Tafsir for verse: 21:48
وَلَقَدۡ ءَاتَيۡنَا مُوسَىٰ وَهَٰرُونَ ٱلۡفُرۡقَانَ وَضِيَآءٗ وَذِكۡرٗا لِّلۡمُتَّقِينَ ٤٨ ﴿48﴾
48And We gave Mūsā and Hārūn the Criterion, and a light and an advice for the God-fearing,
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Commentary
The Furqan, which is the Torah, and We have given it as light and a reminder for the righteous. The meaning is that it is in itself light and a reminder. Or We have given it to them with what is in it of laws and admonitions as light and a reminder. And from Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, the Furqan means the victory, as in His saying: 'On the Day of Furqan.' And from Al-Dahhak: the splitting of the sea. And from Muhammad ibn Ka'b: the exit from doubts. And Ibn Abbas read: light, without the waw, which is a state related to the Furqan. And the reminder is the admonition, or the mention of what they need in their religion and their interests. Or it is honor.
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