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Al-A'raf 7:142

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۞ وَوَٰعَدْنَا مُوسَىٰ ثَلَـٰثِينَ لَيْلَةً وَأَتْمَمْنَـٰهَا بِعَشْرٍ فَتَمَّ مِيقَـٰتُ رَبِّهِۦٓ أَرْبَعِينَ لَيْلَةً ۚ وَقَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِأَخِيهِ هَـٰرُونَ ٱخْلُفْنِى فِى قَوْمِى وَأَصْلِحْ وَلَا تَتَّبِعْ سَبِيلَ ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ

And We made an appointment with Moses for thirty nights and perfected them by [the addition of] ten; so the term of his Lord was completed as forty nights. And Moses said to his brother Aaron, "Take my place among my people, do right [by them], and do not follow the way of the corrupters."

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

وواعد الله سبحانه وتعالى موسى لمناجاة ربه ثلاثين ليلة، ثم زاده في الأجل بعد ذلك عشر ليال، فتمَّ ما وَقَّتَه الله لموسى لتكليمه أربعين ليلة. وقال موسى لأخيه هارون -حين أراد المضيَّ لمناجاة ربه-: كن خليفتي في قومي حتى أرجع، وأحمِلَهم على طاعة الله وعبادته، ولا تسلكْ طريق الذين يفسدون في الأرض.

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