23:45
ثُمَّأَرْسَلْنَامُوسَىٰوَأَخَاهُهَٰرُونَبَِٔايَٰتِنَاوَسُلْطَٰنٍمُّبِينٍ٤٥
thumma arsalnā mūsā wa-akhāhu hārūna biāyātinā wasul'ṭānin mubīnin
Then We sent Moses and his brother Aaron with Our signs and a clear authority(45)
Surah Al-Mu'minun, Ayah 45 (23:45)
ٱلْمُؤْمِنُون
ثُمَّ أَرْسَلْنَا مُوسَىٰ وَأَخَاهُ هَٰرُونَ بَِٔايَٰتِنَا وَسُلْطَٰنٍ مُّبِينٍ
Quran 23:45 is ayah 45 of Surah Al-Mu'minun (“The Believers”), a Meccan surah of 118 ayahs. It is in Juz 18, on page 345 of the Madani Mushaf.
- Juz 18
- Hizb 35
- Page 345
- Ruku 3
- Revealed Mecca
Word by word
- ثُمَّthummaThen
- أَرْسَلْنَاarsalnāWe sent
- مُوسَىٰmūsāMusa
- وَأَخَاهُwa-akhāhuand his brother
- هَٰرُونَhārūnaHarun
- بَِٔايَٰتِنَاbiāyātināwith Our Signs
- وَسُلْطَٰنٍwasul'ṭāninand an authority
- مُّبِينٍmubīninclear
Tafsir (commentary) of 23:45
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This commentary explains ayahs 23:45–49 together.
The Story of Musa, Peace be upon Him; and Fir`awn
Allah tells us that He sent Musa, peace be upon him, and his brother Harun to Fir`awn and his chiefs with decisive evidence and definitive proof, but Fir`awn and his people were too arrogant to follow them and obey their commands because they were human beings, just as previous nations had denied the Message of the human Messengers. They were of a similar mentality, so Allah destroyed Fir`awn and his chiefs, drowning them all in one day. He revealed the Book to Musa, i.e., the Tawrah, in which were rulings, commands and prohibitions, after He had destroyed Fir`awn and the Egyptians and seized them with a punishment of the All-Mighty, All-Capable to carry out what He wills. After Allah revealed the Tawrah, Allah did not destroy any nation with an overwhelming calamity; instead, He commanded the believers to fight the disbelievers, as He says:
وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَى الْكِتَـبَ مِن بَعْدِ مَآ أَهْلَكْنَا الْقُرُونَ الاٍّولَى بَصَآئِرَ لِلنَّاسِ وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةً لَّعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ
(And indeed We gave Musa -- after We had destroyed the generations of old -- the Scripture as an enlightenment for mankind, and a guidance and a mercy, that they might remember.) 28:43