Quran 20:114 — Taa-Haa, verse 114
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
exalted be God, the one who is truly in control. [Prophet], do not rush to recite before the revelation is fully complete but say, ‘Lord, increase me in knowledge!’
فَتَعَالَى اللَّهُ الْمَلِكُ الْحَقُّ ۗ وَلَا تَعْجَلْ بِالْقُرْآنِ مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ يُقْضَىٰ إِلَيْكَ وَحْيُهُ ۖ وَقُلْ رَبِّ زِدْنِي عِلْمًا
fataʿālā l-lahu l-maliku l-ḥaqu walā taʿjal bil-qur'āni min qabli an yuq'ḍā ilayka waḥyuhu waqul rabbi zid'nī ʿil'man
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- So high exalted be God, the true King! And hasten not with the Koran ere its revelation is accomplished unto thee; and say, 'O my Lord, increase me in knowledge.'
- Muhammad Asad
- [Know,] then, [that) God is sublimely exalted. the Ultimate Sovereign, the Ultimate Truth and [knowing this,] do not approach the Qur'an in haste, ere it has been revealed unto thee in full, but [always) say: "O my Sustainer, cause me to grow in knowledge!
- Sahih International
- So high [above all] is Allāh, the Sovereign, the Truth. And, [O Muḥammad], do not hasten with [recitation of] the Qur’ān before its revelation is completed to you, and say, "My Lord, increase me in knowledge."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَتَعَـٰلَىfataʿālā | So high (above all) | علو |
| 2 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | (is) Allah | أله |
| 3 | ٱلْمَلِكُl-maliku | the King | ملك |
| 4 | ٱلْحَقُّ ۗl-ḥaqu | the True | حقق |
| 5 | وَلَاwalā | And (do) not | — |
| 6 | تَعْجَلْtaʿjal | hasten | عجل |
| 7 | بِٱلْقُرْءَانِbil-qur'āni | with the Quran | قرأ |
| 8 | مِنmin | before | — |
| 9 | قَبْلِqabli | before | قبل |
| 10 | أَنan | [that] | — |
| 11 | يُقْضَىٰٓyuq'ḍā | is completed | قضي |
| 12 | إِلَيْكَilayka | to you | — |
| 13 | وَحْيُهُۥ ۖwaḥyuhu | its revelation | وحي |
| 14 | وَقُلwaqul | and say | قول |
| 15 | رَّبِّrabbi | My Lord | ربب |
| 16 | زِدْنِىzid'nī | Increase me | زيد |
| 17 | عِلْمًۭاʿil'man | (in) knowledge | علم |