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Al-Ma'idah 20

Ayah 20 of 120 · Medinan

وَإِذۡ قَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِقَوۡمِهِۦ يَٰقَوۡمِ ٱذۡكُرُواْ نِعۡمَةَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيۡكُمۡ إِذۡ جَعَلَ فِيكُمۡ أَنۢبِيَآءَ وَجَعَلَكُم مُّلُوكٗا وَءَاتَىٰكُم مَّا لَمۡ يُؤۡتِ أَحَدٗا مِّنَ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٢٠

And [mention, O Muḥammad], when Moses said to his people, "O my people, remember the favor of Allāh upon you when He appointed among you prophets and made you possessors1 and gave you that which He had not given anyone among the worlds.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 Of all that you need - specifically, homes, wives and servants. Or "sovereigns," i.e., those of independent authority.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَإِذۡAnd whenwa-idh
  2. قَالَsaidqāla
  3. مُوسَىٰMusamūsā
  4. لِقَوۡمِهِۦto his peopleliqawmihi
  5. يَٰقَوۡمِO my peopleyāqawmi
  6. ٱذۡكُرُواْrememberudh'kurū
  7. نِعۡمَةَ(the) Favorniʿ'mata
  8. ٱللَّهِ(of) Allahl-lahi
  9. عَلَيۡكُمۡupon youʿalaykum
  10. إِذۡwhenidh
  11. جَعَلَHe placedjaʿala
  12. فِيكُمۡamong youfīkum
  13. أَنۢبِيَآءَProphetsanbiyāa
  14. وَجَعَلَكُمand made youwajaʿalakum
  15. مُّلُوكٗاkingsmulūkan
  16. وَءَاتَىٰكُمand He gave youwaātākum
  17. مَّاwhatmā
  18. لَمۡnotlam
  19. يُؤۡتِHe (had) givenyu'ti
  20. أَحَدٗا(to) anyoneaḥadan
  21. مِّنَfrommina
  22. ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَthe worldsl-ʿālamīna

Tafsir

Remember, O Messenger, when Moses said to his people, the Israelites, ‘O People, remember, with your hearts and tongues, Allah’s favour to you when He made prophets amongst you calling you to guidance, made you kings in control of your affairs after you were subjugated slaves, and gave you such favours that He had not given to any other people in your time’.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran