Surah An-Nisa 4:164 — translation and meaning

النساء · Verse 164 / 176 · Page 104

ۚ وَرُسُلًا قَدْ قَصَصْنَاهُمْ عَلَيْكَ مِن قَبْلُ وَرُسُلًا لَّمْ نَقْصُصْهُمْ عَلَيْكَ وَكَلَّمَ اللَّهُ مُوسَى تَكْلِيمًا

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ۚ
وَرُسُلًا
warusulan
And Messengers
قَدْ
qad
surely
قَصَصْنَاهُمْ
qasasnahum
We (have) mentioned them
عَلَيْكَ
alayka
to you
مِن
min
from
قَبْلُ
qablu
before
وَرُسُلًا
warusulan
and Messengers
لَّمْ
lam
not
نَقْصُصْهُمْ
naqsus'hum
We (have) mentioned them
عَلَيْكَ
alayka
to you
وَكَلَّمَ
wakallama
And spoke
اللَّهُ
al-lahu
Allah
مُوسَى
musa
(to) Musa
تَكْلِيمًا
takliman
(in a) conversation

Transliteration

Wa Rusulan qad qasas naahum 'alaika min qablu wa Rusulal lam naqsushum 'alaik; wa kallamallaahu Moosaa takleemaa

Translation

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 Allah spoke to Moses with [direct] speech.

Verse interpretation (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.

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

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