Translation of the meanings Ayah 164 Surah An-Nisā’ - English Translation - Dr. Waleed Bleyhesh Omary - The Noble Qur'an Encyclopedia

Ayah: 164

وَرُسُلٗا قَدۡ قَصَصۡنَٰهُمۡ عَلَيۡكَ مِن قَبۡلُ وَرُسُلٗا لَّمۡ نَقۡصُصۡهُمۡ عَلَيۡكَۚ وَكَلَّمَ ٱللَّهُ مُوسَىٰ تَكۡلِيمٗا

(164) ˹These in addition to˺ Messengers We have narrated to you ˹Muhammad˺ and Messengers We have not narrated to you; and ˹indeed˺ Allah certainly spoke to Moses directly^[1073].

[1073] Use of the absolute object (al-mafʿūl al-muṭlaq), kallama taklīman, is meant to impart certainty to the occurrence of the actual ‘speaking’; God addressed Moses directly, in a manner befitting His Glory, without a medium, in words that he heard and understood (cf. al-Ṭabarī, Ibn Kathīr, Ibn ʿUthaymīn). “And when he ˹Moses˺ came upon it, he was called from the right bank of the valley, at the blessed site, from the tree: “Moses! Truly I am Allah, the Lord of all-beings!” (28:30) This was a very special privilege imparted to Moses (عليه السلام).