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Surah Al-Qasas, Ayah 43 (28:43)

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وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَى ٱلْكِتَٰبَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَآ أَهْلَكْنَا ٱلْقُرُونَ ٱلْأُولَىٰ بَصَآئِرَ …

Quran 28:43 is ayah 43 of Surah Al-Qasas (“The Stories”), a Meccan surah of 88 ayahs. It is in Juz 20, on page 390 of the Madani Mushaf.

28:43
وَلَقَدْءَاتَيْنَامُوسَىٱلْكِتَٰبَمِنۢبَعْدِمَآأَهْلَكْنَاٱلْقُرُونَٱلْأُولَىٰبَصَآئِرَلِلنَّاسِوَهُدًىوَرَحْمَةًلَّعَلَّهُمْيَتَذَكَّرُونَ٤٣
walaqad ātaynā mūsā l-kitāba min baʿdi mā ahlaknā l-qurūna l-ūlā baṣāira lilnnāsi wahudan waraḥmatan laʿallahum yatadhakkarūna

And We gave Moses the Scripture, after We had destroyed the former generations, as enlightenment for the people and guidance and mercy that they might be reminded.(43)

Word by word

  1. وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd verily
  2. ءَاتَيْنَاātaynāWe gave
  3. مُوسَىmūsāMusa
  4. ٱلْكِتَٰبَl-kitābathe Scripture
  5. مِنۢminafter [what]
  6. بَعْدِbaʿdiafter [what]
  7. مَآmāafter [what]
  8. أَهْلَكْنَاahlaknāWe had destroyed
  9. ٱلْقُرُونَl-qurūnathe generations
  10. ٱلْأُولَىٰl-ūlāformer
  11. بَصَآئِرَbaṣāira(as) an enlightenment
  12. لِلنَّاسِlilnnāsifor the mankind
  13. وَهُدًىwahudanand a guidance
  14. وَرَحْمَةًwaraḥmatanand mercy
  15. لَّعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahumthat they may
  16. يَتَذَكَّرُونَyatadhakkarūnaremember

Tafsir (commentary) of 28:43

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The Blessings which Allah bestowed upon Musa

Allah tells us about the blessings which He gave His servant and Messenger Musa, the speaker, may the best of peace and blessings from his Lord be upon him, He revealed the Tawrah to him after He destroyed Fir`awn and his chiefs.

مِن بَعْدِ مَآ أَهْلَكْنَا الْقُرُونَ الاٍّولَى

(after We had destroyed the generations of old) After the revelation of the Tawrah, no nation would again be punished with an overwhelming calamity; instead the believers were now commanded to fight the enemies of Allah among the idolators, as Allah says:

وَجَآءَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَن قَبْلَهُ وَالْمُؤْتَفِكَـتُ بِالْخَاطِئَةِ - فَعَصَوْاْ رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَهُمْ أَخْذَةً رَّابِيَةً

(And Fir`awn, and those before him, and the cities overthrown committed sin. And they disobeyed their Lord's Messenger, so He seized them with a strong punishment) (69:9-10).

بَصَآئِرَ لِلنَّاسِ وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةً

(as an enlightenment for mankind, and a guidance and a mercy,) guidance from blindness and error. A guidance to the truth and a mercy means, to show the way towards doing righteous deeds.

لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ

(that they might remember.) means, that the people might be reminded and guided by it.

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