أَمۡ أَنَا۠ خَيۡرٞ مِّنۡ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِي هُوَ مَهِينٞ وَلَا يَكَادُ يُبِينُ ٥٢
Or am I [not] better than this one [i.e., Moses] who is insignificant and hardly makes himself clear?1
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
1 That was true previous to his appointment as a prophet, at which time Allāh corrected his speech impediment.
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- أَمۡOram
- أَنَا۠am Ianā
- خَيۡرٞbetterkhayrun
- مِّنۡthanmin
- هَٰذَاthishādhā
- ٱلَّذِيone who alladhī
- هُوَhehuwa
- مَهِينٞ(is) insignificantmahīnun
- وَلَاand hardlywalā
- يَكَادُand hardlyyakādu
- يُبِينُclearyubīnu
Tafsir
“Therefore, I am better than the weak, runaway Moses who cannot even speak well.”
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran