10:89

 Salaam all

10:89

قَالَ قَدْ أُجِيبَتْ دَّعْوَتُكُمَا فَٱسْتَقِيمَا وَلاَ تَتَّبِعَآنِّ سَبِيلَ ٱلَّذِينَ لاَ يَعْلَمُونَ

 

qāla qad ujībat daʿwatukumā fa-is`taqīmā walā tattabiʿānni sabīla alladhīna lā yaʿlamūna

 

He (Allah) responded: “Your prayer was answered.  So keep upright and do not join and follow the path of those who lack knowledge.”

My personal note:

The message to Moses and Aaron is that we follow the path of knowledge and we acknowledge what we do not know.  We should not follow the path of those lacking in knowledge or basing their opinion on bias and not knowledge of facts.

 

Translation of the transliterated words:

qāla: he said/ He responded (Allah)

Note: QALA is derived from the root Qaf-W-L and it means saying in any way possible. QALA is an action that is completed that is derived from the root. It means the action of saying happened by the subject (third person singular pointing to Allah). This, in turn means: he said or responded or communicated. 

 

Qad: used for anchoring or mild emphasis

Ujībat: Was responded to/ was answered

Note: the root is J-W-B and it means response or answer to a question or answer to a request. UJIBAT is an action that is completed. It means: the action of receiving an answer or a response happened by an undeclared subject.

daʿwatukumā: the supplication of both of you/ the request of both of you/ your prayer both

Note: the root is D-Ain-Y or D-Ain-W and it means calling as in calling someone for help or otherwise. DaAAWATUKU means calling of or supplication of. KUMA means both of you.

 

fa-is`taqīmā: So both stand upright/ So both act uprightly

Note: FA means so or therefore or then.  ISTAQIMA is derived from the root Qaf-W-M and it means standing upright or standing. The upright can be in all planes of position and for a horizontal dimension it means straight.  ISTAQIMA is an order addressed to a dual.  It means both stand upright or act uprightly as a concept. 

Walā: and not/ and do not

tattabiʿānni: join and follow

Note: TATTABiAAaaNNI is derived from the root T-B-Ain and it means following footsteps or join and follow footsteps. WALA TATTABiAAaaNNI is an order addressed to a dual. It tells them not to join and follow.

 

Sabīla: path of

Note: the root is S-B-L and it means and it means flowing water from the falling rain from the sky to the flowing water in the river and so forth. This is the concrete and the other uses are related as in path, which allows the flow, to soft flowing hair and so forth. SABEELA is the flowing water or the path of. It takes the meaning of path or even the trip on the path of. 

Alladhīna: those who

lā yaʿlamūna:  do not know/ lack knowledge/ lack factual knowledge

Note: LA is for denial of the action that comes next.  YaAALAMOON is derived from the root Ain-L-M and it means knowing/knowledge or knowledge of facts. YaAALAMOONA is an action that is being completed or will be completed. It means: the action of knowing the object (not mentioned) for fact is happening or will be happening by the subject (third person plural).  So La YaAALAMOON means do not know.

 

 Salaam all and have a great day

Hussein