Quran 18:73 — Al-Kahf, verse 73
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Moses said, ‘Forgive me for forgetting. Do not make it too hard for me to follow you.’
قَالَ لَا تُؤَاخِذْنِي بِمَا نَسِيتُ وَلَا تُرْهِقْنِي مِنْ أَمْرِي عُسْرًا
qāla lā tuākhidh'nī bimā nasītu walā tur'hiq'nī min amrī ʿus'ran
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- He said, 'Do not take me to task that I forgot, neither constrain me to do a thing too difficult.'
- Muhammad Asad
- Said [Moses]: "Take-me not to task for my having forgotten [myself], and be not hard on me on account of what I have done!"
- Sahih International
- [Moses] said, "Do not blame me for what I forgot and do not overwhelm me in my matter with difficulty."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قَالَqāla | He said | قول |
| 2 | لَاlā | (Do) not | — |
| 3 | تُؤَاخِذْنِىtuākhidh'nī | blame me | أخذ |
| 4 | بِمَاbimā | for what | — |
| 5 | نَسِيتُnasītu | I forgot | نسي |
| 6 | وَلَاwalā | and (do) not | — |
| 7 | تُرْهِقْنِىtur'hiq'nī | be hard (upon) me | رهق |
| 8 | مِنْmin | in | — |
| 9 | أَمْرِىamrī | my affair | أمر |
| 10 | عُسْرًۭاʿus'ran | (raising) difficulty | عسر |