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وَأَصْبَحَ فُؤَادُ أُمِّ مُوسَىٰ فَٰرِغًا ۖ إِن كَادَتْ لَتُبْدِى بِهِۦ لَوْلَآ أَن رَّبَطْنَا عَلَىٰ قَلْبِهَا لِتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ﴿١٠

Translation (Sahih International)

And the heart of Moses' mother became empty [of all else]. She was about to disclose [the matter concerning] him had We not bound fast her heart that she would be of the believers.

Word-by-word meaning

وَأَصْبَحَwa-aṣbaḥaAnd became
فُؤَادُfuādu(the) heart
أُمِّummi(of the) mother
مُوسَىٰmūsā(of) Musa
فَـٰرِغًا ۖfārighanempty
إِنinThat
كَادَتْkādatshe was near
لَتُبْدِىlatub'dī(to) disclosing
بِهِۦbihiabout him
لَوْلَآlawlāif not
أَنanthat
رَّبَطْنَاrabaṭnāWe strengthened
عَلَىٰʿalā[over]
قَلْبِهَاqalbihāher heart
لِتَكُونَlitakūnaso that she would be
مِنَminaof
ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīnathe believers

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The intense Grief of Musa's Mother, and how He was returned to HerAllah tells us how, when her child was lost in the river, the heart of Musa's mother became empty, i.e., she could not think of any matter in this world except Musa. This was the view of Ibn `Abbas, Mujahid, `Ikrimah, Sa`id bin Jubayr, Abu `Ubaydah, Ad-Dahhak, Al-Hasan Al-Basri, Qatadah and others.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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