Surah Qasas ayat 34 Tafsir Quran 28:34

﴿وَأَخِي هَارُونُ هُوَ أَفْصَحُ مِنِّي لِسَانًا فَأَرْسِلْهُ مَعِيَ رِدْءًا يُصَدِّقُنِي ۖ إِنِّي أَخَافُ أَن يُكَذِّبُونِ﴾
[ القصص: 34]

28:34 And my brother Aaron is more fluent than me in tongue, so send him with me as support, verifying me. Indeed, I fear that they will deny me."

And my brother Aaron is more eloquent more intelligible than me in speech. So send him with me as a helper as an aid a variant reading for rid’an ‘helper’ is ridan to confirm me read either in apocopated form yusadiqnī as a response to the request or as an indicative with damma inflection yusadiqunī as an adjectival qualification of rid’an ‘helper’ for I truly fear that they will deny me’.

My brother Harun (Aaron) expresses himself much better than I and he possesses the power of fluent, forcible and appropriate expression. Send him O Allah with me to be a support and to confirm my cause, for I fear they might accuse me of falsehood

How Musa asked for the Support of His Brother and was granted that by Allah When Allah commanded him to go to Fir`awn, the one who he had run away from and whose vengeance he feared, قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّى قَتَلْتُ مِنْهُمْ نَفْساً ( Musa said: My Lord! I have killed a man among them, ) meaning, that Coptic, فَأَخَافُ أَن يَقْتُلُونِ ( and I fear that they will kill me. ) i.e., `when they see me.' وَأَخِى هَـرُونُ هُوَ أَفْصَحُ مِنِّى لِسَاناً ( And my brother Harun -- he is more eloquent in speech than me, ) Musa, peace be upon him, had a speech defect, because when he had been given the choice between a date and a pearl, he mistakenly picked up a coal and placed it on his tongue, so he found it difficult to speak clearly.
Musa said: وَاحْلُلْ عُقْدَةً مِّن لِّسَانِى - يَفْقَهُواْ قَوْلِي - وَاجْعَل لِّى وَزِيراً مِّنْ أَهْلِى - هَـرُونَ أَخِى - اشْدُدْ بِهِ أَزْرِى - وَأَشْرِكْهُ فِى أَمْرِى ( "And loose the knot (the defect ) from my tongue.
That they understand my speech.
And appoint for me a helper from my family, Harun, my brother.
Increase my strength with him, And let him share my task.") ( 20:27-32 ) meaning, `give me someone to keep me company in this immense task of prophethood and conveying the Message to this arrogant, tyrannical and stubborn king.
' Hence Musa said: وَأَخِى هَـرُونُ هُوَ أَفْصَحُ مِنِّى لِسَاناً فَأَرْسِلْهِ مَعِىَ رِدْءاً ( And my brother Harun -- he is more eloquent in speech than me: so send him with me as a helper ) meaning, as a support to give strength to my cause and confirm what I say and convey from Allah, because the word of two carries more weight in people's minds than the word of one.
