Transliteration:( Falammaa jaaa'ahaa noodiya am boorika man finnnnaari wa man hawlahaa wa Subhaanal laahi Rabbil 'aalameen )
"Then when he came to fire, a call [14] was made then, Blessed is who is in the place of manifestation of that fire i.e. (Musa) and those who are around it [15] i.e. (angels). And glorified is Allah Who is the Lord of entire worlds [16]."
As Musa (peace be upon him) approached the fire, he heard a divine call, which—according to authentic reports—emanated from a tree in the valley of Sinai. This marked the beginning of direct communication between Allah and His Prophet, transforming a seemingly ordinary moment into a profound spiritual encounter.
The verse declares blessings upon Musa, who was present at the site, and upon those around the fire, referring to the angels. From this, two important points emerge:
All pious servants of Allah are inherently blessed.
Believers who reside in sacred places enjoy elevated status. Therefore, the believers of Madinah Munawwarah, the resting place of the Prophet ﷺ, hold a rank of greater blessing than others.
The verse concludes by glorifying Allah, the Lord of all worlds, emphasizing His transcendence and majesty. The light of the fire witnessed by Musa was not ordinary—it was a divine light, emanating from the tree of Sinai, meant to signify the purity, majesty, and sacredness of the divine presence.
The tafsir of Surah Naml verse 8 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Naml ayat 7 which provides the complete commentary from verse 7 through 14.
(27:8) But when Moses came to the fire, a call was sounded:[10] “Blessed is He Who is in the fire and whatever is around it. Glory be to Allah, the Sustainer of all in the Universe.[11]
10. According to (Surah Al-Qasas, Ayat 30), the voice was calling out from a tree. What one understands from this is this: A sort of a fire was alight on the ground on the edge of the valley, but neither was anything burning nor any smoke arising. In the midst of the fire there stood a lush green tree from which a voice started calling out this all of a sudden.
This is a strange thing which the prophets of Allah have been experiencing. When the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) was first blessed with prophethood, an angel appeared before him in the solitude of the cave of Hira and started delivering Allah’s message. A similar thing happened with the Prophet Moses (peace be upon him) also. A journeying person has halted at a place, sees a fire at a distance, approaches it in order to get some information abort the route, or to pick a burning ember, and suddenly Allah, Lord of the Worlds, the Infinite, the Inconceivable Being, starts speaking to him. On such occasions, there exists externally as well as within the Prophets’ own selves an extraordinary state which fills them with the assurance that it is not a jinn or a satan or an illusion of their own mind, nor are their senses being deceived, but it is the Lord of the universe, or His Angel, who is speaking to them. See (Surah An-Najm, ayat 11) note 10.
11. Here the use of the words Subhan-Allah (glorified is Allah) is meant to warn the Prophet Moses (peace be upon him) to this effect: “You should never think that Allah, Lord of the universe, is sitting in the tree, or has entered into it, or that His absolute Light has concentrated itself into the limited sphere of your sight, or some tongue is functioning in some mouth to produce speech, but it is Allah, Who is Pure and Free from all such limitations, Who is Himself speaking to you.”
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