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Surah Al-A'raf, Ayah 142 (7:142)

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۞ وَوَٰعَدْنَا مُوسَىٰ ثَلَٰثِينَ لَيْلَةً وَأَتْمَمْنَٰهَا بِعَشْرٍ فَتَمَّ مِيقَٰتُ رَبِّهِۦٓ أَرْبَعِينَ …

Quran 7:142 is ayah 142 of Surah Al-A'raf (“The Heights”), a Meccan surah of 206 ayahs. It is in Juz 9, on page 167 of the Madani Mushaf.

7:142
۞ وَوَٰعَدْنَامُوسَىٰثَلَٰثِينَلَيْلَةًوَأَتْمَمْنَٰهَابِعَشْرٍفَتَمَّمِيقَٰتُرَبِّهِۦٓأَرْبَعِينَلَيْلَةً ۚوَقَالَمُوسَىٰلِأَخِيهِهَٰرُونَٱخْلُفْنِىفِىقَوْمِىوَأَصْلِحْوَلَاتَتَّبِعْسَبِيلَٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ١٤٢
wawāʿadnā mūsā thalāthīna laylatan wa-atmamnāhā biʿashrin fatamma mīqātu rabbihi arbaʿīna laylatan waqāla mūsā li-akhīhi hārūna ukh'luf'nī fī qawmī wa-aṣliḥ walā tattabiʿ sabīla l-muf'sidīna

And We made an appointment with Moses for thirty nights and perfected them by [the addition of] ten; so the term of his Lord was completed as forty nights. And Moses said to his brother Aaron, "Take my place among my people, do right [by them], and do not follow the way of the corrupters."(142)

Word by word

  1. ۞ وَوَٰعَدْنَاwawāʿadnāAnd We appointed
  2. مُوسَىٰmūsā(for) Musa
  3. ثَلَٰثِينَthalāthīnathirty
  4. لَيْلَةًlaylatannights
  5. وَأَتْمَمْنَٰهَاwa-atmamnāhāand We completed them
  6. بِعَشْرٍbiʿashrinwith ten (more)
  7. فَتَمَّfatammaso was completed
  8. مِيقَٰتُmīqātu(the) set term
  9. رَبِّهِۦٓrabbihi(of) his Lord
  10. أَرْبَعِينَarbaʿīna(of) forty
  11. لَيْلَةً ۚlaylatannight(s)
  12. وَقَالَwaqālaAnd said
  13. مُوسَىٰmūsāMusa
  14. لِأَخِيهِli-akhīhito his brother
  15. هَٰرُونَhārūnaHarun
  16. ٱخْلُفْنِىukh'luf'nīTake my place
  17. فِىfīin
  18. قَوْمِىqawmīmy people
  19. وَأَصْلِحْwa-aṣliḥand do right
  20. وَلَاwalāand (do) not
  21. تَتَّبِعْtattabiʿfollow
  22. سَبِيلَsabīla(the) way
  23. ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَl-muf'sidīna(of) the corrupters

Tafsir (commentary) of 7:142

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Musa fasts and worships Allah for Forty Days

Allah reminds the Children of Israel of the guidance that He sent to them by speaking directly to Musa and revealing the Tawrah to him. In it, was their law and the details of their legislation. Allah stated here that He appointed thirty nights for Musa. The scholars of Tafsir said that Musa fasted this period, and when they ended, Musa cleaned his teeth with a twig. Allah commanded him to complete the term adding ten more days, making the total forty. When the appointed term finished, Musa was about to return to Mount Tur, as Allah said,

يبَنِى إِسْرَءِيلَ قَدْ أَنجَيْنَـكُمْ مِّنْ عَدُوِّكُمْ وَوَاعَدْنَـكُمْ جَانِبَ الطُّورِ الاٌّيْمَنَ

(O Children of Israel! We delivered you from your enemy, and We made a covenant with you on the right side of the Mount) 20:80. Musa left his brother Harun with the Children of Israel and commanded him to use wisdom and refrain from mischief. This was only a reminder, for Harun was an honorable and noble Prophet who had grace and exalted standard with Allah, may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him and the rest of the Prophets.

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