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قَالَ فَمَن رَّبُّكُمَا يَٰمُوسَىٰ

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[Pharaoh] said, "So who is the Lord of you two, O Moses?"

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Introduction

This is āyah 49 of Sūrat Taa-Haa (Ta-Ha), the 45th sūrah in the traditional order of revelation. It was revealed in the Meccan period and sits within Juzʾ 16. Meccan verses tend to address faith, the oneness of God, and the hereafter.

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Revelation & occasion

Asbāb al-Nuzūl
Period
Meccan
Order revealed
45 of 114
Surah
Taa-Haa (20)

No specific occasion of revelation (Asbāb al-Nuzūl) is recorded for this āyah in al-Wāḥidī's collection. Many verses were revealed without a single triggering event.

Commentary

Tafsir

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Hafiz Ibn Kathir

Fir'awn said: "Who then, O Musa, is the Lord of you two (49)[Musa] said: "Our Lord is He Who gave to each thing its form and nature, then guided it aright. (50)[Fir'awn] said: "What about the generations of old (51)Musa said: "The knowledge thereof is with my Lord, in a Record. My Lord neither errs nor forgets. (52) The Conversation between Musa and Fir'awn Allah, the Exalted, informs about Fir'awn that he said to Musa, in his rejection of the existence of a Supreme Maker and Creator, Who is the God of everything and his own Lord and Owner: فَمَن رَّبُّكُمَا يَا مُوسَىٰ (Who then, O Musa, is the Lord of you two?) meaning "Who is the one who called you forth and sent you For verily, I do not know him and I have not given you any god other than myself." قَالَ رَبُّنَا الَّذِي أَعْطَىٰ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ خَلْقَهُ ثُمَّ هَدَىٰ ((Musa) said: "Our Lord is He Who gave to each thing its form and…
Provenance

Chains of transmission

Oral — isnād

  1. ~610–632 CERevelation & memorisation

    Received by the Prophet ﷺ and preserved by the ḥuffāẓ (memorisers) among the Companions.

  2. 1st century AHMutawātir transmissionawaiting curation

    Carried by mass-transmission through the generations of qurrāʾ.

  3. TodayLiving chainsawaiting curation

    Continuous ijāzah chains link reciters today back to the Prophet ﷺ.

Verified isnād chains for this āyah will be added by curators.

Written — the manuscript record

  1. ~650 CEʿUthmānic codicesawaiting curation

    The standardised muṣḥaf sent to the great cities (e.g. the Topkapı and Samarqand codices).

  2. 8th–10th c.Early Ḥijāzī & Kūfic foliosawaiting curation

    Surviving leaves in Birmingham, Sanaa, Paris (BnF) and beyond.

  3. Modern printModern printawaiting curation

    The 1924 Cairo edition → today: the standard printed muṣḥaf used worldwide.

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