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Scholarly commentary explaining a verse — its context, its meaning and how the scholars have understood it.

Al-Qasas 28:29

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۞ فَلَمَّا قَضَىٰ مُوسَى ٱلْأَجَلَ وَسَارَ بِأَهْلِهِۦٓ ءَانَسَ مِن جَانِبِ ٱلطُّورِ نَارًا قَالَ لِأَهْلِهِ ٱمْكُثُوٓا۟ إِنِّىٓ ءَانَسْتُ نَارًا لَّعَلِّىٓ ءَاتِيكُم مِّنْهَا بِخَبَرٍ أَوْ جَذْوَةٍ مِّنَ ٱلنَّارِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَصْطَلُونَ

And when Moses had completed the term and was traveling with his family, he perceived from the direction of the mount a fire. He said to his family, "Stay here; indeed, I have perceived a fire. Perhaps I will bring you from there [some] information or burning wood from the fire that you may warm yourselves."

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

فلما وفى نبي الله موسى -عليه السلام- صاحبه المدة عشر سنين، وهي أكمل المدتين، وسار بأهله إلى «مصر» أبصر من جانب الطور نارًا، قال موسى لأهله: تمهلوا وانتظروا إني أبصرت نارًا; لعلي آتيكم منها بنبأ، أو آتيكم بشعلة من النار لعلكم تستدفئون بها.

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