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Al-Baqarah (The Cow)

Verse 248of 286

وَقَالَ لَهُمْ نَبِيُّهُمْ إِنَّ ءَايَةَ مُلْكِهِۦٓ أَن يَأْتِيَكُمُ ٱلتَّابُوتُ فِيهِ سَكِينَةٌۭ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ وَبَقِيَّةٌۭ مِّمَّا تَرَكَ ءَالُ مُوسَىٰ وَءَالُ هَٰرُونَ تَحْمِلُهُ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ ۚ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَةًۭ لَّكُمْ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ﴿٢٤٨

Translation (Sahih International)

And their prophet said to them, "Indeed, a sign of his kingship is that the chest will come to you in which is assurance from your Lord and a remnant of what the family of Moses and the family of Aaron had left, carried by the angels. Indeed in that is a sign for you, if you are believers."

Word-by-word meaning

وَقَالَwaqālaAnd said
لَهُمْlahumto them
نَبِيُّهُمْnabiyyuhumtheir Prophet
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ءَايَةَāyataa sign
مُلْكِهِۦٓmul'kihi(of) his kingship
أَنan(is) that
يَأْتِيَكُمُyatiyakumuwill come to you
ٱلتَّابُوتُl-tābūtuthe ark
فِيهِfīhiin it
سَكِينَةٌۭsakīnatun(is) tranquility
مِّنminfrom
رَّبِّكُمْrabbikumyour Lord
وَبَقِيَّةٌۭwabaqiyyatunand a remnant
مِّمَّاmimmāof what
تَرَكَtaraka(was) left
ءَالُālu(by the) family
مُوسَىٰmūsā(of) Musa
وَءَالُwaāluand family
هَـٰرُونَhārūna(of) Harun
تَحْمِلُهُtaḥmiluhuwill carry it
ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ ۚl-malāikatuthe Angels
إِنَّinnaIndeed
فِىin
ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
لَـَٔايَةًۭlaāyatan(is) surely a sign
لَّكُمْlakumfor you
إِنinif
كُنتُمkuntumyou are
مُّؤْمِنِينَmu'minīnabelievers

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Their Prophet then proclaimed, "The sign of the blessings of Talut's kingship over you is that Allah will give you back the Tabut (wooden box) that has been taken from you." Allah said: فِيهِ سَكِينَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ(wherein is Sakinah from your Lord) meaning, peace (or grace) and reassurance. `Abdur-Razzaq stated that Qatadah said: فِيهِ سَكِينَةٌ(wherein is Sakinah) means grace. In addition, Ar-Rabi` said that Sakinah means mercy.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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