سُوْرَةُ الْقَصَصِ
Surah Al-Qasas (28) — Ayah 8
فَٱلْتَقَطَهُۥٓ ءَالُ فِرْعَوْنَ لِيَكُونَ لَهُمْ عَدُوًّا وَحَزَنًا ۗ إِنَّ فِرْعَوْنَ وَهَـٰمَـٰنَ وَجُنُودَهُمَا كَانُوا۟ خَـٰطِـِٔينَ ﴿8﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Then the household of Fir‘aun (Pharaoh) picked him up, that he might become for them an enemy and a (cause of) grief. Verily, Fir‘aun (Pharaoh), Hâmân and their hosts were sinners.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
فَٱلْتَقَطَهُۥٓ
fal-taqaṭahu
Then picked him up
ءَالُ
ālu
(the) family
فِرْعَوْنَ
fir'ʿawna
(of) Firaun
لِيَكُونَ
liyakūna
so that he might become
لَهُمْ
lahum
to them
عَدُوًّۭا
ʿaduwwan
an enemy
وَحَزَنًا ۗ
waḥazanan
and a grief
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
فِرْعَوْنَ
fir'ʿawna
Firaun
وَهَـٰمَـٰنَ
wahāmāna
and Haman
وَجُنُودَهُمَا
wajunūdahumā
and their hosts
كَانُوا۟
kānū
were
خَـٰطِـِٔينَ
khāṭiīna
sinners
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.
8-1. This chest kept floating until it reached the palace of Pharaoh, which was by the riverside, and there Pharaoh’s servants and attendants took it out after catching it.
8-2. This is for the end result. That is, they took him as their child and the coolness of their eyes, not as an enemy. But the outcome of their action was that he turned out to be their enemy and a cause of sorrow and grief.
8-3. This is the reasoning for what came before: why did Musa (AS) turn out to be their enemy? Because all of them were disobedient to Allah and sinners, so Allah made the one they raised themselves the very means of their destruction as a punishment.
8-2. This is for the end result. That is, they took him as their child and the coolness of their eyes, not as an enemy. But the outcome of their action was that he turned out to be their enemy and a cause of sorrow and grief.
8-3. This is the reasoning for what came before: why did Musa (AS) turn out to be their enemy? Because all of them were disobedient to Allah and sinners, so Allah made the one they raised themselves the very means of their destruction as a punishment.
