The Heights
7. Al-A'rāf
الأعراف
al-A‘rāf (The Elevations)
ٱلْأَعْرَاف
7:142
وَوَاعَدْنَا
مُوسَى
ثَلَاثِينَ
لَيْلَةً
وَأَتْمَمْنَاهَا
بِعَشْرٍ
فَتَمَّ
مِيقَاتُ
رَبِّهِ
أَرْبَعِينَ
لَيْلَةً
وَقَالَ
مُوسَى
لِأَخِيهِ
هَارُونَ
اخْلُفْنِي
فِي
قَوْمِي
وَأَصْلِحْ
وَلَا
تَتَّبِعْ
سَبِيلَ
الْمُفْسِدِينَ
wa-wāʿadnā mūsā thalāthīna laylatan wa-ʾatmamnāhā bi-ʿashrin fa-tamma mīqātu rabbihī ʾarbaʿīna laylatan wa-qāla mūsā li-ʾakhīhi hārūna khlufnī fī qawmī wa-ʾaṣliḥ wa-lā tattabiʿ sabīla l-mufsidīna
We told Moses to stay with Us for thirty nights (in the mountains) but added ten nights more so his appointment with his Lord came to an end after forty nights. Moses had appointed his brother Aaron as his deputy among his people during his absence saying, "Try to reform them and do not follow the way of the evil-doers."
