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An-Nisa 164

Ayah 164 of 176 · Medinan

وَرُسُلٗا قَدۡ قَصَصۡنَٰهُمۡ عَلَيۡكَ مِن قَبۡلُ وَرُسُلٗا لَّمۡ نَقۡصُصۡهُمۡ عَلَيۡكَۚ وَكَلَّمَ ٱللَّهُ مُوسَىٰ تَكۡلِيمٗا ١٦٤

And [We sent] messengers about whom We have related [their stories] to you before and messengers about whom We have not related to you. And Allāh spoke to Moses with [direct] speech.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَرُسُلٗاAnd Messengerswarusulan
  2. قَدۡsurelyqad
  3. قَصَصۡنَٰهُمۡWe (have) mentioned themqaṣaṣnāhum
  4. عَلَيۡكَto youʿalayka
  5. مِنfrommin
  6. قَبۡلُbeforeqablu
  7. وَرُسُلٗاand Messengerswarusulan
  8. لَّمۡnotlam
  9. نَقۡصُصۡهُمۡWe (have) mentioned themnaqṣuṣ'hum
  10. عَلَيۡكَۚto youʿalayka
  11. وَكَلَّمَAnd spokewakallama
  12. ٱللَّهُAllahl-lahu
  13. مُوسَىٰ(to) Musamūsā
  14. تَكۡلِيمٗا(in a) conversationtaklīman

Tafsir

I sent messengers whom I have mentioned to you in the Qur’ān; and I also sent messengers whom I have not mentioned to you in the Qur’ān for a reason. And Allah spoke to Moses without an intermediary in a manner that befits Him, as an honour to Moses.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran