Quran 26:21 — Ash-Shu'araa, verse 21
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
and I fled from you in fear; later my Lord gave me wisdom and made me one of His messengers.
فَفَرَرْتُ مِنْكُمْ لَمَّا خِفْتُكُمْ فَوَهَبَ لِي رَبِّي حُكْمًا وَجَعَلَنِي مِنَ الْمُرْسَلِينَ
fafarartu minkum lammā khif'tukum fawahaba lī rabbī ḥuk'man wajaʿalanī mina l-mur'salīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- so I fled from you, fearing you. But my Lord gave me Judgment and made me one of the Envoys.
- Muhammad Asad
- and I fled from you because I feared you. But [since] then my Sustainer has endowed me with the ability to judge [between right and wrong], and has made me one of [His] message-bearers.
- Sahih International
- So I fled from you when I feared you. Then my Lord granted me judgement [i.e., wisdom and prophethood] and appointed me [as one] of the messengers.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَفَرَرْتُfafarartu | So I fled | فرر |
| 2 | مِنكُمْminkum | from you | — |
| 3 | لَمَّاlammā | when | — |
| 4 | خِفْتُكُمْkhif'tukum | I feared you | خوف |
| 5 | فَوَهَبَfawahaba | But granted | وهب |
| 6 | لِىlī | to me | — |
| 7 | رَبِّىrabbī | my Lord | ربب |
| 8 | حُكْمًۭاḥuk'man | judgment | حكم |
| 9 | وَجَعَلَنِىwajaʿalanī | and made me | جعل |
| 10 | مِنَmina | of | — |
| 11 | ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَl-mur'salīna | the Messengers | رسل |