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
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164. Some messengers We have already told you about, and some We have not told you about. And Allah spoke to Moses [218] directly.
[218] Two methods of conveying revelation to the Messenger have already been mentioned above in Hadith number 2. The third method is that Allah Almighty speaks to a Messenger from behind a veil, and this virtue was especially granted to Sayyiduna Musa. That is why Sayyiduna Musa ؑ has been mentioned specifically. However, on the occasion of Mi'raj, this was also granted to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. And all three of these forms are also mentioned in the Noble Quran in Surah Ash-Shura, verse number 51. The beginning of the prophethood and messengership of Sayyiduna Musa ؑ was with such a revelation in which Allah Almighty spoke to Sayyiduna Musa ؑ, and this voice was coming from behind a tree (the details will come ahead in Surah Al-Qasas). After that as well, he was granted the honor of conversation on Mount Tur; that is why Musa is called Kalimullah.
[218] Two methods of conveying revelation to the Messenger have already been mentioned above in Hadith number 2. The third method is that Allah Almighty speaks to a Messenger from behind a veil, and this virtue was especially granted to Sayyiduna Musa. That is why Sayyiduna Musa ؑ has been mentioned specifically. However, on the occasion of Mi'raj, this was also granted to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. And all three of these forms are also mentioned in the Noble Quran in Surah Ash-Shura, verse number 51. The beginning of the prophethood and messengership of Sayyiduna Musa ؑ was with such a revelation in which Allah Almighty spoke to Sayyiduna Musa ؑ, and this voice was coming from behind a tree (the details will come ahead in Surah Al-Qasas). After that as well, he was granted the honor of conversation on Mount Tur; that is why Musa is called Kalimullah.
