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وَقَالَتْ لِأُخْتِهِۦ قُصِّيهِ ۖ فَبَصُرَتْ بِهِۦ عَن جُنُبٍۢ وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ﴿١١

Translation (Sahih International)

And she said to his sister, "Follow him"; so she watched him from a distance while they perceived not.

Word-by-word meaning

وَقَالَتْwaqālatAnd she said
لِأُخْتِهِۦli-ukh'tihito his sister
قُصِّيهِ ۖquṣṣīhiFollow him
فَبَصُرَتْfabaṣuratSo she watched
بِهِۦbihihim
عَنʿanfrom
جُنُبٍۢjunubina distance
وَهُمْwahumwhile they
لَا(did) not
يَشْعُرُونَyashʿurūnaperceive

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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