Quran 27:7 — An-Naml, verse 7
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Moses said to his family, ‘I have seen a fire. I will bring you news from there, or a burning stick for you to warm yourselves.’
إِذْ قَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِأَهْلِهِ إِنِّي آنَسْتُ نَارًا سَآتِيكُمْ مِنْهَا بِخَبَرٍ أَوْ آتِيكُمْ بِشِهَابٍ قَبَسٍ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَصْطَلُونَ
idh qāla mūsā li-ahlihi innī ānastu nāran saātīkum min'hā bikhabarin aw ātīkum bishihābin qabasin laʿallakum taṣṭalūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- When Moses said to his people 'I observe a fire, and will bring you news of it, or I will bring you a flaming brand, that haply you shall warm yourselves.'
- Muhammad Asad
- Lo! [While lost in the desert,] Moses said to his family: “Behold, I perceive a fire [far away]; I may bring you from there some tiding [as to which way we arc to pursue], or bring you [at least] a burning brand so that you might warm yourselves.”
- Sahih International
- [Mention] when Moses said to his family, "Indeed, I have perceived a fire. I will bring you from there information or will bring you a burning torch that you may warm yourselves."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | إِذْidh | When | — |
| 2 | قَالَqāla | said | قول |
| 3 | مُوسَىٰmūsā | Musa | — |
| 4 | لِأَهْلِهِۦٓli-ahlihi | to his family | أهل |
| 5 | إِنِّىٓinnī | Indeed, I | — |
| 6 | ءَانَسْتُānastu | perceive | أنس |
| 7 | نَارًۭاnāran | a fire | نور |
| 8 | سَـَٔاتِيكُمsaātīkum | I will bring you | أتي |
| 9 | مِّنْهَاmin'hā | from it | — |
| 10 | بِخَبَرٍbikhabarin | some information | خبر |
| 11 | أَوْaw | or | — |
| 12 | ءَاتِيكُمātīkum | I will bring you | أتي |
| 13 | بِشِهَابٍۢbishihābin | a torch | شهب |
| 14 | قَبَسٍۢqabasin | burning | قبس |
| 15 | لَّعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakum | so that you may | — |
| 16 | تَصْطَلُونَtaṣṭalūna | warm yourselves | صلي |