وَقَالَتۡ لِأُخۡتِهِۦ قُصِّيهِۖ فَبَصُرَتۡ بِهِۦ عَن جُنُبٖ وَهُمۡ لَا يَشۡعُرُونَ ١١
And she said to his sister, "Follow him"; so she watched him from a distance while they perceived not.
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- وَقَالَتۡAnd she saidwaqālat
- لِأُخۡتِهِۦto his sisterli-ukh'tihi
- قُصِّيهِۖFollow himquṣṣīhi
- فَبَصُرَتۡSo she watchedfabaṣurat
- بِهِۦhimbihi
- عَنfromʿan
- جُنُبٖa distancejunubin
- وَهُمۡwhile theywahum
- لَا(did) notlā
- يَشۡعُرُونَperceiveyashʿurūna
Tafsir
And after she had cast him into the sea, Moses’s mother said to his sister, “Follow him so that you know what happens to him”, and so she observed him from a distance so that she was not implicated. Pharaoh and his people were not aware that she was his sister and that she was keeping an eye on him.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran