Quran 20:39 — Taa-Haa, verse 39
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
“Put your child into the chest, then place him in the river. Let the river wash him on to its bank, and he will be taken in by an enemy of Mine and his.” I showered you with My love and planned that you should be reared under My watchful eye.
أَنِ اقْذِفِيهِ فِي التَّابُوتِ فَاقْذِفِيهِ فِي الْيَمِّ فَلْيُلْقِهِ الْيَمُّ بِالسَّاحِلِ يَأْخُذْهُ عَدُوٌّ لِي وَعَدُوٌّ لَهُ ۚ وَأَلْقَيْتُ عَلَيْكَ مَحَبَّةً مِنِّي وَلِتُصْنَعَ عَلَىٰ عَيْنِي
ani iq'dhifīhi fī l-tābūti fa-iq'dhifīhi fī l-yami falyul'qihi l-yamu bil-sāḥili yakhudh'hu ʿaduwwun lī waʿaduwwun lahu wa-alqaytu ʿalayka maḥabbatan minnī walituṣ'naʿa ʿalā ʿaynī
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- "Cast him into the ark, and cast him into the river, and let the river throw him up on the shore. An enemy of Mine and his shall take him." And I loaded on thee love from Me, and to be formed in My sight,
- Muhammad Asad
- Place him in a chest and throw it into the river, and thereupon the river will cast him ashore, [and] one who is an enemy unto Me and an enemy unto him will adopt him. "And [thus early] I spread Mine Own love over thee -and [this] in order that thou might be formed under Mine eye.
- Sahih International
- [Saying], 'Cast him into the chest and cast it into the river, and the river will throw it onto the bank; there will take him an enemy to Me and an enemy to him.' And I bestowed upon you love from Me that you would be brought up under My eye [i.e., observation and care].
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَنِani | That | — |
| 2 | ٱقْذِفِيهِiq'dhifīhi | cast him | قذف |
| 3 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 4 | ٱلتَّابُوتِl-tābūti | the chest | — |
| 5 | فَٱقْذِفِيهِfa-iq'dhifīhi | then cast it | قذف |
| 6 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 7 | ٱلْيَمِّl-yami | the river | يمم |
| 8 | فَلْيُلْقِهِfalyul'qihi | then let cast it | لقي |
| 9 | ٱلْيَمُّl-yamu | the river | يمم |
| 10 | بِٱلسَّاحِلِbil-sāḥili | on the bank | سحل |
| 11 | يَأْخُذْهُyakhudh'hu | will take him | أخذ |
| 12 | عَدُوٌّۭʿaduwwun | an enemy | عدو |
| 13 | لِّىlī | to Me | — |
| 14 | وَعَدُوٌّۭwaʿaduwwun | and an enemy | عدو |
| 15 | لَّهُۥ ۚlahu | to him | — |
| 16 | وَأَلْقَيْتُwa-alqaytu | And I cast | لقي |
| 17 | عَلَيْكَʿalayka | over you | — |
| 18 | مَحَبَّةًۭmaḥabbatan | love | حبب |
| 19 | مِّنِّىminnī | from Me | — |
| 20 | وَلِتُصْنَعَwalituṣ'naʿa | and that you may be brought up | صنع |
| 21 | عَلَىٰʿalā | under | — |
| 22 | عَيْنِىٓʿaynī | My eye | عين |