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37:119

وَتَرَكۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمَا فِي ٱلۡأٓخِرِينَ

Watarakna AAalayhima fee alakhireena

And We left for them [favorable mention] among later generations:

Word by word
  1. وَتَرَكۡنَاAnd We left
  2. عَلَيۡهِمَاfor both of them
  3. فِيamong
  4. ٱلۡأٓخِرِينَthe later generations
As-Saffat · 37:119Makkah

Like Nuh and Ibrahim, they are spoken of with honor.

The good name left for Musa and Harun

The same gift, a third time
Nuhverse 78
Ibrahimverse 108
Musa and Harunspoken of highly
Who is remembered
the powerfulFir'awn's name
the faithfulhonored ever after

Ibn Kathir says this means after they died they would be mentioned in good terms and spoken of highly. It is the third time the surah uses these words, each time after a Prophet was rescued.

Fir'awn had palaces and an army. Musa had a staff and a brother. Ask who is mentioned with honor today. The surah keeps repeating it so the lesson sticks.

Power is what makes a name last.

Faithfulness, not power, is what Allah makes last.

Try this

Think of what you would want said about you after you are gone. Do one thing toward it today.

Simplified reflection. Read the tafsir for scholarship.draft
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (shared passage from 37:114)

And, indeed We gave Our grace to Musa and Harun (114)And We saved them and their people from the great distress (115)And helped them, so that they became the victors (116)And We gave them the clear Scripture (117)And guided them to the right path (118)And We left for them among the later generations (119)"Salam (peace!) be upon Musa and Harun! (120)Verily, thus do We reward the doers of good (121)Verily, they were two of Our believing servants (122)

Musa and Harun

Allah tells us how He blessed Musa and Harun with prophethood and how He saved them, along with those who believed, from the oppression of Fir'awn and his people, who had persecuted them by killing their sons and sparing their women, and by forcing them to do the most menial tasks, then ultimately He caused them to prevail over them and to seize their lands and their wealth and all that they had spent their entire lives amassing. Then Allah revealed to Musa the Clear and Mighty Book, which is the Tawrah, as Allah says:

وَلَقَدْ آتَيْنَا مُوسَىٰ وَهَارُونَ الْفُرْقَانَ وَضِيَاءً

(And indeed We granted to Musa and Harun the criterion (of right and wrong), and a shining light)(21:48). And Allah says here:

وَآتَيْنَاهُمَا الْكِتَابَ الْمُسْتَبِينَ - وَهَدَيْنَاهُمَا الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ

(And We gave them the clear Scripture; and guided them to the right path.) meaning, with regard to words and deeds.

وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِمَا فِي الْآخِرِينَ

(And We left for them among the later generations.) means, that after they died they would be mentioned in good terms and spoken of highly. Then Allah explain this further:

سَلَامٌ عَلَىٰ مُوسَىٰ وَهَارُونَ - إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِي الْمُحْسِنِينَ - إِنَّهُمَا مِنْ عِبَادِنَا الْمُؤْمِنِينَ

(Salam (peace!) be upon Musa and Harun! Verily, thus do We reward the doers of good. Verily, they were two of Our believing servants.)