سُوْرَةُ طٰهٰ
Surah Taa-Haa (20) — Ayah 40
إِذْ تَمْشِىٓ أُخْتُكَ فَتَقُولُ هَلْ أَدُلُّكُمْ عَلَىٰ مَن يَكْفُلُهُۥ ۖ فَرَجَعْنَـٰكَ إِلَىٰٓ أُمِّكَ كَىْ تَقَرَّ عَيْنُهَا وَلَا تَحْزَنَ ۚ وَقَتَلْتَ نَفْسًا فَنَجَّيْنَـٰكَ مِنَ ٱلْغَمِّ وَفَتَنَّـٰكَ فُتُونًا ۚ فَلَبِثْتَ سِنِينَ فِىٓ أَهْلِ مَدْيَنَ ثُمَّ جِئْتَ عَلَىٰ قَدَرٍ يَـٰمُوسَىٰ ﴿40﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
"When your sister went and said: ‘Shall I show you one who will nurse him?’ So We restored you to your mother, that she might cool her eyes and she should not grieve. Then you did kill a man, but We saved you from great distress and tried you with a heavy trial. Then you stayed a number of years with the people of Madyan (Midian). Then you came here according to the fixed term which I ordained (for you), O Mûsâ (Moses)!
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
إِذْ
idh
When
تَمْشِىٓ
tamshī
was going
أُخْتُكَ
ukh'tuka
your sister
فَتَقُولُ
fataqūlu
and she said
هَلْ
hal
Shall
أَدُلُّكُمْ
adullukum
I show you
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
[to]
مَن
man
(one) who
يَكْفُلُهُۥ ۖ
yakfuluhu
will nurse and rear him
فَرَجَعْنَـٰكَ
farajaʿnāka
So We returned you
إِلَىٰٓ
ilā
to
أُمِّكَ
ummika
your mother
كَىْ
kay
that
تَقَرَّ
taqarra
may be cooled
عَيْنُهَا
ʿaynuhā
her eyes
وَلَا
walā
and not
تَحْزَنَ ۚ
taḥzana
she grieves
وَقَتَلْتَ
waqatalta
And you killed
نَفْسًۭا
nafsan
a man
فَنَجَّيْنَـٰكَ
fanajjaynāka
but We saved you
مِنَ
mina
from
ٱلْغَمِّ
l-ghami
the distress
وَفَتَنَّـٰكَ
wafatannāka
and We tried you
فُتُونًۭا ۚ
futūnan
(with) a trial
فَلَبِثْتَ
falabith'ta
Then you remained
سِنِينَ
sinīna
(some) years
فِىٓ
fī
with
أَهْلِ
ahli
(the) people
مَدْيَنَ
madyana
(of) Madyan
ثُمَّ
thumma
Then
جِئْتَ
ji'ta
you came
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
at
قَدَرٍۢ
qadarin
the decreed (time)
يَـٰمُوسَىٰ
yāmūsā
O Musa
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.
40. 1 This happened when the mother threw the chest into the river and said to her daughter, just keep watching, where does it reach the shore and what happens to it? When by Allah’s will, Musa (علیہ السلام) reached Pharaoh’s palace, he was an infant, so wet nurses and nannies were called, but Musa (علیہ السلام) would not drink milk from anyone. Musa’s (علیہ السلام) sister was silently watching the whole scene, finally she said, shall I tell you of a woman who will solve this problem for you? They said, fine, so she brought her mother, who was also Musa’s (علیہ السلام) mother. When the mother held her son to her breast, Musa (علیہ السلام), by Allah’s plan and will, began to drink milk eagerly.
40. 2 This is the mention of another favor, when Musa (علیہ السلام) unintentionally killed a man of Pharaoh’s people with just a punch, which will be mentioned in Surah Qasas.
40. 3 Futoon is a verbal noun like dukhool and khurooj, meaning abtalainaka ibtilaa, i.e., We tested you thoroughly. Or it is the plural of fitnah, like Hujrah’s plural is Hujoor and badrah’s plural is badoor, meaning We tested you many times or repeatedly, or delivered you from trials. For example, in the year when children were being killed, We created you; your mother entrusted you to the waves of the sea; We made the milk of all wet nurses forbidden for you; you grabbed Pharaoh’s beard, upon which he intended to kill you; you killed a Copt with your own hands, etc. In all these moments of trial, We alone helped and managed your affairs.
40. 4 That is, after the unintentional killing of the man of Pharaoh’s people, you left here and went to Madyan and stayed there for several years.
40. 5 That is, you came at such a time which I had written in My decision and decree for speaking to you and for prophethood, or by qadar is meant age, i.e., you came at that stage of age which is suitable for prophethood, i.e., at the age of forty years.
40. 2 This is the mention of another favor, when Musa (علیہ السلام) unintentionally killed a man of Pharaoh’s people with just a punch, which will be mentioned in Surah Qasas.
40. 3 Futoon is a verbal noun like dukhool and khurooj, meaning abtalainaka ibtilaa, i.e., We tested you thoroughly. Or it is the plural of fitnah, like Hujrah’s plural is Hujoor and badrah’s plural is badoor, meaning We tested you many times or repeatedly, or delivered you from trials. For example, in the year when children were being killed, We created you; your mother entrusted you to the waves of the sea; We made the milk of all wet nurses forbidden for you; you grabbed Pharaoh’s beard, upon which he intended to kill you; you killed a Copt with your own hands, etc. In all these moments of trial, We alone helped and managed your affairs.
40. 4 That is, after the unintentional killing of the man of Pharaoh’s people, you left here and went to Madyan and stayed there for several years.
40. 5 That is, you came at such a time which I had written in My decision and decree for speaking to you and for prophethood, or by qadar is meant age, i.e., you came at that stage of age which is suitable for prophethood, i.e., at the age of forty years.
