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Quran-28:11 Surah Al-qasas English Translation,Transliteration and Tafsir(Tafseer).

وَقَالَتۡ لِأُخۡتِهِۦ قُصِّيهِۖ فَبَصُرَتۡ بِهِۦ عَن جُنُبٖ وَهُمۡ لَا يَشۡعُرُونَ

Transliteration:( Wa qaalat li ukhtihee qusseehi fabasurat bihee 'an junubinw wahum laa yash'uroon )

11. And his mother said to his sister(27), follow him, then she remained observing from afar, and they were not aware. (28)

Surah Al-Qasas Ayat 11 Tafsir (Commentry)



  • Tafseer-e-Naeemi (Ahmad Yaar Khan)
  • Ibn Kathir
  • Ala-Madudi

27. The name of Hazrat Mousa's (On whom be peace) sister is Mariam bint Imraan and her husband's name Ghalib bin yosha(Tafseer Roohul Ma'aani) The name of the mother of Hazrat Isa (On whom be peace) too it Mariam bint Imraan .But the two Imraans are different persons. Between these two Imraans there is a time difference of almost two thousand years.

28. That she is the sister of this boy who has come to enquire about him.

Ibn-Kathir

The tafsir of Surah Qasas verse 11 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Qasas ayat 10 which provides the complete commentary from verse 10 through 13.

(28:11) She told the sister of Moses: “Follow him.” So she kept watch over him unperceived (by the enemies).[13]

13. That is, the girl walked along and watched the floating basket in such a manner that the enemies could not know that she had anything to do with the child in it. According to the Israelite traditions, this sister of the Prophet Moses (peace be upon him) was 10 to 12 years old. She followed up her brother intelligently and cleverly and ascertained that he had been picked up by the Pharaoh’s household.

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