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Al-Ma'idah 25

Ayah 25 of 120 · Medinan

قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّي لَآ أَمۡلِكُ إِلَّا نَفۡسِي وَأَخِيۖ فَٱفۡرُقۡ بَيۡنَنَا وَبَيۡنَ ٱلۡقَوۡمِ ٱلۡفَٰسِقِينَ ٢٥

[Moses] said, "My Lord, indeed I do not possess [i.e., control] except myself and my brother, so part us1 from the defiantly disobedient people."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 Or "distinguish us" or "judge between us."

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. قَالَHe saidqāla
  2. رَبِّO my Lordrabbi
  3. إِنِّيIndeed, Iinnī
  4. لَآ(do) notlā
  5. أَمۡلِكُ(have) poweramliku
  6. إِلَّاexceptillā
  7. نَفۡسِي(over) myselfnafsī
  8. وَأَخِيۖand my brotherwa-akhī
  9. فَٱفۡرُقۡso (make a) separationfa-uf'ruq
  10. بَيۡنَنَاbetween usbaynanā
  11. وَبَيۡنَand betweenwabayna
  12. ٱلۡقَوۡمِthe peoplel-qawmi
  13. ٱلۡفَٰسِقِينَ(the) defiantly disobedientl-fāsiqīna

Tafsir

Moses said to his Lord, ‘O Lord, I have no authority over anyone besides myself and my brother, Aaron. So separate us from those who do not obey You and Your messenger’.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran