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سُورَةُ الشُّعَرَاءِ · 26:22
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وَتِلْكَ نِعْمَةٌۭ تَمُنُّهَا عَلَىَّ أَنْ عَبَّدتَّ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ

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And is this a favor of which you remind me - that you have enslaved the Children of Israel?"

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Introduction

This is āyah 22 of Sūrat Ash-Shu'araa (The Poets), the 47th sūrah in the traditional order of revelation. It was revealed in the Meccan period and sits within Juzʾ 19. 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
47 of 114
Surah
Ash-Shu'araa (26)
Occasion of revelation · Al-Wahidi

And the blessing that you have laid on me as a favor is that you have enslaved the Chil- dren of Israel. When Moses came to Pharaoh, inviting him to tawḤīd and making manifest a few signs and mira- cles for him, Pharaoh refused to accept tawḤīd, and then he laid gratitude and obligation on Moses: “Was it not I who brought you up from childhood and conveyed you to adulthood?” In denial Moses answered, “Why are laying gratitude on me for the fact that you took the Children of Israel into servanthood? Indeed, who can take servants and act as a lord other than the God of the world's folk, the Enactor of the universe and its folk?”

Commentary

Tafsir

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Hafiz Ibn Kathir

And (remember) when your Lord called Musa (saying): "Go to the people who are wrongdoers. (10)"The people of Fira'wn. Will they not have Taqwa? (11)He said: "My Lord! Verily, I fear that they will deny me, (12)"And my breast straitens, and my tongue expresses not well. So send for Harun. (13)"And they have a charge of crime against me, and I fear they will kill me. (14)(Allah) said: "Nay! Go you both with Our signs. Verily, We shall be with you, listening. (15)"And go both of you to Fira'wn, and say: 'We are the Messengers of the Lord of Al-'Alamin, (16)'So allow the Children of Israel to go with us.' (17)(Fir'awn) said (to Musa): "Did we not bring you up among us as a child? And you did dwell many years of your life with us. (18)"And you did your deed, which you did. While you were one of the ingrates. (19)Musa said: "I did it then, when I was in error. (20)"So, I fled from you when I f…
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.

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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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