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Al-Isra 2

Ayah 2 of 111 · Meccan

وَءَاتَيۡنَا مُوسَى ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ وَجَعَلۡنَٰهُ هُدٗى لِّبَنِيٓ إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ أَلَّا تَتَّخِذُواْ مِن دُونِي وَكِيلٗا ٢

And We gave Moses the Scripture and made it a guidance for the Children of Israel that you not take other than Me as Disposer of affairs,1

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 i.e., trust in Allāh, knowing that He (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) is responsible for every occurrence.

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَءَاتَيۡنَاAnd We gavewaātaynā
  2. مُوسَىMusamūsā
  3. ٱلۡكِتَٰبَthe Bookl-kitāba
  4. وَجَعَلۡنَٰهُand made itwajaʿalnāhu
  5. هُدٗىa guidancehudan
  6. لِّبَنِيٓfor the Childrenlibanī
  7. إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ(of) Israelis'rāīla
  8. أَلَّاThat notallā
  9. تَتَّخِذُواْyou taketattakhidhū
  10. مِنother than Memin
  11. دُونِيother than Medūnī
  12. وَكِيلٗا(as) a Disposer of affairswakīlan

Tafsir

I gave Moses (peace be upon him) the Torah and I made it a guide and manual for the Israelites. I said to the Israelites: Do not take besides me any guardian to whom you entrust your affairs. Rather, place your reliance in Me alone.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran