Surah Al-Qasas 28:11 — translation and meaning
القصص · Verse 11 / 88 · Page 386
ۖ وَقَالَتْ لِأُخْتِهِ قُصِّيهِ فَبَصُرَتْ بِهِ عَن جُنُبٍ وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ
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ۖ
وَقَالَتْ
waqalat
And she said
لِأُخْتِهِ
li-ukh'tihi
to his sister
قُصِّيهِ
qussihi
Follow him
فَبَصُرَتْ
fabasurat
So she watched
بِهِ
bihi
him
عَن
an
from
جُنُبٍ
junubin
a distance
وَهُمْ
wahum
while they
لَا
la
(did) not
يَشْعُرُونَ
yash'uruna
perceive
Transliteration
Wa qaalat li ukhtihee qusseehi fabasurat bihee 'an junubinw wahum laa yash'uroon
Translation
And she said to his sister, "Follow him"; so she watched him from a distance while they perceived not.
Verse interpretation (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.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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