سُوْرَةُ النِّسَآءِ
Surah An-Nisaa (4) — Ayah 164
وَرُسُلًا قَدْ قَصَصْنَـٰهُمْ عَلَيْكَ مِن قَبْلُ وَرُسُلًا لَّمْ نَقْصُصْهُمْ عَلَيْكَ ۚ وَكَلَّمَ ٱللَّهُ مُوسَىٰ تَكْلِيمًا ﴿164﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And Messengers We have mentioned to you before, and Messengers We have not mentioned to you, - and to Mûsâ (Moses) Allâh spoke directly.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَرُسُلًۭا
warusulan
And Messengers
قَدْ
qad
surely
قَصَصْنَـٰهُمْ
qaṣaṣnāhum
We (have) mentioned them
عَلَيْكَ
ʿalayka
to you
مِن
min
from
قَبْلُ
qablu
before
وَرُسُلًۭا
warusulan
and Messengers
لَّمْ
lam
not
نَقْصُصْهُمْ
naqṣuṣ'hum
We (have) mentioned them
عَلَيْكَ ۚ
ʿalayka
to you
وَكَلَّمَ
wakallama
And spoke
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
مُوسَىٰ
mūsā
(to) Musa
تَكْلِيمًۭا
taklīman
(in a) conversation
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.
164. 1 The number of those prophets and messengers whose noble names and incidents have been mentioned in the Noble Quran is 24 or 25: (1) Adam (2) Idris (3) Nuh (4) Hud (5) Salih (6) Ibrahim (7) Lut (8) Ismail (9) Ishaq (10) Yaqub (11) Yusuf (12) Ayyub (13) Shuayb (14) Musa (15) Harun (16) Yunus (17) Dawud (18) Sulayman (19) Ilyas (20) Al-Yasa (21) Zakariya (22) Yahya (23) Isa (24) Dhul-Kifl. (According to most commentators, (25) Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him and upon all of them.)
164. 2 How many prophets and messengers whose names and incidents have not been mentioned in the Quran? Allah alone knows best. In one hadith, which is very famous, the number is stated as 124,000, and in another hadith, the number is stated as 8,000. From the Quran and hadith, it is only known that in different eras and circumstances, bringers of glad tidings and warners among the prophets kept coming. Ultimately, this chain of prophethood was ended with Muhammad ﷺ. How many prophets came before him? No one except Allah knows their exact number. However, after you ﷺ, all those who claimed prophethood and passed or will pass, all of them are Dajjal and liars, and those who believe in their false prophethood are outside the fold of Islam and are a separate parallel community from the Ummah of Muhammad. Like the Babi community, Bahai community, and the Mirzai community, etc., similarly, the Lahori Mirzais who consider Mirza Qadiani as the Promised Messiah.
164. 3 This is a special attribute of Musa (peace be upon him) in which he is distinguished from other prophets. According to a narration of Sahih Ibn Hibban, Imam Ibn Kathir has also included Adam (peace be upon him) and Muhammad ﷺ in this attribute of direct conversation (تفسیر ابن کثیر زیر آیت (تِلْكَ الرُّسُلُ فَضَّلْنَا بَعْضَھُمْ عَلٰي بَعْضٍ) 3:253).
164. 2 How many prophets and messengers whose names and incidents have not been mentioned in the Quran? Allah alone knows best. In one hadith, which is very famous, the number is stated as 124,000, and in another hadith, the number is stated as 8,000. From the Quran and hadith, it is only known that in different eras and circumstances, bringers of glad tidings and warners among the prophets kept coming. Ultimately, this chain of prophethood was ended with Muhammad ﷺ. How many prophets came before him? No one except Allah knows their exact number. However, after you ﷺ, all those who claimed prophethood and passed or will pass, all of them are Dajjal and liars, and those who believe in their false prophethood are outside the fold of Islam and are a separate parallel community from the Ummah of Muhammad. Like the Babi community, Bahai community, and the Mirzai community, etc., similarly, the Lahori Mirzais who consider Mirza Qadiani as the Promised Messiah.
164. 3 This is a special attribute of Musa (peace be upon him) in which he is distinguished from other prophets. According to a narration of Sahih Ibn Hibban, Imam Ibn Kathir has also included Adam (peace be upon him) and Muhammad ﷺ in this attribute of direct conversation (تفسیر ابن کثیر زیر آیت (تِلْكَ الرُّسُلُ فَضَّلْنَا بَعْضَھُمْ عَلٰي بَعْضٍ) 3:253).
