سُوْرَةُ النَّمْلِ
Surah An-Naml (27) — Ayah 7
إِذْ قَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِأَهْلِهِۦٓ إِنِّىٓ ءَانَسْتُ نَارًا سَـَٔاتِيكُم مِّنْهَا بِخَبَرٍ أَوْ ءَاتِيكُم بِشِهَابٍ قَبَسٍ لَّعَلَّكُمْ تَصْطَلُونَ ﴿7﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
(Remember) when Mûsâ (Moses) said to his household: "Verily I have seen a fire; I will bring you from there some information, or I will bring you a burning brand, that you may warm yourselves."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
إِذْ
idh
When
قَالَ
qāla
said
مُوسَىٰ
mūsā
Musa
لِأَهْلِهِۦٓ
li-ahlihi
to his family
إِنِّىٓ
innī
Indeed, I
ءَانَسْتُ
ānastu
perceive
نَارًۭا
nāran
a fire
سَـَٔاتِيكُم
saātīkum
I will bring you
مِّنْهَا
min'hā
from it
بِخَبَرٍ
bikhabarin
some information
أَوْ
aw
or
ءَاتِيكُم
ātīkum
I will bring you
بِشِهَابٍۢ
bishihābin
a torch
قَبَسٍۢ
qabasin
burning
لَّعَلَّكُمْ
laʿallakum
so that you may
تَصْطَلُونَ
taṣṭalūna
warm yourselves
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.
7-1 This is the incident when Musa (peace be upon him) was returning from Madyan with his wife, he did not know the way in the darkness of the night and needed fire for protection from the cold.
