The Holy Quran 28:11 — Surah Al-Qasas

Arabic text

وَقَالَتْ لِأُخْتِهِۦ قُصِّيهِ ۖ فَبَصُرَتْ بِهِۦ عَن جُنُبٍ وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

Translation

She (the mother) said to his Moosa عليه الصلاة والسلام's sister, "Follow him (downstream)." So she (the sister) spied on (looked after) him from afar without their knowledge (she saw what happened without Fir'oun's people seeing her).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The sister of Musa ﵇ keeps watch: that is, when the chest was opened in Pharaoh's palace and the child was found, word spread through the city. The mother of Musa ﵇ told her daughter (who was the sister of Musa ﵇): “Go and find out about the child, and, keeping apart, watch what happens.

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