So he said: إِنِّى أَخَافُ أَن يُكَذِّبُونِ ( Verily, I fear that they will deny me. ) Muhammad bin Ishaq said: c رِدْءاً يُصَدِّقُنِى ( as a helper to confirm me. ) means, `to explain to them what I say, for he can understand me where they may not.' When Musa asked for this, Allah said to him: سَنَشُدُّ عَضُدَكَ بِأَخِيكَ ( We will strengthen your arm through your brother, ) meaning, `We will add strength to your cause and give you help through your brother, who you have asked to be made a Prophet alongside you.' This is like the Ayat; قَدْ أُوتِيتَ سُؤْلَكَ يمُوسَى ( You are granted your request, O Musa! ) ( 20:36 ) وَوَهَبْنَا لَهُ مِن رَّحْمَتِنَآ أَخَاهُ هَـرُونَ نَبِيّاً ( And We granted him his brother Harun, (also ) a Prophet, out of Our mercy) ( 19:53 ).
One of the Salaf said, "There is no one who has ever done a greater favor to his brother than Musa did for Harun, may peace be upon them both, for he interceded for him until Allah made him a Prophet and Messenger with him to Fir`awn and his chiefs.
Allah said concerning Musa: وَكَانَ عِندَ اللَّهِ وَجِيهاً ( he was honorable before Allah ) ( 33:69 ). وَنَجْعَلُ لَكُمَا سُلْطَـناً ( and (We will ) give you both power) means, overwhelming evidence. فَلاَ يَصِلُونَ إِلَيْكُمَا بِـْايَـتِنَآ ( so they shall not be able to harm you, with Our Ayat; ) means, `they will have no way or means of harming you because you are conveying the signs of Allah.' This is like the Ayat: يَـأَيُّهَا الرَّسُولُ بَلِّغْ مَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ مِن رَّبِّكَ ( O Messenger! Proclaim (the Message ) which has been sent down to you from your Lord.) until His saying: وَاللَّهُ يَعْصِمُكَ مِنَ النَّاسِ ( Allah will protect you from mankind ) ( 5:67 ). الَّذِينَ يُبَلِّغُونَ رِسَالـتِ اللَّهِ ( Those who convey the Message of Allah ) until His saying: وَكَفَى بِاللَّهِ حَسِيباً ( And sufficient is Allah as a Reckoner ) ( 33:39 ).
And sufficient is Allah as a Helper and Supporter.
And Allah told them the consequences in this world and the next, for them and for those who followed them, أَنتُمَا وَمَنِ اتَّبَعَكُمَا الْغَـلِبُونَ ( you two as well as those who follow you will be the victors. ) This is like the Ayat: كَتَبَ اللَّهُ لاّغْلِبَنَّ أَنَاْ وَرُسُلِى إِنَّ اللَّهَ قَوِىٌّ عَزِيزٌ ( Allah has decreed: "Verily, it is I and My Messengers who shall be the victorious." Verily, Allah is All-Powerful, All-Mighty. ) ( 58:21 ) إِنَّا لَنَنصُرُ رُسُلَنَا وَالَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ فِى الْحَيَوةِ الدُّنْيَا ( Verily, We will indeed make victorious Our Messengers and those who believe in this world's life ) ( 40:51 ) to the end of the Ayah.

