Quran 17:2 — Al-Israa, verse 2
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
We also gave Moses the Scripture, and made it a guide for the Children of Israel. ‘Entrust yourselves to no one but Me,
وَآتَيْنَا مُوسَى الْكِتَابَ وَجَعَلْنَاهُ هُدًى لِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَلَّا تَتَّخِذُوا مِنْ دُونِي وَكِيلًا
waātaynā mūsā l-kitāba wajaʿalnāhu hudan libanī is'rāīla allā tattakhidhū min dūnī wakīlan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And We gave Moses the Book, and made it a guidance to the Children of Israel: 'Take not unto yourselves any guardian apart from Me.'
- Muhammad Asad
- And [thus, too,] We vouchsafed revelation unto Moses, and made it a [source of] guidance for the children of Israel, [commanding them:] "Do not ascribe to any but Me the power to determine your fate,
- Sahih International
- 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,
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَءَاتَيْنَاwaātaynā | And We gave | أتي |
| 2 | مُوسَىmūsā | Musa | — |
| 3 | ٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitāba | the Book | كتب |
| 4 | وَجَعَلْنَـٰهُwajaʿalnāhu | and made it | جعل |
| 5 | هُدًۭىhudan | a guidance | هدي |
| 6 | لِّبَنِىٓlibanī | for the Children | بني |
| 7 | إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَis'rāīla | (of) Israel | — |
| 8 | أَلَّاallā | That not | — |
| 9 | تَتَّخِذُوا۟tattakhidhū | you take | أخذ |
| 10 | مِنmin | other than Me | — |
| 11 | دُونِىdūnī | other than Me | دون |
| 12 | وَكِيلًۭاwakīlan | (as) a Disposer of affairs | وكل |