سُوْرَةُ هُوْدٍ
Surah Hud (11) — Ayah 96
وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا مُوسَىٰ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا وَسُلْطَـٰنٍ مُّبِينٍ ﴿96﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And indeed We sent Mûsâ (Moses) with Our Ayât (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) and a manifest authority.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَلَقَدْ
walaqad
And certainly
أَرْسَلْنَا
arsalnā
We sent
مُوسَىٰ
mūsā
Musa
بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا
biāyātinā
with Our Signs
وَسُلْطَـٰنٍۢ
wasul'ṭānin
and an authority
مُّبِينٍ
mubīnin
clear
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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96. And We sent Moses with Our signs and a clear authority (of prophethood) to Pharaoh and his chiefs [108].
[108]
The Call of Sayyiduna Musa (Moses) ؑ to Pharaoh:
In Surah Al-Baqarah and then in Surah Al-A'raf, Allah Almighty has described the circumstances of Musa (Moses) ؑ with great clarity. But here, his call and its outcome have been mentioned very briefly. Whether in detail or summary, the main purpose of any incident is for a person to take a lesson from it or from the fate of the wrongdoers, and that has been mentioned in these three verses as well. Musa (Moses) ؑ himself was of strong physique, powerful, courageous, and possessed a majestic temperament, and he was sent to such a tyrannical and oppressive king whose arrogance and sense of dominance had reached the extent that he had declared himself to be God, and his subjects actually accepted him as their god. That is why, along with prophethood, he was granted two such clear miracles without asking, on the basis of which he became able to openly present his call before a king like Pharaoh, who possessed such grandeur and pomp. Thus, he went without hindrance into Pharaoh’s open court and, in front of all the courtiers, conveyed to him the message of Allah Almighty: that he should accept the sovereignty of the One Allah, renounce his claim to divinity, stop oppressing the Children of Israel, and set them free from his bondage, letting them go with (Sayyiduna Musa ؑ).
[108]
The Call of Sayyiduna Musa (Moses) ؑ to Pharaoh:
In Surah Al-Baqarah and then in Surah Al-A'raf, Allah Almighty has described the circumstances of Musa (Moses) ؑ with great clarity. But here, his call and its outcome have been mentioned very briefly. Whether in detail or summary, the main purpose of any incident is for a person to take a lesson from it or from the fate of the wrongdoers, and that has been mentioned in these three verses as well. Musa (Moses) ؑ himself was of strong physique, powerful, courageous, and possessed a majestic temperament, and he was sent to such a tyrannical and oppressive king whose arrogance and sense of dominance had reached the extent that he had declared himself to be God, and his subjects actually accepted him as their god. That is why, along with prophethood, he was granted two such clear miracles without asking, on the basis of which he became able to openly present his call before a king like Pharaoh, who possessed such grandeur and pomp. Thus, he went without hindrance into Pharaoh’s open court and, in front of all the courtiers, conveyed to him the message of Allah Almighty: that he should accept the sovereignty of the One Allah, renounce his claim to divinity, stop oppressing the Children of Israel, and set them free from his bondage, letting them go with (Sayyiduna Musa ؑ).
