Tafseer 11

Al Salam alaikum wa Rahmat Allah wa Barakatoh

"واصطنعتك لنفسي"

Meaning:  "And I have chosen you for Myself (i.e. chosen you for My Revelation and My Message or created you for Myself or strengthened and taught you as to how to preach My Message to My worshippers). (Tafsir Al-Qurtubi)"

"اذهب أنت وأخوك بآياتي ولا تنيا في ذكري"

"Go you and your brother with My Ayat (proofs, evidences, lessons, signs, etc.) and do not, you both, slacken and become weak in My remembrance."

"اذهبا إلى فرعون إنه طغى"

"Go both of you to Fir‘aun (Pharaoh), verily, he has transgressed (all bounds in disbelief and disobedience and behaved as an arrogant and as a tyrant)."

"فقولا له قولاً لينًا لعله يتذكر أو يخشى"

"And speak to him mildly, perhaps he may accept admonition or fear (Allah)."

"قالا ربنا إننا نخاف أن يفرط علينا أو أن يطغى"

They said:  "Our Lord!  Verily, we fear lest he should hasten to punish us or lest he should transgress (all bounds against us)."

"قال لا تخافا إنني معكما أسمع وأرى"

He (Allah) said:  "Fear not, verily, I am with you both, hearing and seeing."

"فأتياه فقولا إنا رسولا ربك فأرسل معنا بني إسرائيل ولا تعذبهم قد جئناك بآية من ربك والسلام على من اتبع الهدى"

"So go you both to him, and say:  ‘Verily, we are Messengers of our Lord, so let the Children of Israel go with us, and torment them not; indeed, we have come with a sign from Your Lord!  And peace will be upon him who follows the guidance!’

"إنا قد أوحي إلينا أن العذاب على من كذب وتولى"

‘Truly, it has been revealed to us that the torment will be for him who denies (believes not in the Oneness of Allah, and in His Messengers), and turns away’ (from the truth and obedience of Allah).

"قال فمن ربكما يا موسى"

Fir‘aun (Pharaoh) said:  "Who then, O Musa (Moses), is the Lord of you two?"

"قال ربنا الذي أعطى كل شيء خلقه ثم هدى"

[Musa (Moses)] said:  "Our Lord is He Who gave to each thing its form and nature, then guided it aright."

سورة طه 41 – 50

The Source:

Interpretation of the Meanings of The Noble Qur'an In The English Language

 A Summarized Version of At-Tabari, Al-Qurtubi and Ibn Kathir with comments from Sahih Al-Bukhari.

Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan

Dr. Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din Al-Hilali

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