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Al-Qasas 12

Ayah 12 of 88 · Meccan

۞ وَحَرَّمۡنَا عَلَيۡهِ ٱلۡمَرَاضِعَ مِن قَبۡلُ فَقَالَتۡ هَلۡ أَدُلُّكُمۡ عَلَىٰٓ أَهۡلِ بَيۡتٖ يَكۡفُلُونَهُۥ لَكُمۡ وَهُمۡ لَهُۥ نَٰصِحُونَ ١٢

And We had prevented from him [all] wet nurses before,1 so she said, "Shall I direct you to a household that will be responsible for him for you while they are to him [for his upbringing] sincere?"

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 Prior to that, Moses had refused to nurse from any other woman.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. ۞ وَحَرَّمۡنَاAnd We had forbiddenwaḥarramnā
  2. عَلَيۡهِfor himʿalayhi
  3. ٱلۡمَرَاضِعَthe wet nursesl-marāḍiʿa
  4. مِنbeforemin
  5. قَبۡلُbeforeqablu
  6. فَقَالَتۡso she saidfaqālat
  7. هَلۡShall Ihal
  8. أَدُلُّكُمۡdirect youadullukum
  9. عَلَىٰٓtoʿalā
  10. أَهۡلِ(the) peopleahli
  11. بَيۡتٖ(of) a housebaytin
  12. يَكۡفُلُونَهُۥwho will rear himyakfulūnahu
  13. لَكُمۡfor youlakum
  14. وَهُمۡwhile theywahum
  15. لَهُۥto himlahu
  16. نَٰصِحُونَ(will be) sincerenāṣiḥūna

Tafsir

By the decree of Allah, Moses refused to feed from the women. When his sister saw their eagerness to feed him, she said to them, “Shall I tell you of a household who shall feed him and look after him, who will also treat him with goodwill?”

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran