The Quran

سورة النَّمل

Surah Al-Naml 27:7

The Tribe of Naml-Namlites · Verse 7 of 93

إِذْ قَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِأَهْلِهِ إِنِّي آنَسْتُ نَارًا سَآتِيكُمْ مِنْهَا بِخَبَرٍ أَوْ آتِيكُمْ بِشِهَابٍ قَبَسٍ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَصْطَلُونَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

(Recall) when Moses said to his companions, `Surely I see with feelings of warmth, of love, something like a fire. I will soon bring you some important information from there or at least bring you a flaming brand so that you may warm yourselves.´

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Behold! Moses said to his family: "I perceive a fire; soon will I bring you from there some information, or I will bring you a burning brand to light our fuel, that ye may warm yourselves.

Ahmed Ali

(Remember) when Moses said to his family: "I see a fire. I shall bring you news from it, or bring an ember that you may warm yourselves."

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Ali Unal

(Remember and recount to them) when Moses (while traveling in the desert saw a fire and) said to his family: "I perceive a fire far off. (Wait here,) I will bring you from there some information (about where we are and the way we should take), or bring you at least a burning brand so that you may (kindle a fire and) warm yourselves."

Daryabadi

Recall what time Musa said unto his household: verily I perceive a fire afar; I shall forthwith bring you tidings thereof, or bring unto you a brand lighted therefrom, haply ye may warm yourselves.

Faridul Haque

(Remember) when Moosa said to his wife, “I have sighted a fire; I will soon bring its news to you, or bring for you an ember from it so that you may warm yourselves.”

Maulana Muhammad Ali

When Moses said to his family: Surely I see a fire; I will bring you news thence, or bring you therefrom a burning brand, so that you may warm yourselves.

Maulvi Sher Ali

Call to mind when Moses said to his family, `I perceive a fire. I will bring you from there some news of great import, or I will bring you a flaming brand that you may warm yourselves.'

Muhammad Asad

LO! (While lost in the desert,] Moses said to his family: "Behold, I perceive a fire (far away]; I may bring you from there some tiding [as to which way we are to pursue], or bring you tat least] a burning brand so that you might warm yourselves."

Muhammad Musin Khan

(Remember) when Musa (Moses) said to his household: "Verily! I have seen a fire, I will bring you from there some information, or I will bring you a burning brand, that you may warm yourselves."

Muhammad Pickthall

(Remember) when Moses said unto his household: Lo! I spy afar off a fire; I will bring you tidings thence, or bring to you a borrowed flame that ye may warm yourselves.

Muhammad Sarwar

Moses said to his family, "I have seen some fire. I shall bring you some news about it or some fire so that you can warmyourselves".

Muhammed ali Shakir

When Musa said to his family: Surely I see fire; I will bring to you from it some news, or I will bring to you therefrom a burning firebrand so that you may warm yourselves.

Rashad Khalifa

Recall that Moses said to his family, "I see a fire; let me bring you news therefrom, or a torch to warm you."

Shabbir Ahmed

(Moses was also given a clear book. When he and his family were in a cold and dark valley), Moses said, "I see a fire. I may bring you news from there (about our location). Or bring you a burning torch so that you might warm yourselves." (20:10, 28:29)

Commentary 27:7 Here we are informed about a spiritual vision of Moses. The expression Innî anastu Nâra إِنِّي آنَسْتُ نَارًا“I perceive with a feeling of warmth and love…

إِذْ قَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِأَهْلِهِ إِنِّي آنَسْتُ نَارًا سَآتِيكُم مِّنْهَا بِخَبَرٍ أَوْ آتِيكُم بِشِهَابٍ قَبَسٍ لَّعَلَّكُمْ تَصْطَلُونَ

27:7 Here we are informed about a spiritual vision of Moses. The expression Innî anastu Nâra إِنِّي آنَسْتُ نَارًا“I perceive with a feeling of warmth and love something like a fire” supports that he felt some heart-warming love. Had it been physical fire that Moses had seen he would not have used the expression anastu أنستُ “I perceive, I feel with love,” but “I have seen a fire.” The wording suggests that it was Moses alone and none among his companions who perceived this warmth of love in the appearance of fire. Ibn al-‘Arabî says, “Moses, the great saint, reflected in the mirror of his heart the infinite form of the One Who is formless, the image of the One who is unseen. This form, this image, cannot be contained in heavens, in the oceans, or in the universe. All these have limits, but the mirror of the human heart has no limit.”