Quran 28:34 — Al-Qasas, verse 34
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
My brother Aaron is more eloquent than I: send him with me to help me and confirm my words- I fear they may call me a liar.’
وَأَخِي هَارُونُ هُوَ أَفْصَحُ مِنِّي لِسَانًا فَأَرْسِلْهُ مَعِيَ رِدْءًا يُصَدِّقُنِي ۖ إِنِّي أَخَافُ أَنْ يُكَذِّبُونِ
wa-akhī hārūnu huwa afṣaḥu minnī lisānan fa-arsil'hu maʿiya rid'an yuṣaddiqunī innī akhāfu an yukadhibūni
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Moreover my brother Aaron is more eloquent than I. Send him with me as a helper and to confirm I speak truly, for' I fear they will cry me lies.'
- Muhammad Asad
- And my brother Aaron - he is far better in speech than I am. Send him, therefore, as a helper, so that he might [more eloquently] bear witness to my speaking the truth: for I fear indeed that they will give me the lie.”
- Sahih International
- And my brother Aaron is more fluent than me in tongue, so send him with me as support, verifying me. Indeed, I fear that they will deny me."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَأَخِىwa-akhī | And my brother | أخو |
| 2 | هَـٰرُونُhārūnu | Harun | — |
| 3 | هُوَhuwa | he | — |
| 4 | أَفْصَحُafṣaḥu | (is) more eloquent | فصح |
| 5 | مِنِّىminnī | than me | — |
| 6 | لِسَانًۭاlisānan | (in) speech | لسن |
| 7 | فَأَرْسِلْهُfa-arsil'hu | so send him | رسل |
| 8 | مَعِىَmaʿiya | with me | — |
| 9 | رِدْءًۭاrid'an | (as) a helper | ردأ |
| 10 | يُصَدِّقُنِىٓ ۖyuṣaddiqunī | who will confirm me | صدق |
| 11 | إِنِّىٓinnī | Indeed | — |
| 12 | أَخَافُakhāfu | I fear | خوف |
| 13 | أَنan | that | — |
| 14 | يُكَذِّبُونِyukadhibūni | they will deny me | كذب |