فَلَمَّآ أَتَىٰهَا نُودِىَ مِن شَٰطِئِ ٱلْوَادِ ٱلْأَيْمَنِ فِى ٱلْبُقْعَةِ ٱلْمُبَٰرَكَةِ مِنَ ٱلشَّجَرَةِ أَن يَٰمُوسَىٰٓ إِنِّىٓ أَنَا ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ
Falammaaa ataahaa noodiya min shaati'il waadil aimani fil buq'atil muubaarakati minash shajarati ai yaa Moosaaa inneee Anal laahu Rabbul 'aalameen
But when he came to it, he was called from the right side of the valley in a blessed spot - from the tree, "O Moses, indeed I am Allah, Lord of the worlds."
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28:30Ayah 188
42 ayahs in Al-Qasas are strongly about lessons from past peoples. This is one of them.
← Previous on Lessons from past peoples28:29And when Moses had completed the term and was traveling with his family, he perceived from the direction of the mount a fire. He said to his family,Next on Lessons from past peoples →28:31And [he was told], "Throw down your staff." But when he saw it writhing as if it was a snake, he turned in flight and did not return. [Allah said], "O Moses,
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And when he reached it a call came from the right bank the right side of the valley to Moses at the blessed spot blessed for Moses because of his hearing God’s speech therein from the tree mina’l-shajarati substitutes for min shāti’i ‘from the right bank’ and the preposition min ‘from’ has been repeated because it the tree grows there — the tree was a jujube a bramble or a boxthorn — saying that an here is explicative and not in its softened form ‘O Moses! Indeed I am God the Lord of the Worlds’.
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The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "I came to Musa at the red dune and he was standing and praying."
when the Messenger of Allah was in Dhul-Hulaifah someone came to him and he was told: "You are in a blessed valley.''(sahih)
I came. And in the narration transmitted on the authority of Haddib (the words are): I happened to pass by Moses on the occasion of the Night journey near the red mound (and found him) saying his prayer in his grave.
The Prophet (ﷺ) started ascending a high place or hill. A man (amongst his companions) ascended it and
shouted in a loud voice, "La ilaha illal-lahu wallahu Akbar." (At that time) Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was riding
his mule. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "You are not calling upon a deaf or an absent one." and added, "O Abu
Musa (or, O `Abdullah)! Shall I tell you a sentence from the treasure of Paradise?" I said, "Yes." He
said, "La haul a wala quwwata illa billah,"
Which valley is this? They said: This is the valley of Azraq, and he observed: (I perceive) as if I am seeing Moses (peace be upon him) coming down from the mountain track, and he is calling upon Allah loudly (saying: Here I am! at your service! ). Then he came to the mountain track of Harsha. He (the Holy Prophet) said: Which is this mountain track? They said: It is the mountain track of Harsha. He observed (I feel) as If I am seeing Yunus (Jonah-peace be upon him) son of Matta on a well- built red dromedary, with a cloak of wool around him and the rein of his dromedary is made of the fibres of date-palm, and he is calling upon Allah (saying: Here I am! at your service, my Lord! ). Ibn Hanbal said in the hadith narrated by him: Hushaim said that the meaning of khulba was fibre of date-palm.
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