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Verse 12of 88

۞ وَحَرَّمْنَا عَلَيْهِ ٱلْمَرَاضِعَ مِن قَبْلُ فَقَالَتْ هَلْ أَدُلُّكُمْ عَلَىٰٓ أَهْلِ بَيْتٍۢ يَكْفُلُونَهُۥ لَكُمْ وَهُمْ لَهُۥ نَٰصِحُونَ﴿١٢

Translation (Sahih International)

And We had prevented from him [all] wet nurses before, so she said, "Shall I direct you to a household that will be responsible for him for you while they are to him [for his upbringing] sincere?"

Word-by-word meaning

۞ وَحَرَّمْنَاwaḥarramnāAnd We had forbidden
عَلَيْهِʿalayhifor him
ٱلْمَرَاضِعَl-marāḍiʿathe wet nurses
مِنminbefore
قَبْلُqablubefore
فَقَالَتْfaqālatso she said
هَلْhalShall I
أَدُلُّكُمْadullukumdirect you
عَلَىٰٓʿalāto
أَهْلِahli(the) people
بَيْتٍۢbaytin(of) a house
يَكْفُلُونَهُۥyakfulūnahuwho will rear him
لَكُمْlakumfor you
وَهُمْwahumwhile they
لَهُۥlahuto him
نَـٰصِحُونَnāṣiḥūna(will be) sincere

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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