Quran 26:28 — Ash-Shu'araa, verse 28
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Moses continued, ‘Lord of the East and West and everything between them. If you would only use your reason!’
قَالَ رَبُّ الْمَشْرِقِ وَالْمَغْرِبِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ۖ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ
qāla rabbu l-mashriqi wal-maghribi wamā baynahumā in kuntum taʿqilūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- He said, 'The Lord of the East and West, and what between them is, if you have understanding,'
- Muhammad Asad
- [But Moses] went on: “[He of whom I speak is] the Sustainer of the east and the west and of all that is between the two”- as you would know] if you would but use your reason!”
- Sahih International
- [Moses] said, "Lord of the east and the west and that between them, if you were to reason."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قَالَqāla | He said | قول |
| 2 | رَبُّrabbu | Lord | ربب |
| 3 | ٱلْمَشْرِقِl-mashriqi | (of) the east | شرق |
| 4 | وَٱلْمَغْرِبِwal-maghribi | and the west | غرب |
| 5 | وَمَاwamā | and whatever | — |
| 6 | بَيْنَهُمَآ ۖbaynahumā | (is) between them | بين |
| 7 | إِنin | if | — |
| 8 | كُنتُمْkuntum | you were | كون |
| 9 | تَعْقِلُونَtaʿqilūna | (to) reason | عقل |