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إِذْ تَمْشِىٓ أُخْتُكَ فَتَقُولُ هَلْ أَدُلُّكُمْ عَلَىٰ مَن يَكْفُلُهُۥ ۖ فَرَجَعْنَٰكَ إِلَىٰٓ أُمِّكَ كَىْ تَقَرَّ عَيْنُهَا وَلَا تَحْزَنَ ۚ وَقَتَلْتَ نَفْسًۭا فَنَجَّيْنَٰكَ مِنَ ٱلْغَمِّ وَفَتَنَّٰكَ فُتُونًۭا ۚ فَلَبِثْتَ سِنِينَ فِىٓ أَهْلِ مَدْيَنَ ثُمَّ جِئْتَ عَلَىٰ قَدَرٍۢ يَٰمُوسَىٰ﴿٤٠

Translation (Sahih International)

[And We favored you] when your sister went and said, 'Shall I direct you to someone who will be responsible for him?' So We restored you to your mother that she might be content and not grieve. And you killed someone, but We saved you from retaliation and tried you with a [severe] trial. And you remained [some] years among the people of Madyan. Then you came [here] at the decreed time, O Moses.

Word-by-word meaning

إِذْidhWhen
تَمْشِىٓtamshīwas going
أُخْتُكَukh'tukayour sister
فَتَقُولُfataqūluand she said
هَلْhalShall
أَدُلُّكُمْadullukumI show you
عَلَىٰʿalā[to]
مَنman(one) who
يَكْفُلُهُۥ ۖyakfuluhuwill nurse and rear him
فَرَجَعْنَـٰكَfarajaʿnākaSo We returned you
إِلَىٰٓilāto
أُمِّكَummikayour mother
كَىْkaythat
تَقَرَّtaqarramay be cooled
عَيْنُهَاʿaynuhāher eyes
وَلَاwalāand not
تَحْزَنَ ۚtaḥzanashe grieves
وَقَتَلْتَwaqataltaAnd you killed
نَفْسًۭاnafsana man
فَنَجَّيْنَـٰكَfanajjaynākabut We saved you
مِنَminafrom
ٱلْغَمِّl-ghamithe distress
وَفَتَنَّـٰكَwafatannākaand We tried you
فُتُونًۭا ۚfutūnan(with) a trial
فَلَبِثْتَfalabith'taThen you remained
سِنِينَsinīna(some) years
فِىٓwith
أَهْلِahli(the) people
مَدْيَنَmadyana(of) Madyan
ثُمَّthummaThen
جِئْتَji'tayou came
عَلَىٰʿalāat
قَدَرٍۢqadarinthe decreed (time)
يَـٰمُوسَىٰyāmūsāO Musa

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Choosing Musa to go to Fir`awn and to be Soft and Gentle in His InvitationAllah, the Exalted, says in His address to Musa that he had lived among the people of Madyan, avoiding Fir`awn and his chiefs. He worked as a shepherd for his father-in-law until the appointed time for his work ended. Then he met the decree of Allah and His predetermined will, without him having any set appointment. This entire situation was under the control of Allah, Blessed be He, the Most High.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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