Surah Al-Qasas 28:12 — translation and meaning

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وَحَرَّمْنَا عَلَيْهِ الْمَرَاضِعَ مِن قَبْلُ فَقَالَتْ هَلْ أَدُلُّكُمْ عَلَى أَهْلِ بَيْتٍ يَكْفُلُونَهُ لَكُمْ وَهُمْ لَهُ نَاصِحُونَ

Word by Word

وَحَرَّمْنَا
waharramna
And We had forbidden
عَلَيْهِ
alayhi
for him
الْمَرَاضِعَ
al-maradi'a
the wet nurses
مِن
min
before
قَبْلُ
qablu
before
فَقَالَتْ
faqalat
so she said
هَلْ
hal
Shall I
أَدُلُّكُمْ
adullukum
direct you
عَلَى
ala
to
أَهْلِ
ahli
(the) people
بَيْتٍ
baytin
(of) a house
يَكْفُلُونَهُ
yakfulunahu
who will rear him
لَكُمْ
lakum
for you
وَهُمْ
wahum
while they
لَهُ
lahu
to him
نَاصِحُونَ
nasihuna
(will be) sincere

Transliteration

Wa harramnaa 'alaihil maraadi'a min qablu faqaalat hal adullukum 'alaaa ahli baitiny yakfuloonahoo lakum wa hum lahoo naasihoon

Translation

And We had prevented from him [all] wet nurses before, 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?"

Verse interpretation (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?”

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

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