سُوْرَةُ الْمُؤْمِنِ

Surah Ghafir (40) — Ayah 53

The Forgiver · Meccan · Juz 24 · Page 473

وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَى ٱلْهُدَىٰ وَأَوْرَثْنَا بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ ﴿53﴾
And, indeed We gave Mûsâ (Moses) the guidance, and We caused the Children of Israel to inherit the Scripture [i.e. the Taurât (Torah)] -
وَلَقَدْ walaqad And certainly
ءَاتَيْنَا ātaynā We gave
مُوسَى mūsā Musa
ٱلْهُدَىٰ l-hudā the guidance
وَأَوْرَثْنَا wa-awrathnā and We caused to inherit
بَنِىٓ banī (the) Children of Israel
إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ is'rāīla (the) Children of Israel
ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ l-kitāba the Book

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.

53. 1. That is, prophethood and the Torah were granted, as He said (اِنَّآ اَنْزَلْنَا التَّوْرٰىةَ فِيْهَا هُدًى وَّنُوْرٌ) 5. Al-Ma'idah:44)

53. 1. That is, the Torah remained even after Musa (peace be upon him), of which they continued to be heirs generation after generation. Or, by "Book" is meant all those books that were revealed to the prophets of Bani Israel; He made Bani Israel the heirs of all those books.