Surah 27. An-Naml, Ayah 7
| إِذْ قَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِأَهْلِهِ إِنِّي آنَسْتُ نَارًا سَآتِيكُمْ مِنْهَا بِخَبَرٍ أَوْ آتِيكُمْ بِشِهَابٍ قَبَسٍ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَصْطَلُونَ |
| Transliteration | : | 'idh qaala mosaa li- 'ahl -hi 'inni -y 'aanastu naar(an) sa- 'aate -kum min -haa bi- khabar 'aw 'aate -kum bi- shihaab qabas lacalla -kum tas.t.alon |
| Pickthall | : | (Remember) when Moses said unto his household: Lo! I spy afar off a fire; I will bring you tidings thence, or bring to you a borrowed flame that ye may warm yourselves. |
| Asad | : | LO! [While lost in the desert,6 ] Moses said to his family: "Behold, I perceive a fire [far away]; I may bring you from there some tiding [as to which way we are to pursue], or bring you [at least] a burning brand so that you might warm yourselves."; |
| Malik | : | Relate to them the story of Musa (Moses), when he said to his family: "I have seen a fire; soon I may either bring you some information from there or a lighted torch to warm yourselves with." |
| Yusuf Ali | : | Behold! Moses said to his family: "I perceive a fire; soon will I bring you from there some information or I will bring you a burning brand to light our fuel that ye may warm yourselves." 3244 |
Note - 6Cf. 20:9 ff., and particularly note [7] on verse [10]
of that surah.
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Note - 3244Cf. xx. 9-24. Both there and here there is a reference to
the dawn of Revelation in the heart of Moses. The points
there emphasised will be found in the notes to that
passage. Here the emphasis is on the wonderful nature of
the Fire and the wonderful way in which Moses was
transformed at the touch of the Light. He was travelling
in the Sinai desert with his family. Seeking ordinary
light, he came upon a Light which took him to the highest
signs of Allah. No doubt all his inner history had
prepared him for his great destiny. It is the inner
history that matters, and not the place or position of a
man in the eyes of his ordinary fellows.
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Cf. xx. 9-24. Both there and here there is a reference to the dawn of Revelation in the heart of Moses. The points there emphasised will be found in the notes to that passage. Here the emphasis is on the wonderful nature of the Fire and the wonderful way in which Moses was transformed at the touch of the Light. He was travelling in the Sinai desert with his family. Seeking ordinary light, he came upon a Light which took him to the highest signs of Allah. No doubt all his inner history had prepared him for his great destiny. It is the inner history that matters, and not the place or position of a man in the eyes of his ordinary fellows. |
