سُوْرَةُ يُوْنُسَ
Surah Yunus (10) — Ayah 87
وَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰ وَأَخِيهِ أَن تَبَوَّءَا لِقَوْمِكُمَا بِمِصْرَ بُيُوتًا وَٱجْعَلُوا۟ بُيُوتَكُمْ قِبْلَةً وَأَقِيمُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ ۗ وَبَشِّرِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ﴿87﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And We revealed to Mûsâ (Moses) and his brother (saying): "Provide dwellings for your people in Egypt, and make your dwellings as places for your worship, and perform As-Salât (Iqâmat-as-Salât ), and give glad tidings to the believers."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَأَوْحَيْنَآ
wa-awḥaynā
And We inspired
إِلَىٰ
ilā
to
مُوسَىٰ
mūsā
Musa
وَأَخِيهِ
wa-akhīhi
and his brother
أَن
an
that
تَبَوَّءَا
tabawwaā
Settle
لِقَوْمِكُمَا
liqawmikumā
your people
بِمِصْرَ
bimiṣ'ra
in Egypt
بُيُوتًۭا
buyūtan
(in) houses
وَٱجْعَلُوا۟
wa-ij'ʿalū
and make
بُيُوتَكُمْ
buyūtakum
your houses
قِبْلَةًۭ
qib'latan
(as) places of worship
وَأَقِيمُوا۟
wa-aqīmū
and establish
ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ ۗ
l-ṣalata
the prayer
وَبَشِّرِ
wabashiri
And give glad tidings
ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
l-mu'minīna
(to) the believers
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran (Facilitation of the Quran) is a comprehensive Quran commentary by Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. Known for his eloquent and accessible writing style, Kilani authored this tafsir with a focus on clarity — making Quranic meanings understandable to the common reader. The tafsir provides detailed historical context for verses related to battles and expeditions, and firmly refutes modernist ideologies using strong scriptural evidence. It is widely regarded as an invaluable resource for understanding the Quran and countering deviant interpretations. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
And We revealed to Moses and his brother: "Settle your people in houses in Egypt [97], and make your houses places of worship, and establish prayer. And give good news to the believers."
[97]
For the Supremacy of Religion, Organizational Discipline is Essential, and for Organizational Discipline, Both Mosques and the Establishment of Prayer are Necessary:
Even in tyrannical and secular governments, their subjects are allowed to perform rituals and acts of worship according to their respective religions, and such worship is limited to a personal matter between Allah and the servant. Such freedom does not harm the governments, and if they do not grant even this much freedom, the governments cannot function. Governments only object when these religious people begin to interfere in politics, and the task of the Prophets is to create organizational discipline among Muslims to confront such governments, and the primary center of this organization is the mosque. Even in the time of Pharaoh, the young and weak-hearted elderly people who believed in Sayyiduna Musa and Harun (peace be upon them) used to perform prayers in their homes. When these people prayed to Allah for deliverance from the disbelievers, Allah revealed to both these Prophets that if you seek Allah’s help, establish organizational discipline, select a few houses as mosques, and arrange for congregational prayer. These very mosques will be the centers of your worship, your social life, your economy, and your politics. In this way, when you become helpers and companions of one another and bind yourselves in an organizational discipline, then be certain that Allah will surely help you and will surely accept your prayers, and only in this way will you be successful.
[97]
For the Supremacy of Religion, Organizational Discipline is Essential, and for Organizational Discipline, Both Mosques and the Establishment of Prayer are Necessary:
Even in tyrannical and secular governments, their subjects are allowed to perform rituals and acts of worship according to their respective religions, and such worship is limited to a personal matter between Allah and the servant. Such freedom does not harm the governments, and if they do not grant even this much freedom, the governments cannot function. Governments only object when these religious people begin to interfere in politics, and the task of the Prophets is to create organizational discipline among Muslims to confront such governments, and the primary center of this organization is the mosque. Even in the time of Pharaoh, the young and weak-hearted elderly people who believed in Sayyiduna Musa and Harun (peace be upon them) used to perform prayers in their homes. When these people prayed to Allah for deliverance from the disbelievers, Allah revealed to both these Prophets that if you seek Allah’s help, establish organizational discipline, select a few houses as mosques, and arrange for congregational prayer. These very mosques will be the centers of your worship, your social life, your economy, and your politics. In this way, when you become helpers and companions of one another and bind yourselves in an organizational discipline, then be certain that Allah will surely help you and will surely accept your prayers, and only in this way will you be successful.
