إِسْرَ‌ائِيلَ That you must send the children of Isra'i1 with us". (26:17) Bani Isra'il were the residents of Syria. They wanted to go back to their land but the Pharaoh would not let them. This way four hundred years had passed and they were living in his bondage like s...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: He Pharaoh said to Moses ‘Did we not rear you among us in our homes as a child? as an infant only recently born but weaned and did you not stay with us for years of your life? for thirty years — he would dress from Pharaoh’s clothes and ride chariots of his and was referred to as Pharaoh’s son.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Between Musa and Fir`awn Allah tells us what He commanded His servant, son of `Imran and Messenger Musa, peace be upon him, who spoke with Him, to do, when He called him from the right side of the mountain, and conversed with him, and chose him, sent him, and commanded him to go to Fir`awn and his p...

فَٱلْتَقَطَهُۥٓ ءَالُ فِرْعَوْنَ لِيَكُونَ لَهُمْ عَدُوًّا وَحَزَنًا إِنَّ فِرْعَوْنَ وَهَٰمَٰنَ وَجُنُودَهُمَا كَانُوا۟ خَٰطِـِٔينَ

Faltaqatahooo Aalu Fir'awna li yakoona lahum 'aduwwanw wa hazanaa; inna Fir'awna wa Haamaana wa junooda humaa kaanoo khaati'een

And the family of Pharaoh picked him up [out of the river] so that he would become to them an enemy and a [cause of] grief. Indeed, Pharaoh and Haman and their soldiers were deliberate sinners.

تو فرعون کے لوگوں نے اس کو اُٹھا لیا اس لئے کہ (نتیجہ یہ ہونا تھا کہ) وہ اُن کا دشمن اور (ان کے لئے موجب) غم ہو۔ بیشک فرعون اور ہامان اور اُن کے لشکر چوک گئے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: وَأَوْحَيْنَا إِلَىٰ أُمِّ مُوسَىٰ (28:7) The word Wahy (inspiration) is used here in its literal meaning. It does not mean the Wahy that is peculiar to prophets. This point has already been explained under Surah Taha.
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Then Pharaoh’s folk aids picked him up with him still in the basket the morning following that night — it was placed him in front of him Pharaoh and then opened and Moses was brought out of it sucking milk from his thumb — to be at the end of the affair an enemy slaying their menfolk and a cause of ...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): How Musa's Mother was inspired and shown what to do It was mentioned that when Fir`awn killed so many of the males of the Children of Israel, the Copts were scared that the Children of Israel would die out, and they themselves would have to do the heavy labor that the Children of Israel used to do. ...

وَقَالَتِ ٱمْرَأَتُ فِرْعَوْنَ قُرَّتُ عَيْنٍ لِّى وَلَكَ لَا تَقْتُلُوهُ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَنفَعَنَآ أَوْ نَتَّخِذَهُۥ وَلَدًا وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

Wa qaalatim ra atu Fir'awna qurratu 'aynil lee wa lak; laa taqtuloohu 'asaaa aiyanfa'anaa aw nattakhizahoo waladanw wa hum laa yash'uroon

And the wife of Pharaoh said, "[He will be] a comfort of the eye for me and for you. Do not kill him; perhaps he may benefit us, or we may adopt him as a son." And they perceived not.

اور فرعون کی بیوی نے کہا کہ (یہ) میری اور تمہاری (دونوں کی) آنکھوں کی ٹھنڈک ہے اس کو قتل نہ کرنا۔ شاید یہ ہمیں فائدہ پہنچائے یا ہم اُسے بیٹا بنالیں اور وہ انجام سے بےخبر تھے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: وَأَوْحَيْنَا إِلَىٰ أُمِّ مُوسَىٰ (28:7) The word Wahy (inspiration) is used here in its literal meaning. It does not mean the Wahy that is peculiar to prophets. This point has already been explained under Surah Taha.
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And Pharaoh’s wife said after he and his aids had resolved to slay him he is ‘A joyous sight for me and you. Do not slay him. Perhaps he will be of benefit to us or we will adopt him as a son’ and so they obeyed her wish. And they were not aware of the sequel to their affair with him.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): How Musa's Mother was inspired and shown what to do It was mentioned that when Fir`awn killed so many of the males of the Children of Israel, the Copts were scared that the Children of Israel would die out, and they themselves would have to do the heavy labor that the Children of Israel used to do. ...

وَقَالَتْ لِأُخْتِهِۦ قُصِّيهِ فَبَصُرَتْ بِهِۦ عَن جُنُبٍ وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

Wa qaalat li ukhtihee qusseehi fabasurat bihee 'an junubinw wahum laa yash'uroon

And she said to his sister, "Follow him"; so she watched him from a distance while they perceived not.

اور اس کی بہن سے کہا کہ اس کے پیچھے پیچھے چلی جا تو وہ اُسے دور سے دیکھتی رہی اور ان (لوگوں) کو کچھ خبر نہ تھی

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: وَأَوْحَيْنَا إِلَىٰ أُمِّ مُوسَىٰ (28:7) The word Wahy (inspiration) is used here in its literal meaning. It does not mean the Wahy that is peculiar to prophets. This point has already been explained under Surah Taha.
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And she said to his sister Mary ‘Follow him’ in other words follow where he goes in order to find out his news. So she watched him from afar from a distance secretly while they were not aware that she was his sister or that she was even watching him.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The intense Grief of Musa's Mother, and how He was returned to Her Allah tells us how, when her child was lost in the river, the heart of Musa's mother became empty, i.e., she could not think of any matter in this world except Musa. This was the view of Ibn `Abbas, Mujahid, `Ikrimah, Sa`id bin Jubay...

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