waḥarramnā ʿalayhi l-marāḍiʿa min qablu faqālat hal adullukum ʿalā ahli baytin yakfulūnahu lakum wahum lahu nāṣiḥūna
Translation
And We had prevented from him [all] wet nurses before,1096 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?"
Notes
[1096] Prior to that, Moses had refused to nurse from any other woman.
Verse 12 of Surah Al-Qasas (28:12), 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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Tafsir of verse 12
Al-Mukhtasar
By the decree of Allah, Moses refused to feed from the women. When his sister saw their eagerness to feed him, she said to them, “Shall I tell you of a household who shall feed him and look after him, who will also treat him with goodwill?”
We had already forbidden for him all wet nurses8, then she said, “Shall I direct you to a household who will nurse him for you and take good care of him?”
Notes
[8] Moses had refused to nurse from any other woman.
And We had already forbidden (other) foster suckling mothers for him, until she (his sister came up and) said: "Shall I direct you to a household who will rear him for you, and look after him in a good manner?"
And We had before forbidden foster-mothers for him, so she said: Shall I show you a household who will rear him for you and take care of him?
And we ordained that he refused suck at first, until (His sister came up and) said: "Shall I point out to you the people of a house that will nourish and bring him up for you and be sincerely attached to him?"...
And We ordained that he refused to suck any foster mother before, so she said: Shall I point out to you the people of a house who will take care of him for you, and they will be benevolent to him?
And We had prohibited to him earlier wet-nurses. So she said, "Shall I indicate to you the family of a house who will sponsor him for you and advisably look after him?"
