37:120

سَلَٰمٌ عَلَىٰ مُوسَىٰ وَهَٰرُونَ

Salamun AAala moosa waharoona

"Peace upon Moses and Aaron."

Word by word
  1. سَلَٰمٌPeace be
  2. عَلَىٰupon
  3. مُوسَىٰMusa
  4. وَهَٰرُونَand Harun
As-Saffat · 37:120Makkah

Peace upon Musa and Harun, together.

Two brothers greeted in one breath


The greeting
Salampeace
upon
Musa and Harunnamed together
What is honored
one herostanding alone
a pairwho carried it together

After the rescue, the help, the Book and the guidance, Allah greets both brothers together with peace. Ibn Kathir says this explains the good mention left for them.

Siblings fight over inheritance, drift apart over a wedding, stop calling. Musa and Harun are greeted with peace in one breath. Brothers and sisters can carry good together.

My sibling and I are just too different to work together.

Siblings who stand together for good are honored together.

Try this

Call or message a brother or sister today, just to say salam.

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.)