How Musa asked for the Support of His Brother and was granted that by Allah When Allah commanded him to go to Fir`awn, the one who he had run away from and whose vengeance he feared, قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّى قَتَلْتُ مِنْهُمْ نَفْساً ( Musa said: My Lord! I have killed a man among them, ) meaning, that Coptic, فَأَخَافُ أَن يَقْتُلُونِ ( and I fear that they will kill me. ) i.e., `when they see me.' وَأَخِى هَـرُونُ هُوَ أَفْصَحُ مِنِّى لِسَاناً ( And my brother Harun -- he is more eloquent in speech than me, ) Musa, peace be upon him, had a speech defect, because when he had been given the choice between a date and a pearl, he mistakenly picked up a coal and placed it on his tongue, so he found it difficult to speak clearly.
Musa said: وَاحْلُلْ عُقْدَةً مِّن لِّسَانِى - يَفْقَهُواْ قَوْلِي - وَاجْعَل لِّى وَزِيراً مِّنْ أَهْلِى - هَـرُونَ أَخِى - اشْدُدْ بِهِ أَزْرِى - وَأَشْرِكْهُ فِى أَمْرِى ( "And loose the knot (the defect ) from my tongue.
That they understand my speech.
And appoint for me a helper from my family, Harun, my brother.
Increase my strength with him, And let him share my task.") ( 20:27-32 ) meaning, `give me someone to keep me company in this immense task of prophethood and conveying the Message to this arrogant, tyrannical and stubborn king.
' Hence Musa said: وَأَخِى هَـرُونُ هُوَ أَفْصَحُ مِنِّى لِسَاناً فَأَرْسِلْهِ مَعِىَ رِدْءاً ( And my brother Harun -- he is more eloquent in speech than me: so send him with me as a helper ) meaning, as a support to give strength to my cause and confirm what I say and convey from Allah, because the word of two carries more weight in people's minds than the word of one.
So he said: إِنِّى أَخَافُ أَن يُكَذِّبُونِ ( Verily, I fear that they will deny me. ) Muhammad bin Ishaq said: c رِدْءاً يُصَدِّقُنِى ( as a helper to confirm me. ) means, `to explain to them what I say, for he can understand me where they may not.' When Musa asked for this, Allah said to him: سَنَشُدُّ عَضُدَكَ بِأَخِيكَ ( We will strengthen your arm through your brother, ) meaning, `We will add strength to your cause and give you help through your brother, who you have asked to be made a Prophet alongside you.' This is like the Ayat; قَدْ أُوتِيتَ سُؤْلَكَ يمُوسَى ( You are granted your request, O Musa! ) ( 20:36 ) وَوَهَبْنَا لَهُ مِن رَّحْمَتِنَآ أَخَاهُ هَـرُونَ نَبِيّاً ( And We granted him his brother Harun, (also ) a Prophet, out of Our mercy) ( 19:53 ).
One of the Salaf said, "There is no one who has ever done a greater favor to his brother than Musa did for Harun, may peace be upon them both, for he interceded for him until Allah made him a Prophet and Messenger with him to Fir`awn and his chiefs.
Allah said concerning Musa: وَكَانَ عِندَ اللَّهِ وَجِيهاً ( he was honorable before Allah ) ( 33:69 ). وَنَجْعَلُ لَكُمَا سُلْطَـناً ( and (We will ) give you both power) means, overwhelming evidence. فَلاَ يَصِلُونَ إِلَيْكُمَا بِـْايَـتِنَآ ( so they shall not be able to harm you, with Our Ayat; ) means, `they will have no way or means of harming you because you are conveying the signs of Allah.' This is like the Ayat: يَـأَيُّهَا الرَّسُولُ بَلِّغْ مَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ مِن رَّبِّكَ ( O Messenger! Proclaim (the Message ) which has been sent down to you from your Lord.) until His saying: وَاللَّهُ يَعْصِمُكَ مِنَ النَّاسِ ( Allah will protect you from mankind ) ( 5:67 ). الَّذِينَ يُبَلِّغُونَ رِسَالـتِ اللَّهِ ( Those who convey the Message of Allah ) until His saying: وَكَفَى بِاللَّهِ حَسِيباً ( And sufficient is Allah as a Reckoner ) ( 33:39 ).
And sufficient is Allah as a Helper and Supporter.
And Allah told them the consequences in this world and the next, for them and for those who followed them, أَنتُمَا وَمَنِ اتَّبَعَكُمَا الْغَـلِبُونَ ( you two as well as those who follow you will be the victors. ) This is like the Ayat: كَتَبَ اللَّهُ لاّغْلِبَنَّ أَنَاْ وَرُسُلِى إِنَّ اللَّهَ قَوِىٌّ عَزِيزٌ ( Allah has decreed: "Verily, it is I and My Messengers who shall be the victorious." Verily, Allah is All-Powerful, All-Mighty. ) ( 58:21 ) إِنَّا لَنَنصُرُ رُسُلَنَا وَالَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ فِى الْحَيَوةِ الدُّنْيَا ( Verily, We will indeed make victorious Our Messengers and those who believe in this world's life ) ( 40:51 ) to the end of the Ayah.

( My brother Aaron is more eloquent then me in speech ) because Moses had a slight speech impediment. ( Therefore send him with me as a helper to confirm me ) to speak on my behalf and confirm my words. ( Lo! I fear that they will give the lie to me ) deny the message I bring to them.

"And my brother Harun (Aaron) he is more eloquent in speech than me so send him with me as a helper to confirm me. Verily! I fear that they will belie me."

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