Surah 28. Al-Qasas

In the name of ALLAH, the Benevolent, the Merciful

1. Ta. Sin. Mim.
2. These are Revelations of The Book that makes plain.
3. We narrate to you of the story of Moses and Pharaoh with truth, for folk who keep faith.
4. Lo! Pharaoh exalted himself in the earth and made its people castes. A tribe among them he suppressed, killing their sons and sparing their women. Lo! he was of those who work corruption.
5. And We desired to show favor to those who were oppressed in the earth, and to make them examples and to make them the inheritors,
6. And to establish them in the earth, and to show Pharaoh and Haman and their hosts that which they feared from them.
7. And We inspired the mother of Moses, saying: Suckle him and, when you fear for him, then cast him into the river and fear not nor grieve. Lo! We shall bring him back to you and shall make him of Our messengers.
8. And the family of Pharaoh took him up, that he might become for them an enemy and a sorrow. Lo! Pharaoh and Haman and their hosts were ever sinning.
9. And the wife of Pharaoh said: a consolation for me and for you. Kill him not. Perhaps he may be of use to us, or we may choose him for a son. And they perceived not.
10. And the heart of the mother of Moses became void, and she would have betrayed him if We had not fortified her heart, that she might be of the faithful.
11. And she said to his sister: Trace him. So she observed him from afar, and they perceived not.
12. And We had before forbidden foster-mothers for him, so she said: Shall I show you a household who will rear him for you and take care of him?
13. So We restored him to his mother that she might be comforted and not grieve, and that she might know that the promise of ALLAH is true. But most of them know not.

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