Surah Al-Qasas 28:10 — translation and meaning

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ۖ وَأَصْبَحَ فُؤَادُ أُمِّ مُوسَى فَارِغًا إِن كَادَتْ لَتُبْدِي بِهِ لَوْلَا أَن رَّبَطْنَا عَلَى قَلْبِهَا لِتَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ

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ۖ
وَأَصْبَحَ
wa-asbaha
And became
فُؤَادُ
fuadu
(the) heart
أُمِّ
ummi
(of the) mother
مُوسَى
musa
(of) Musa
فَارِغًا
farighan
empty
إِن
in
That
كَادَتْ
kadat
she was near
لَتُبْدِي
latub'di
(to) disclosing
بِهِ
bihi
about him
لَوْلَا
lawla
if not
أَن
an
that
رَّبَطْنَا
rabatna
We strengthened
عَلَى
ala
[over]
قَلْبِهَا
qalbiha
her heart
لِتَكُونَ
litakuna
so that she would be
مِنَ
mina
of
الْمُؤْمِنِينَ
al-mu'minina
the believers

Transliteration

Wa asbaha fu'aadu ummi Moosaa faarighan in kaadat latubdee bihee law laaa arrabatnaa 'alaa qalbihaa litakoona minal mu'mineen

Translation

And the heart of Moses' mother became empty [of all else]. She was about to disclose [the matter concerning] him had We not bound fast her heart that she would be of the believers.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

The heart of Moses’s mother forgot every worldly matter and became preoccupied with the matter of Moses, barely able to bear patience so much so that she almost expressed that it was her son, due to the immense attachment she had with him. It was only because of My strengthening her heart and granting her the ability to bear patience, that she became one of those believers who fully thrust their Lord and are patient upon what He decrees for them.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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