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Al-Baqarah 248

Ayah 248 of 286 · Medinan

وَقَالَ لَهُمۡ نَبِيُّهُمۡ إِنَّ ءَايَةَ مُلۡكِهِۦٓ أَن يَأۡتِيَكُمُ ٱلتَّابُوتُ فِيهِ سَكِينَةٞ مِّن رَّبِّكُمۡ وَبَقِيَّةٞ مِّمَّا تَرَكَ ءَالُ مُوسَىٰ وَءَالُ هَٰرُونَ تَحۡمِلُهُ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗ لَّكُمۡ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ ٢٤٨

And their prophet said to them, "Indeed, a sign of his kingship is that the chest will come to you in which is assurance1 from your Lord and a remnant of what the family of Moses and the family of Aaron had left, carried by the angels. Indeed in that is a sign for you, if you are believers."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 Signs giving reassurance.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَقَالَAnd saidwaqāla
  2. لَهُمۡto themlahum
  3. نَبِيُّهُمۡtheir Prophetnabiyyuhum
  4. إِنَّIndeedinna
  5. ءَايَةَa signāyata
  6. مُلۡكِهِۦٓ(of) his kingshipmul'kihi
  7. أَن(is) thatan
  8. يَأۡتِيَكُمُwill come to youyatiyakumu
  9. ٱلتَّابُوتُthe arkl-tābūtu
  10. فِيهِin itfīhi
  11. سَكِينَةٞ(is) tranquilitysakīnatun
  12. مِّنfrommin
  13. رَّبِّكُمۡyour Lordrabbikum
  14. وَبَقِيَّةٞand a remnantwabaqiyyatun
  15. مِّمَّاof whatmimmā
  16. تَرَكَ(was) lefttaraka
  17. ءَالُ(by the) familyālu
  18. مُوسَىٰ(of) Musamūsā
  19. وَءَالُand familywaālu
  20. هَٰرُونَ(of) Harunhārūna
  21. تَحۡمِلُهُwill carry ittaḥmiluhu
  22. ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُۚthe Angelsl-malāikatu
  23. إِنَّIndeedinna
  24. فِيinfī
  25. ذَٰلِكَthatdhālika
  26. لَأٓيَةٗ(is) surely a signlaāyatan
  27. لَّكُمۡfor youlakum
  28. إِنifin
  29. كُنتُمyou arekuntum
  30. مُّؤۡمِنِينَbelieversmu'minīna

Tafsir

Their prophet said to them that the mark of his being truly chosen as their king was that Allah would return to them the Ark. This was a chest revered by the Israelites which was taken away from them. In it there was tranquillity and relics left behind by the family of Moses and Aaron, such as the staff and a few tablets. In that there is a clear sign if you are true believers.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran