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Surah Al-Qasas (28) — Ayah 13
فَرَدَدْنَـٰهُ إِلَىٰٓ أُمِّهِۦ كَىْ تَقَرَّ عَيْنُهَا وَلَا تَحْزَنَ وَلِتَعْلَمَ أَنَّ وَعْدَ ٱللَّهِ حَقٌّ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ ﴿13﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
So did We restore him to his mother, that her eye might be comforted, and that she might not grieve, and that she might know that the Promise of Allâh is true. But most of them know not.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
فَرَدَدْنَـٰهُ
faradadnāhu
So We restored him
إِلَىٰٓ
ilā
to
أُمِّهِۦ
ummihi
his mother
كَىْ
kay
that
تَقَرَّ
taqarra
might be comforted
عَيْنُهَا
ʿaynuhā
her eye
وَلَا
walā
and not
تَحْزَنَ
taḥzana
she may grieve
وَلِتَعْلَمَ
walitaʿlama
and that she would know
أَنَّ
anna
that
وَعْدَ
waʿda
the Promise of Allah
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
the Promise of Allah
حَقٌّۭ
ḥaqqun
(is) true
وَلَـٰكِنَّ
walākinna
But
أَكْثَرَهُمْ
aktharahum
most of them
لَا
lā
(do) not
يَعْلَمُونَ
yaʿlamūna
know
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.
13-1. When Hazrat Musa (Moses) (AS) had finished nursing from his mother, Pharaoh requested Musa’s mother to stay in the palace so that the child could be properly raised and cared for. But she said that she could not stay there, leaving her husband and children. Eventually, it was decided that she would take the child home with her and raise him there, and she would be paid her wages from the royal treasury. Subhan Allah! How wondrous is Allah’s power: she nursed her own child and received a salary from Pharaoh. The Lord fulfilled His promise to return Musa (AS) in the best possible way. In a mursal narration, it is said: The example of a craftsman who intends reward and goodness in what he makes is like the mother of Musa (AS), who nursed her own child and also received her wages. (Marasil Abi Dawood)
13-3. That is, there are many matters whose true outcome is unknown to most people, but Allah knows the goodness in their outcome. That is why Allah said: (It may be that you dislike a thing while it is good for you, and it may be that you love a thing while it is bad for you) (كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الْقِتَالُ وَھُوَ كُرْهٌ لَّكُمْ ۚ وَعَسٰٓى اَنْ تَكْرَھُوْا شَـيْـــًٔـا وَّھُوَ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ ۚ وَعَسٰٓى اَنْ تُحِبُّوْا شَـيْـــــًٔـا وَّھُوَ شَرٌّ لَّكُمْ ۭ وَاللّٰهُ يَعْلَمُ وَاَنْتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُوْنَ) 2. Al-Baqarah: 216). In another place He said: (It may be that you dislike a thing, and Allah brings about through it much good for you) (يٰٓاَيُّھَا الَّذِيْنَ اٰمَنُوْا لَا يَحِلُّ لَكُمْ اَنْ تَرِثُوا النِّسَاۗءَ كَرْهًا ۭوَلَا تَعْضُلُوْھُنَّ لِتَذْهَبُوْا بِبَعْضِ مَآ اٰتَيْتُمُوْھُنَّ اِلَّآ اَنْ يَّاْتِيْنَ بِفَاحِشَةٍ مُّبَيِّنَةٍ ۚ وَعَاشِرُوْھُنَّ بالْمَعْرُوْفِ ۚ فَاِنْ كَرِھْتُمُوْھُنَّ فَعَسٰٓى اَنْ تَكْرَهُوْا شَـيْـــــًٔـا وَّيَجْعَلَ اللّٰهُ فِيْهِ خَيْرًا كَثِيْرًا) 4. An-Nisa: 19). Therefore, it is best for a person to set aside his own likes and dislikes and adhere to the commands of Allah and His Messenger ﷺ in every matter, for in that lies his goodness and a beautiful outcome.
13-3. That is, there are many matters whose true outcome is unknown to most people, but Allah knows the goodness in their outcome. That is why Allah said: (It may be that you dislike a thing while it is good for you, and it may be that you love a thing while it is bad for you) (كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الْقِتَالُ وَھُوَ كُرْهٌ لَّكُمْ ۚ وَعَسٰٓى اَنْ تَكْرَھُوْا شَـيْـــًٔـا وَّھُوَ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ ۚ وَعَسٰٓى اَنْ تُحِبُّوْا شَـيْـــــًٔـا وَّھُوَ شَرٌّ لَّكُمْ ۭ وَاللّٰهُ يَعْلَمُ وَاَنْتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُوْنَ) 2. Al-Baqarah: 216). In another place He said: (It may be that you dislike a thing, and Allah brings about through it much good for you) (يٰٓاَيُّھَا الَّذِيْنَ اٰمَنُوْا لَا يَحِلُّ لَكُمْ اَنْ تَرِثُوا النِّسَاۗءَ كَرْهًا ۭوَلَا تَعْضُلُوْھُنَّ لِتَذْهَبُوْا بِبَعْضِ مَآ اٰتَيْتُمُوْھُنَّ اِلَّآ اَنْ يَّاْتِيْنَ بِفَاحِشَةٍ مُّبَيِّنَةٍ ۚ وَعَاشِرُوْھُنَّ بالْمَعْرُوْفِ ۚ فَاِنْ كَرِھْتُمُوْھُنَّ فَعَسٰٓى اَنْ تَكْرَهُوْا شَـيْـــــًٔـا وَّيَجْعَلَ اللّٰهُ فِيْهِ خَيْرًا كَثِيْرًا) 4. An-Nisa: 19). Therefore, it is best for a person to set aside his own likes and dislikes and adhere to the commands of Allah and His Messenger ﷺ in every matter, for in that lies his goodness and a beautiful outcome.
