The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 516
CH. 28 PT. 20 ركوعاتها 9 سُورَةُ الْقَصَصِ مَكّيَّةٌ ۲۸ باتها ٨٩ بسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ (AL-QASAS) 1. "In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful. 2876 2. Ta Sin Mim. 2876A 3. These are verses of the clear Book. 2877 4. We rehearse unto thee a portion of the story of Moses and Pharaoh with truth, for the benefit of a people who would believe. 2878 5. Verily, Pharaoh تِلْكَ أَيْتُ الْكِتُبِ الْمُبِينِ نَتْلُوا عَلَيْكَ مِنْ نَّنَا مُوسَى وَفِرْعَوْنَ بِالْحَقِّ لِقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ اِنَّ فِرْعَوْنَ عَلَا فِي الْأَرْضِ وَجَعَلَ أَهْلَهَا behaved شِيَعًا يَسْتَضْعِفُ طَابِفَةً مِّنْهُمْ divided the people thereof into يُذَبِّحُ أَبْنَاءَهُمْ وَيَسْتَحْيِ نِسَاءَهُمْ parties; he sought to weaken إِنَّهُ كَانَ مِنَ الْمُفْسِدِينَ arrogantly in the earth, and one party of them, slaying their sons, and sparing their women. "See 1:1. 26:2; 27:2. 12:2; 15:2; 26:3; 27:2. d10:84. e 2:50; 7:142; 14:7. 2876. Commentary: See 1:1. 2876A. Commentary: For an explanation of the abbreviated letters, Tā Sin Mīm, see 26:2 & 27:2. 2877. Commentary: This verse has been commented upon in some detail in 12:2; 26:3 & 27:2. 2878. Commentary: Perhaps in no other Surah of the Quran have the different phases of Moses' life been treated in such detail as in the present Surah-his infancy, and childhood, his youth, his flight or exile and his Call. The Holy Prophet's pre-eminence as a Prophet is a thing apart, but as he has been "likened" to Moses, the conditions and circumstances of his life resemble more those of Moses than of any other Prophet. The words, "with truth" imply that the Quranic narrative of Moses differs in certain details from that of the Bible but wherever the Quranic description differs from the Biblical account, it will be found to be nearer truth and reality. 2430