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Surah Al-Qasas, Verse 11

سورة القصص، الآية ١١

28:11 Juz 20 Hizb 39 Page 386 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 28:11

وَقَالَتْ لِأُخْتِهِۦ قُصِّيهِ فَبَصُرَتْ بِهِۦ عَن جُنُبٍ وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ ۝١١

Transliteration

waqālat li-ukh'tihi quṣṣīhi fabaṣurat bihi ʿan junubin wahum lā yashʿurūna

Translation

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

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Verse 11 of Surah Al-Qasas (28:11), a Meccan surah, is in juz 20, on page 386 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.

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Al-Mukhtasar

And after she had cast him into the sea, Moses’s mother said to his sister, “Follow him so that you know what happens to him”, and so she observed him from a distance so that she was not implicated. Pharaoh and his people were not aware that she was his sister and that she was keeping an eye on him.

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Other translations of verse 11

She said to his sister, “Keep track of him.” So she watched him from a distance, without them noticing.

And she said to his [Mûsâ’s (Moses)] sister: "Follow him." So she (his sister) watched him from a far place secretly, while they perceived not.

And she said unto his sister: Trace him. So she observed him from afar, and they perceived not.

And she said to the sister of (Moses), "Follow him" so she (the sister) watched him in the character of a stranger. And they knew not.

And she said to his sister: Follow him up. So she watched him from a distance while they did not perceive,

And she said to his sister, "Trail him, " and so she beheld him from afar, and they were not aware.

Verse 11 word by word

  1. وَقَالَتْ waqālat And she said ق و ل
  2. لِأُخْتِهِۦ li-ukh'tihi to his sister أ خ و
  3. قُصِّيهِ quṣṣīhi Follow him ق ص ص
  4. فَبَصُرَتْ fabaṣurat So she watched ب ص ر
  5. بِهِۦ bihi him
  6. عَن ʿan from
  7. جُنُبٍ junubin a distance ج ن ب
  8. وَهُمْ wahum while they
  9. لَا lā (did) not
  10. يَشْعُرُونَ yashʿurūna perceive ش ع ر

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  • Ash-Shu’ara 26:202

    فَيَأْتِيَهُم بَغْتَةً وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

    And it will come to them suddenly while they perceive [it] not.

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