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

Adh-Dhariyat 51:38

Word by word

وَفِى مُوسَىٰٓ إِذْ أَرْسَلْنَـٰهُ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ بِسُلْطَـٰنٍ مُّبِينٍ

And in Moses [was a sign], when We sent him to Pharaoh with clear authority.

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

وفي إرسالنا موسى إلى فرعون وملئه بالآيات والمعجزات الظاهرة آية للذين يخافون العذاب الأليم. فأعْرَضَ فرعون مغترًّا بقوته وجانبه، وقال عن موسى: إنه ساحر أو مجنون.

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