Quran Universe
28:43

وَلَقَدۡ ءَاتَيۡنَا مُوسَى ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ مَآ أَهۡلَكۡنَا ٱلۡقُرُونَ ٱلۡأُولَىٰ بَصَآئِرَ لِلنَّاسِ وَهُدٗى وَرَحۡمَةٗ لَّعَلَّهُمۡ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ

Walaqad atayna moosa alkitaba min baAAdi ma ahlakna alquroona aloola basaira lilnnasi wahudan warahmatan laAAallahum yatathakkaroona

And We gave Moses the Scripture, after We had destroyed the former generations, as enlightenment for the people and guidance and mercy that they might be reminded.

Word by word
  1. وَلَقَدۡAnd verily
  2. ءَاتَيۡنَاWe gave
  3. مُوسَىMusa
  4. ٱلۡكِتَٰبَthe Scripture
  5. مِنۢafter [what]
  6. بَعۡدِafter [what]
  7. مَآafter [what]
  8. أَهۡلَكۡنَاWe had destroyed
  9. ٱلۡقُرُونَthe generations
  10. ٱلۡأُولَىٰformer
  11. بَصَآئِرَ(as) an enlightenment
  12. لِلنَّاسِfor the mankind
  13. وَهُدٗىand a guidance
  14. وَرَحۡمَةٗand mercy
  15. لَّعَلَّهُمۡthat they may
  16. يَتَذَكَّرُونَremember
Al-Qasas · 28:43Makkah

After the ruins came a Book of light.

Guidance given so people would remember

What Musa was given
past generationsdestroyed, Fir'awn too
then
the Tawrahinsight for people
guidance, mercythat they might remember
What revelation does
rules to followa list of dos and don'ts
light and mercyout of blindness, toward good

After Fir'awn and his chiefs were destroyed, Allah revealed the Tawrah to Musa. Ibn Kathir explains it as guidance out of blindness and error, and a mercy that shows the way to righteous deeds, so that people would be reminded.

You have been through a hard year: a breakup, a job loss, a scare. Afterwards, what you need is not more noise but a clear light to walk by. That is what Allah gives after the ruins.

Scripture is mostly rules and warnings.

Allah's Book is light and mercy, given so I can see where to walk and remember Him.

Try this

Read a short passage of the Quran today looking only for one thing that gives you light.

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Tafsir Ibn Kathir

And indeed We gave Musa – after We had destroyed the generations of old – the Scripture as an enlightenment for mankind, and a guidance and a mercy, that they might remember (43)

The Blessings which Allah bestowed upon Musa

Allah tells us about the blessings which He gave His servant and Messenger Musa, the speaker, may the best of peace and blessings from his Lord be upon him, He revealed the Tawrah to him after He destroyed Fir'awn and his chiefs.

مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا أَهْلَكْنَا الْقُرُونَ الْأُولَىٰ

(after We had destroyed the generations of old) After the revelation of the Tawrah, no nation would again be punished with an overwhelming calamity; instead the believers were now commanded to fight the enemies of Allah among the idolators, as Allah says:

وَجَاءَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَنْ قَبْلَهُ وَالْمُؤْتَفِكَاتُ بِالْخَاطِئَةِ - فَعَصَوْا رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَهُمْ أَخْذَةً رَابِيَةً

(And Fir'awn, and those before him, and the cities overthrown committed sin. And they disobeyed their Lord's Messenger, so He seized them with a strong punishment)(69:9-10).

 بَصَائِرَ لِلنَّاسِ وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةً

(as an enlightenment for mankind, and a guidance and a mercy,) guidance from blindness and error. A guidance to the truth and a mercy means, to show the way towards doing righteous deeds.

لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ

(that they might remember.) means, that the people might be reminded and guided by it.