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Surah Al-Baqarah, Ayah 248 (2:248)

ٱلْبَقَرَة

وَقَالَ لَهُمْ نَبِيُّهُمْ إِنَّ ءَايَةَ مُلْكِهِۦٓ أَن يَأْتِيَكُمُ ٱلتَّابُوتُ فِيهِ سَكِينَةٌ مِّن …

Quran 2:248 is ayah 248 of Surah Al-Baqarah (“The Cow”), a Medinan surah of 286 ayahs. It is in Juz 2, on page 40 of the Madani Mushaf.

2:248
وَقَالَلَهُمْنَبِيُّهُمْإِنَّءَايَةَمُلْكِهِۦٓأَنيَأْتِيَكُمُٱلتَّابُوتُفِيهِسَكِينَةٌمِّنرَّبِّكُمْوَبَقِيَّةٌمِّمَّاتَرَكَءَالُمُوسَىٰوَءَالُهَٰرُونَتَحْمِلُهُٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ ۚإِنَّفِىذَٰلِكَلََٔايَةًلَّكُمْإِنكُنتُممُّؤْمِنِينَ٢٤٨
waqāla lahum nabiyyuhum inna āyata mul'kihi an yatiyakumu l-tābūtu fīhi sakīnatun min rabbikum wabaqiyyatun mimmā taraka ālu mūsā waālu hārūna taḥmiluhu l-malāikatu inna fī dhālika laāyatan lakum in kuntum mu'minīna

And their prophet said to them, "Indeed, a sign of his kingship is that the chest will come to you in which is assurance from your Lord and a remnant of what the family of Moses and the family of Aaron had left, carried by the angels. Indeed in that is a sign for you, if you are believers."(248)

Word by word

  1. وَقَالَwaqālaAnd said
  2. لَهُمْlahumto them
  3. نَبِيُّهُمْnabiyyuhumtheir Prophet
  4. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  5. ءَايَةَāyataa sign
  6. مُلْكِهِۦٓmul'kihi(of) his kingship
  7. أَنan(is) that
  8. يَأْتِيَكُمُyatiyakumuwill come to you
  9. ٱلتَّابُوتُl-tābūtuthe ark
  10. فِيهِfīhiin it
  11. سَكِينَةٌsakīnatun(is) tranquility
  12. مِّنminfrom
  13. رَّبِّكُمْrabbikumyour Lord
  14. وَبَقِيَّةٌwabaqiyyatunand a remnant
  15. مِّمَّاmimmāof what
  16. تَرَكَtaraka(was) left
  17. ءَالُālu(by the) family
  18. مُوسَىٰmūsā(of) Musa
  19. وَءَالُwaāluand family
  20. هَٰرُونَhārūna(of) Harun
  21. تَحْمِلُهُtaḥmiluhuwill carry it
  22. ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ ۚl-malāikatuthe Angels
  23. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  24. فِىfīin
  25. ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
  26. لََٔايَةًlaāyatan(is) surely a sign
  27. لَّكُمْlakumfor you
  28. إِنinif
  29. كُنتُمkuntumyou are
  30. مُّؤْمِنِينَmu'minīnabelievers

Tafsir (commentary) of 2:248

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English · EnglishTafsir Ibn Kathir (Abridged) — Hafiz Ibn Kathir

Their Prophet then proclaimed, "The sign of the blessings of Talut's kingship over you is that Allah will give you back the Tabut (wooden box) that has been taken from you." Allah said:

فِيهِ سَكِينَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ

(wherein is Sakinah from your Lord) meaning, peace (or grace) and reassurance. `Abdur-Razzaq stated that Qatadah said:

فِيهِ سَكِينَةٌ

(wherein is Sakinah) means grace. In addition, Ar-Rabi` said that Sakinah means mercy. This is also the meaning given by Ibn `Abbas, as Al-`Awfi narrated.

Allah then said:

وَبَقِيَّةٌ مِّمَّا تَرَكَ ءَالُ مُوسَى وَءَالُ هَـرُونَ

(...and a remnant of that which Musa (Moses) and Harun (Aaron) left behind,)

Ibn Jarir related that Ibn `Abbas said about this Ayah:

وَبَقِيَّةٌ مِّمَّا تَرَكَ ءَالُ مُوسَى وَءَالُ هَـرُونَ

(...and a remnant of that which Musa (Moses) and Harun (Aaron) left behind, ) Meaning, Moses' staff and the remnants of the Tablets. This is the same Tafsir of Qatadah, As-Suddi, Ar-Rabi` bin Anas and `Ikrimah, who added, "And also the Torah." `Abdur-Razzaq said that he asked Ath-Thawri about the meaning of,

وَبَقِيَّةٌ مِّمَّا تَرَكَ ءَالُ مُوسَى وَءَالُ هَـرُونَ

(...and a remnant of that which Musa (Moses) and Harun (Aaron) left behind,)

Ath-Thawri said, "Some said that it contained a pot of manna and the remnants of the Tablets, while some others said that it contained (Moses') staff and two shoes (and refer to 20:12)."

Allah then said:

تَحْمِلُهُ الْمَلَـئِكَةُ

(...carried by the angels.)

Ibn Jurayj stated that Ibn `Abbas said, "The angels came down while carrying the Tabut between the sky and the earth, until they placed it before Talut while the people were watching." As-Suddi said, "The Tabut was brought to Talut's house, so the people believed in the prophethood of Sham`un (Simeon) and obeyed Talut"

The Prophet then said:

إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لأَيَةً لَّكُمْ

(Verily, in this is a sign for you) testifying to my truth in what I was sent with, my prophethood, and my command to you to obey Talut,

إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

(if you are indeed believers. ) in Allah and the Hereafter.

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