20:44-Asad Note
২০:৪৪ فَقُولَا لَهُ قَوْلًا لَيِّنًا لَعَلَّهُ يَتَذَكَّرُ أَوْ يَخْشَىٰ ‘তোমালোকে তাৰ লগত নম্ৰভাৱে কথা কবা, হয়তো সি উপদেশ গ্ৰহণ কৰিব অথবা ভয় কৰিব’। . 20:44 But speak unto him in a mild manner, so that he might bethink himself or [at least] be filled with apprehension.(asad). Note. Lit., "or [that he might] fear" -i.e., that there is some truth in the words of Moses. Since God knows the future, the tentative form in the above phrase-"so that he might (la'allahu) bethink himself", etc., - obviously does not imply any "doubt" on God's part as to Pharoah's future reaction: it implies no more than His command to the bearer of His message to address the sinner with a view to the latter's bethinking himself: in other words, it relates to the intention or hope with which the message-bearer should approach his task . And since every Qur'anic narrative aims at bringing out an eternal truth or truths or at elucidating a universal principle of hum...