11:96

 Salaam all

11:96

وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا مُوسَىٰ بِآيَاتِنَا وَسُلْطَانٍ مُّبِينٍ

 

Wa laqad arsalnaa Moosaa bi Aayaatinaa wa sultaanim Mubeen

 

The Aya says:

And We indeed sent Moses with our signs and commanding clear evidence.

 

My personal note:

The term SULTAN carries with it command as a notion and so derivatives can mean rule and so on.  So, when it is meaning evidence or proof then it is proof and evidence that has command and can it be refuted.

 

Translation of the transliterated words:

Wa laqad: and indeed

Arsalnā: We sent/ se envoyed/ we dispatched

Note: ARSALNA is derived from the root R-S-L and it means to envoy someone or a group of people or animals. The concrete word is RASL and it means a group of people or animals that were sent by their owners or senders. ARSALNA is an action that is completed.  It means: the action of sending or dispatching or enyoying the object (NUH=Noah) by the subject (first person plural).

 Moosaa: Moses

bi Aayaatinaa: with our Signs

Note: BI signifies an attachment or close linkage between what is before and what is after it.  In a Verbal sentence it can mean attachment to the action or to the subject as it does the action.  This attachment can then signify many things according to the verb and to the sentence and so on.  In here it serves to make what comes after as an accompaniment.  AYATINA is derived from the root Hamza-Y-H and it means sign. AYATI means signs of and in the context of the Qur’an it points to the sentences and statements. NA means ours.  

 

wa sultaanim: And/ including uncontestable proof/ power/ commanding evidence

Note: WA is a letter that links what is before with what is after. This link is through inclusion, either one is included in the other or they are all included in the bigger sentence or bigger picture.  WA is often translated as an addition (and), but inclusion probably covers the meaning a little better.  Sultanin is derived from the root S-L-TTA and it means power that can overcome obstacles. As a concept it can be extended to the power that is physical, mental, spiritual and power of argument and proof. It also could mean overpowering. SULTAN means power and in this context, it is the power of proof or the overpowering proof. It can be extended to license for punishment and so on.

Mubeen: clear/ clarifying

 

Note: the root is B-Y-N and it means in concrete between. The action of the verb is betweening. This betweening can mean clarifying because one can know better the difference between two things. It also can mean distancing because the betweening makes things become apart. MUBEEN is the one that makes between in a conceptual sense.  In this context, KITABIN MUBEEN carries the meaning of the book is clear or makes things clear.

 

Salaam all and have a great day

Hussein