Quran 28:29 — Al-Qasas, verse 29
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Once Moses had fulfilled the term and was travelling with his family, he caught sight of a fire on the side of the mountain and said to his family, ‘Wait! I have seen a fire. I will bring you news from there, or a burning stick for you to warm yourselves.’
فَلَمَّا قَضَىٰ مُوسَى الْأَجَلَ وَسَارَ بِأَهْلِهِ آنَسَ مِنْ جَانِبِ الطُّورِ نَارًا قَالَ لِأَهْلِهِ امْكُثُوا إِنِّي آنَسْتُ نَارًا لَعَلِّي آتِيكُمْ مِنْهَا بِخَبَرٍ أَوْ جَذْوَةٍ مِنَ النَّارِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَصْطَلُونَ
falammā qaḍā mūsā l-ajala wasāra bi-ahlihi ānasa min jānibi l-ṭūri nāran qāla li-ahlihi um'kuthū innī ānastu nāran laʿallī ātīkum min'hā bikhabarin aw jadhwatin mina l-nāri laʿallakum taṣṭalūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- So when Moses had accomplished the term and departed with his household, he observed on the side of the Mount a fire. He said to his household, 'Tarry you here; I observe a fire. Perhaps I shall bring you news of it, or a faggot from the fire, that haply you shall warm yourselves.'
- Muhammad Asad
- And when Moses had fulfilled his term and was wandering with his family [in the desert], he perceived a fire on the slope of Mount Sinai; [and so] he said to his family: “Wait here. Behold, I perceive a fire [far away]; perhaps I may bring you from there some tiding, or [at least] a burning brand from the fire, so that you might warm yourselves.
- Sahih International
- And when Moses had completed the term and was traveling with his family, he perceived from the direction of the mount a fire. He said to his family, "Stay here; indeed, I have perceived a fire. Perhaps I will bring you from there [some] information or burning wood from the fire that you may warm yourselves."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ۞ فَلَمَّاfalammā | Then when | — |
| 2 | قَضَىٰqaḍā | Musa fulfilled | قضي |
| 3 | مُوسَىmūsā | Musa fulfilled | — |
| 4 | ٱلْأَجَلَl-ajala | the term | أجل |
| 5 | وَسَارَwasāra | and was traveling | سير |
| 6 | بِأَهْلِهِۦٓbi-ahlihi | with his family | أهل |
| 7 | ءَانَسَānasa | he saw | أنس |
| 8 | مِنmin | in | — |
| 9 | جَانِبِjānibi | (the) direction | جنب |
| 10 | ٱلطُّورِl-ṭūri | (of) Mount Tur | طور |
| 11 | نَارًۭاnāran | a fire | نور |
| 12 | قَالَqāla | He said | قول |
| 13 | لِأَهْلِهِli-ahlihi | to his family | أهل |
| 14 | ٱمْكُثُوٓا۟um'kuthū | Stay here | مكث |
| 15 | إِنِّىٓinnī | indeed, I | — |
| 16 | ءَانَسْتُānastu | [I] perceive | أنس |
| 17 | نَارًۭاnāran | a fire | نور |
| 18 | لَّعَلِّىٓlaʿallī | Perhaps | — |
| 19 | ءَاتِيكُمātīkum | I will bring you | أتي |
| 20 | مِّنْهَاmin'hā | from there | — |
| 21 | بِخَبَرٍbikhabarin | some information | خبر |
| 22 | أَوْaw | or | — |
| 23 | جَذْوَةٍۢjadhwatin | a burning wood | جذو |
| 24 | مِّنَmina | from | — |
| 25 | ٱلنَّارِl-nāri | the fire | نور |
| 26 | لَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakum | so that you may | — |
| 27 | تَصْطَلُونَtaṣṭalūna | warm yourselves | صلي |