سُوْرَةُ يُوْنُسَ
Surah Yunus (10) — Ayah 87
وَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰ وَأَخِيهِ أَن تَبَوَّءَا لِقَوْمِكُمَا بِمِصْرَ بُيُوتًا وَٱجْعَلُوا۟ بُيُوتَكُمْ قِبْلَةً وَأَقِيمُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ ۗ وَبَشِّرِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ﴿87﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And We revealed to Mûsâ (Moses) and his brother (saying): "Provide dwellings for your people in Egypt, and make your dwellings as places for your worship, and perform As-Salât (Iqâmat-as-Salât ), and give glad tidings to the believers."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَأَوْحَيْنَآ
wa-awḥaynā
And We inspired
إِلَىٰ
ilā
to
مُوسَىٰ
mūsā
Musa
وَأَخِيهِ
wa-akhīhi
and his brother
أَن
an
that
تَبَوَّءَا
tabawwaā
Settle
لِقَوْمِكُمَا
liqawmikumā
your people
بِمِصْرَ
bimiṣ'ra
in Egypt
بُيُوتًۭا
buyūtan
(in) houses
وَٱجْعَلُوا۟
wa-ij'ʿalū
and make
بُيُوتَكُمْ
buyūtakum
your houses
قِبْلَةًۭ
qib'latan
(as) places of worship
وَأَقِيمُوا۟
wa-aqīmū
and establish
ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ ۗ
l-ṣalata
the prayer
وَبَشِّرِ
wabashiri
And give glad tidings
ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
l-mu'minīna
(to) the believers
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
87. 1. This means that make your homes themselves into mosques and turn them towards your qiblah (Bayt al-Maqdis), so that you do not need to go out to places of worship for worship, where you are afraid of the oppression and tyranny of Pharaoh's agents.
