Surah 2 Al-Baqara — Ayah 248
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
ئۇلارغا پەيغەمبىرى ئېيتتىكى: «ئۇنىڭ پادىشاھلىقىنىڭ ئالامىتى شۇكى، سىلەرگە بىر ساندۇق كېلىدۇ، ئۇنىڭدا رەببىڭلار تەرىپىدىن سىلەرنى تەسكىن تاپقۇزىدىغان نەرسە ۋە مۇسانىڭ ھارۇننىڭ تەۋەلىرى قالدۇرۇپ كەتكەن نەرسىلەر (يەنى مۇسانىڭ ھاسىسى، كىيىمى ۋە تەۋرات يېزىلغان بەزى تاختىلار) قاچىلانغان بولىدۇ، ئۇنى پەرىشتىلەر كۆتۈرۈپ كېلىدۇ. ئەگەر (اﷲ قا ۋە ئاخىرەت كۈنىگە ئىشىنىدىغان) بولساڭلار، بۇنىڭدا (يەنى تابۇتنىڭ نازىل بولۇشىدا اﷲ نىڭ تالۇتنى سىلەرگە پادىشاھلىققا تاللىغانلىقىغا) ئەلۋەتتە سىلەر ئۈچۈن (روشەن) ئالامەت بار»
waqāla lahum nabiyyuhum inna āyata mul'kihi an yatiyakumu l-tābūtu fīhi sakīnatun min rabbikum wabaqiyyatun mimmā taraka ālu mūsā waālu hārūna taḥmiluhu l-malāikatu inna fī dhālika laāyatan lakum in kuntum mu'minīna
Word by word
- وَقَالَ waqāla And said
- لَهُمْ lahum to them
- نَبِيُّهُمْ nabiyyuhum their Prophet
- إِنَّ inna Indeed
- ءَايَةَ āyata a sign
- مُلْكِهِۦٓ mul'kihi (of) his kingship
- أَن an (is) that
- يَأْتِيَكُمُ yatiyakumu will come to you
- ٱلتَّابُوتُ l-tābūtu the ark
- فِيهِ fīhi in it
- سَكِينَةٌۭ sakīnatun (is) tranquility
- مِّن min from
- رَّبِّكُمْ rabbikum your Lord
- وَبَقِيَّةٌۭ wabaqiyyatun and a remnant
- مِّمَّا mimmā of what
- تَرَكَ taraka (was) left
- ءَالُ ālu (by the) family
- مُوسَىٰ mūsā (of) Musa
- وَءَالُ waālu and family
- هَـٰرُونَ hārūna (of) Harun
- تَحْمِلُهُ taḥmiluhu will carry it
- ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ ۚ l-malāikatu the Angels
- إِنَّ inna Indeed
- فِى fī in
- ذَٰلِكَ dhālika that
- لَـَٔايَةًۭ laāyatan (is) surely a sign
- لَّكُمْ lakum for you
- إِن in if
- كُنتُم kuntum you are
- مُّؤْمِنِينَ mu'minīna believers
Tafsir · Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
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:
(wherein is Sakinah from your Lord) meaning, peace (or grace) and reassurance. `Abdur-Razzaq stated that Qatadah said:
(wherein is Sakinah) means grace. In addition, Ar-Rabi` said that Sakinah means mercy. This is also the meaning given by Ibn `Abbas, as Al-`Awfi narrated.
Allah then said:
(...and a remnant of that which Musa (Moses) and Harun (Aaron) left behind,)
Ibn Jarir related that Ibn `Abbas said about this Ayah:
(...and a remnant of that which Musa (Moses) and Harun (Aaron) left behind, ) Meaning, Moses' staff and the remnants of the Tablets. This is the same Tafsir of Qatadah, As-Suddi, Ar-Rabi` bin Anas and `Ikrimah, who added, "And also the Torah." `Abdur-Razzaq said that he asked Ath-Thawri about the meaning of,
(...and a remnant of that which Musa (Moses) and Harun (Aaron) left behind,)
Ath-Thawri said, "Some said that it contained a pot of manna and the remnants of the Tablets, while some others said that it contained (Moses') staff and two shoes (and refer to 20:12)."
Allah then said:
(...carried by the angels.)
Ibn Jurayj stated that Ibn `Abbas said, "The angels came down while carrying the Tabut between the sky and the earth, until they placed it before Talut while the people were watching." As-Suddi said, "The Tabut was brought to Talut's house, so the people believed in the prophethood of Sham`un (Simeon) and obeyed Talut"
The Prophet then said:
(Verily, in this is a sign for you) testifying to my truth in what I was sent with, my prophethood, and my command to you to obey Talut,
(if you are indeed believers. ) in Allah and the Hereafter.