Quran 20:52 — Taa-Haa, verse 52
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Moses said, ‘My Lord alone has knowledge of them, all in a record; my Lord does not err or forget.’
قَالَ عِلْمُهَا عِنْدَ رَبِّي فِي كِتَابٍ ۖ لَا يَضِلُّ رَبِّي وَلَا يَنْسَى
qāla ʿil'muhā ʿinda rabbī fī kitābin lā yaḍillu rabbī walā yansā
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Said Moses, 'The knowledge of them is with my Lord, in a Book; my Lord goes not astray, nor forgets --
- Muhammad Asad
- [Moses] answered: "Knowledge thereof rests with my Sustainer [alone, and is laid down] in His decree; my Sustainer does not err, and neither does He forget."
- Sahih International
- [Moses] said, "The knowledge thereof is with my Lord in a record. My Lord neither errs nor forgets."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قَالَqāla | He said | قول |
| 2 | عِلْمُهَاʿil'muhā | Its knowledge | علم |
| 3 | عِندَʿinda | (is) with | عند |
| 4 | رَبِّىrabbī | my Lord | ربب |
| 5 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 6 | كِتَـٰبٍۢ ۖkitābin | a Record | كتب |
| 7 | لَّاlā | Not | — |
| 8 | يَضِلُّyaḍillu | errs | ضلل |
| 9 | رَبِّىrabbī | my Lord | ربب |
| 10 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 11 | يَنسَىyansā | forgets | نسي |