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 Surah Maryam 19:51-53 [4/6] ↕
  
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وَٱذْكُرْAnd mention
فِىin
ٱلْكِتَـٰبِthe Book,
مُوسَىٰٓ‌ۚMusa.
إِنَّهُۥIndeed, he
كَانَwas
مُخْلَصًاchosen
وَكَانَand was
رَسُولاًa Messenger,
نَّبِيًّاa Prophet.
﴿٥١﴾
وَنَـٰدَيْنَـٰهُAnd We called him
مِنfrom
جَانِبِ(the) side
ٱلطُّورِ(of) the Mount
ٱلْأَيْمَنِthe right,
وَقَرَّبْنَـٰهُand brought him near
نَجِيًّا(for) conversation.
﴿٥٢﴾
وَوَهَبْنَاAnd We bestowed
لَهُۥ[to] him
مِنfrom
رَّحْمَتِنَآOur Mercy
أَخَاهُhis brother
هَـٰرُونَHarun,
نَبِيًّاa Prophet.
﴿٥٣﴾

وَاذۡكُرۡ فِى الۡكِتٰبِ مُوۡسٰٓى​ اِنَّهٗ كَانَ مُخۡلَصًا وَّكَانَ رَسُوۡلًا نَّبِيًّا‏  وَنَادَيۡنٰهُ مِنۡ جَانِبِ الطُّوۡرِ الۡاَيۡمَنِ وَقَرَّبۡنٰهُ نَجِيًّا‏  وَ وَهَبۡنَا لَهٗ مِنۡ رَّحۡمَتِنَاۤ اَخَاهُ هٰرُوۡنَ نَبِيًّا‏ 
Translation
(19:51) And recite in the Book the account of Moses.29 He was a chosen one, a Messenger, a Prophet.30 (19:52) We called out to him from the right side of the Mount,31 and We drew him near to Us by communing to him in secret,32 (19:53) and out of Our mercy We appointed his brother Aaron, a Prophet (that he may assist him).
Commentary

29. The word used is mukhlasan, which means purified. In other words, Allah had specially chosen Prophet Moses (peace be upon him) for the mission of Prophethood.

30. Rasul literally means the one who is sent; therefore it is used for an ambassador, envoy, messenger and representative. The Quran has used this title for angels, who are sent by Allah on a special mission, or for the human beings who brought His Message to mankind.

As regards the word Nabi, it literally means the one who brings news, or the one who is high in rank, or the one who shows the way. This title is used for the Prophets in all the three senses. Thus Moses was a Messenger Prophet because he was a Messenger of high rank who gave news from Allah and showed the right way to the people.

The Quran does not necessarily differentiate between the use of the two titles, for sometimes it uses the title Rasul for one person at one place and the title Nabi for the same person at another place, and sometimes uses both the titles together for one and the same person. However, at some places each title has been used in a way as to show that there is some technical distinction between the two, though that has not been precisely marked out, except that every Rasul (Messenger) is a Nabi (Prophet) as well, but every Nabi may not be a Rasul, and that a Rasul has a special and more important mission to perform. This is supported by a tradition of the Prophet (peace be upon him), which has been reported by Imam Ahmad from Abu Umamah and by Hakim from Abu Zarr. When the Prophet (peace be upon him) was asked how many Messengers and Prophets had been sent to the world, he said that the number of the Messengers was 313 or 315 and of the Prophets 124,000

31. “The right side of the Mount” means the eastern side of the mountain. As Prophet Moses (peace be upon him), on his way from Midian to Egypt, was passing from the southern side of Mountt Toor, the eastern side would lie on his right and the western on his left if he faced the mountain, otherwise a mountain by itself cannot have a right or a left side.

32. See( E.N. 206 of Surah An-Nisa).